Public Education
St. Louis Public Schools countersues former superintendentIn St. Louis Public Schools’ (SLPS) latest legal battle, the district has countersued former Superintendent Keisha Scarlett after her lawsuit, filed in April, contested her abrupt leave of absence… Read More
Public Education
St. Louis may shutter more than a third of its schools, report warnsThe beleaguered St. Louis Public Schools district is looking to close up to 22 of its 62 schools and revamp its complex transportation system, a draft report concluded. Read More
Public Education
Los Angeles schools need to do better following Carvalho’s resignation(The Center Square) – Superintendent Alberto Carvalho has resigned from the Los Angeles Unified School District, and education watchdogs are not sad to see him go. Carvalho announced… Read More
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New Jersey schools may face legal challenge over gender policy(The Center Square) – The Thomas More Society has issued a demand letter to the Westwood Regional School District Board of Education in New Jersey, calling for the repeal… Read More
Public Education
Los Angeles schools superintendent renews contract amid budge woes(The Center Square) – The Los Angeles Board of Education unanimously voted this week to renew its four-year contract with Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, amid a… Read More
Public Education
Florida Board of Education chair outlines principles to create ‘informed, virtuous citizenry’Education shouldn’t just transmit knowledge – it should form character and cultivate “civic virtues essential to freedom,” argued the Florida State Board of Education chair in a recent address. Read More
Missouri Legislature
OP-ED: A bad deal for Missouri’s childrenTradeoffs and give-and-take are at the heart of politics. We’re told that the politicians who are willing to compromise are the ones who “get things done.”But not every… Read More
Government
Is Kansas Dept of Ed fear-mongering schools about expanding ICE investigations?(The Sentinel) – The Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) has provided guidance to school districts on how to respond to a recent directive from the U. S. Department… Read More
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South Carolina removes 4 more books from school classrooms for content violationsSouth Carolina K-12 classrooms will no longer feature four books after a review committee decided they violated regulations prohibiting sexual content, the state’s education board ruled Tuesday. “We… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school district attempts to stifle, marginalize board members(The Sentinel) – Chanute (Kansas) Board of Education President Heather Guernsey and Superintendent of Schools Matt Koester refuse to answer questions about a “board governance document”… Read More
Courts
Kansas school district dodging questions about legal fees(The Sentinel) – The Olathe, Kansas Unified School District administration and board of education are either refusing to answer questions about legal fees defending a lawsuit the district ultimately… Read More
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Aurora Public Schools to have DEI retreat for education board(The Center Square) – The Aurora Public Schools Board of Education in Colorado is participating in a retreat focused on diversity, equity and inclusion and the material for the… Read More
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Illinois education officials seeking more tax dollars(The Center Square) – The Illinois State Board of Education is aiming high in its request for more taxpayer funding in the next fiscal year. The board is… Read More
Government
Kentucky lawmakers propose bill to allow voters to elect state ed board membersKentucky lawmakers filed a bill that would allow voters to directly elect the state’s school board members. Senate Majority Whip Mike Wilson, R-District 32, led a group of… Read More
Courts
Kansas resident removed from board meeting wins First Amendment case against school board member(The Sentinel) – In a victory for free speech rights, a federal jury recently sided with Olathe resident Jennifer Gilmore who was removed from an Olathe Board of Education… Read More
Public Education
Walters says Oklahoma education department is developing discipline policies(The Center Square) – Oklahoma’s Superintendent of Instruction said he will be creating guidelines for every district on discipline. “You can go across the state and hear stories… Read More
Gender, Springfield
Springfield Board of Education dodges federal ‘guidance’ to enact sexual orientation, gender identity clauses – and officials warn other districts not to fall for itSteve Makoski sees the role of a school board member as protecting schoolchildren – even from the president of the United States. He feels he and three of… Read More
Public Education
Blue state officials vote to shove ‘climate change’ education into math class(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The New Jersey Board of Education adopted K-12 standards for math and language arts that include climate change education Wednesday, according to New Jersey… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school superintendent defends gender pronoun instruction poster in middle school(The Sentinel) – Students at Clark Middle School in Bonner Springs, Kansas can familiarize themselves with the issues involving gender identity pronouns with this school-approved wall poster now… Read More
Public Education
Power play: NC Board of Education seizes purse strings from charter school board(The Center Square) – Gubernatorially appointed members of a North Carolina board led a vote Thursday to institute education policy undermining the will of the 170-member General Assembly. Read More
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