Christian Schools, Culture
Missions Week tradition allows students to spend week serving othersHigh school students at College Heights Christian School in Joplin, Missouri took a few days away from classes this month to serve others at home and abroad, during the… Read More
Public Education
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has to sue to obtain public records. What chance do ordinary citizens have?The attorney general of the Show-Me State can’t get the Missouri School Boards’ Association to show him open records.That’s the assertion in a lawsuit filed by Missouri Attorney… Read More
Culture
On Persecution and Evangelism | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for March 18When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before… Read More
National
More than 20 states back South Carolina in fetal heartbeat bill appeal(The Center Square) – Twenty-one states filed a brief in support of South Carolina’s call for a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals review of the state’s Fetal Heartbeat… Read More
State Government
Missourians able to apply for refund of gas tax increase starting in JulyTo offset the additional 2.5 cents-per-gallon gasoline tax signed into law last year, Missourians will soon be able to file for a refund of the increased expense – a… Read More
National
Bipartisan effort to repeal federal mask mandate on planes gains momentum(The Center Square) – A bipartisan group of senators passed a resolution 57-40 that would overturn the federal mask requirement on airplanes and federally regulated public transit. Now that… Read More
National
Biden’s Supreme Court nominee alarmingly soft on child sex and child porn offenders, says Missouri Sen. Josh HawleyAfter unearthing her lenient prison sentences for child sex offenders, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley has moved from skepticism to hair-on-fire alarm about President Biden’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee.Ketanji… Read More
State Government
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has to sue to obtain public records? What chance do ordinary citizens have?The attorney general of the Show-Me State can’t get the Missouri School Boards’ Association to show him open records. That’s the assertion in a lawsuit filed by Missouri… Read More
State Government
Republican Ryan Higgins to run for state representative in St. Louis CountyLocal teacher Ryan Higgins has thrown his hat into the ring for state representative in the St. Louis County area. The district includes Valley Park, Twin Oaks, Fenton, and… Read More
Public Education
Oregon’s woke curriculum revisions include all students, even kindergartenersOregon has set new curriculum guidelines that include making kindergarteners understand their “identity” and focusing on other issues related to race, gender and religion.The revised standards will… Read More
Public Education
Seattle students breathing easier without mask mandate while union still pushes masks(The Center Square) – Seattle Public Schools’ (SPS) newly appointed Superintendent Brent Jones presented his first state of the district address on March 15 with no mention of the… Read More
Government, Public Education
Former Miami-Dade County Public Schools superintendent brings education choice vision to nation’s second-largest school district(reimaginED) – In a letter to members of the Los Angeles Unified School District community – families, students, educators and staff – newly seated superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who took… Read More
Government, Public Education
Georgia Senate kills school-choice bill(The Center Square) – The Georgia Senate has killed a bill that would have allowed Georgians to put taxpayer money toward the cost of private school tuition. Read More
Government
Ballot initiative would expand Colorado’s open records law to include school curriculum(The Center Square) – Colorado voters could get a chance to decide if school curriculum should be available to the public under the state’s open records law if a… Read More
Government
Op-Ed: Let every Washington student have school choice like I did(The Center Square) – When Washington Governor Jay Inslee released aproclamation recognizing National School Choice Week, I was optimistic for the future of K-12 education in… Read More
Culture
St. Patrick: The Christian legacy behind the legendAs an immigrant to the United States, I had never heard of St. Patrick's Day until my music teacher told me she was wearing green in his honor.I… Read More
Culture
Yes, Even Your Enemies | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for March 17“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the… Read More
National
Arkansas farmers face challenging season with high fertilizer, fuel prices(The Center Square) – Rising fertilizer and fuel costs could take a bite out of Arkansas’ rice and corn farmers. Fertilizer costs have reached record highs, as anhydrous ammonia… Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: Unmonitored drop boxes, other questions continue to cloud election integrity – even in Johnson County, KansasMost of the media want you to believe that lingering questions about election integrity are the stuff of lies, kooks and fringe conspiracy theories. As ESPN’s Lee Corso… Read More
National
U.S. Senate adopts bipartisan bill to make daylight saving time permanent(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent starting in 2023. Lawmakers unanimously adopted the Sunshine… Read More