Government
Report: Mandated DEI undergrad courses cost students and taxpayers over $1.8 billionThe costs of forcing undergraduate students nationwide to take courses imbued with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ideology is revealed to be over $1.8 billion. Besides the tuition… Read More
Public Education
Want better public schools? Create competition, argues school choice expertSchool choice guru Corey DeAngelis is all for Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency. But the problem in education is as much misspending as overspending, he says. Read More
Public Education
Reports call for billions more to fund Colorado K-12, some say unnecessarily(The Center Square) – Two studies released last week are calling for Colorado to spend billions more on K-12 education programs. This comes as absenteeism grows and enrollment… Read More
Opinion
Can government solve our problems – or is it the problem?Ronald Reagan asked a question years ago that is still relevant today: Is government the solution or is it the problem? Reagan, our 40th President, actually said it… Read More
Government
Empty federal offices waste billions, says US Rep(Daily Callers News Foundation) – Republican Rep. Beth Van Duyne of Texas said empty federal office buildings wasted “billions of dollars” Thursday during an appearance on Fox News, adding… Read More
Public Education
Proposed legislation would lower bar for passing costly school construction bonds in WA(The Center Square) – Supporters of lowering the threshold for passing a school bond measure will try again in the upcoming legislative session in Washington. According to… Read More
Opinion
Capitol Hill’s DOGE lawmakers ready to reduce regulatory burdens for everyday Americans(The Daily Signal) – In Ronald Reagan’s stirring 1964 “A Time for Choosing” speech, he said: “No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. So governments’ programs, once launched, never… Read More
Public Education
Michigan district demands $33 million to fulfill parent’s information requestA Michigan school district is under fire after demanding $33 million to grant a mother’s legal request for information. The Rochester Community School District (RCSD)… Read More
Opinion
Why is Congress funding the failing Department of Education?(The Daily Signal) – Since its creation in May 1980, the Left has demanded Republicans justify opposing federal intervention in U.S. education. However, with President-elect Donald Trump‘s Department… Read More
Government
Greene to lead subcommittee taking on government spending(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has been appointed to lead a subcommittee dedicated to working with President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency. Read More
Public Education
There’s more to universal school choice than eligibility, expert saysThe school choice movement joyfully declared 2023 the “year of universal choice,” but more can be done to make choice truly universal. That’s according to… Read More
Public Education
Minneapolis school district set to exhaust financial reserves, faces $84M deficit in 2025A new financial projection anticipates Minneapolis Public Schools will exhaust the remainder of its budgetary reserves and enter a multimillion-dollar deficit in the upcoming 2025-26… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Teachers’ Union wants $1B in city development funds to pay for teacher raisesThe Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU) is pressuring city leadership to take $1 billion from a municipal development fund and give it to public schools. CTU released a proposal… Read More
Public Education
Unsustainable spending, declining student enrollment may force closure of 1 in 10 San Francisco schoolsNearly a tenth of San Francisco’s 121 public schools would close under a recent proposal, which concedes the California district cannot maintain its current fiscal trajectory. “While not… Read More
Government
Gov. Mills’ admin accused of paying Maine news outlet $120K for positive coverageThe nonprofit news group that owns the Portland Press Herald received nearly $120,000 to publish what critics call flattering state-sponsored articles about the Democratic administration’s use of federal education… Read More
Public Education
Education officials in NYC cheat homeless students out of trip to Disney World, take their own kidsEducation officials in New York have left homeless students out of elaborate “enrichment” trips while taking their own children and grandchildren instead. The shameful finding is just one… Read More
Opinion
‘Watch out taxpayers’: Race-based funding bill filed in IllinoisOn Tuesday, July 30, 2024 I attended the press conference on higher education funding led by State Senator Kimberly Lightford and State Representative Carol Ammons. They introduced SB3965, a… Read More
Public Education
Most Alaska students are below grade level in reading and mathTwo-thirds of Alaska students can’t read or do math at grade level, a new report reveals. Alaska’s Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) released its 2024… Read More
Public Education
WA school leaders make case for more spending despite court-ordered funding bumps(The Center Square) – The Washington Association of School Administrators launched a new website last month that makes the case for increased state spending on K-12 education, even as… Read More
Public Education
Student test scores still falling despite hundreds of billions in pandemic aid(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Student test scores are continuing to fall four years after schools moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study released Tuesday… Read More