2022 election
Former Democratic judges declare invasion, now run for reelection as Republicans in Texas border communities(The Center Square) – Two life-long Democrats are now running for judicial reelection as Republicans in Texas border communities. Both women say they are fighting against the Biden administration’s… Read More
Courts
22 AGs sue USDA to stop withholding school lunches over gender, sexual orientation rules(The Center Square) – Schools ordering food for the beginning of the fall semester could be facing uncertainty over whether they’ll receive federal assistance that’s the center of… Read More
National
Report reveals national crisis of fatherlessness linked to higher crime rates, poverty and school failureActive, engaged dads in the home improve the chances of future generations of men graduating college, finding gainful employment and staying out of prison. That’s the conclusion from the … Read More
Culture, Public Education
Teacher on TikTok claims entire second-grade class ‘switched’ pronounsAn elementary teacher claims her entire class of second graders "switched” pronouns after one child revealed his new pronouns to her in class.The shocking claim came in a video… Read More
Economy
Recession? GDP shows 2nd consecutive quarter of negative growth(The Center Square) – U.S. Gross Domestic Product decreased by 0.9% in the second quarter of 2022, according to new data from Bureau of Economic Analysis, signaling the start… Read More
Public Education
Foundations destroying American public education (part 3): EducationThe following is the third of a five part series from Luke Rosiak on the problems plaguing public education (see Part 1 | Part 2). (Capital Research Center)… Read More
Culture
Fifth Circuit vacates lower court ruling, allowing Abbott’s ban of school district mask mandates to go in effect(The Center Square) – A Fifth Circuit panel of judges has handed Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton another win, this time upholding the governor’s order prohibiting… Read More
Government, Public Education
Alaska AG’s office: Public school funds cannot pay private school tuition(The Center Square) – Public school funds can be used for a limited amount of private educational services but cannot be used to pay for full-private school tuition, according… Read More
Public Education
Idaho voters will decide on an initiative to increase the state’s income and corporate tax rates for education funding in November(The Center Square) – The Idaho secretary of state announced that an initiative that would increase income tax and corporate tax rates to provide additional education funding had submitted… Read More
Inflation
Americans feeling pain of inflation as they begin back-to-school shopping(The Center Square) – Inflation has soared in the past year, and parents are feeling the difference as they start back-to-school shopping this year. A new Morning Consult … Read More
National
Groups: Designate Nov. 13 National Warrior Call Day, advocate for suicide prevention among active-duty military, veteransPetition comes as new national suicide line launches and new report finds alarming number of active-duty service members are committing suicide (The Center Square) – Multiple groups are calling… Read More
Crime
Report highlights growing rate of car theft in Chicago(The Center Square) – A new report looks into the car theft rate in Chicago, which has tripled since 2019. The report was conducted by Wirepoints and… Read More
National
Poll: 83% of parents are not planning to vaccinate their kids under 5 years old(The Center Square) – Newly released polling data shows that the majority of parents are not interested in vaccinating their young children.The Kaiser Family Foundation released the survey… Read More
Education
National poll: confidence in public schools is crumblingA national poll shows that confidence in America’s public schools is near an all-time low across political affiliations. In Gallup’s annual survey assessing public confidence in national institutions, just… Read More
Government, Uncategorized
Emergency declarations issued after Missouri gets record 9 inches of rain(The Center Square) – Government leaders issued emergency declarations Tuesday after record single-day rainfall in central and eastern Missouri flooded homes, businesses, highways and forced the rescue of hundreds… Read More
Public Education
Three challengers take on incumbents in Kansas State Board of Education primaries(The Sentinel) – The August primary will feature three Republican incumbent members of the Kansas State Board of Education squaring off against opponents. There are no Democratic candidates in… Read More
Public Education
Judge overturns public school board’s ban of Maine father it ‘disagreed’ withA father in Maine who'd been barred from events at his daughters’ school for speaking against sexually explicit reading material has won the right to show up. The U.S. Read More
Public Education
Report questions accounting practices of Oklahoma State Department of Education( The Center Square) – Oklahoma’s Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency found $5.8 million of questionable expenditures coded as instruction during an audit of the school’s K-12… Read More
Culture
Spokane council passes ‘divisive’ pro-abortion resolution(The Center Square) – The Spokane City Council has approved a resolution that bars employees, including police officers, from assisting in investigations or the prosecution of abortion patients or… Read More
Public Education
New report questions higher education spending in Arizona(The Center Square) – School spending surged in Arizona from 2018 to 2021.While teacher pay increased in that span, it didn’t expand at the rate that the state… Read More