Public Education
Buffalo Public Schools responds to police detective’s charges of failures in reporting abuse, sexual assaultThe Buffalo Public Schools (BPS) Board of Education has launched an external investigation after a police detective accused the district of covering up incidents of abuse and sexual assault. Read More
Public Education
Rigorous instruction, school safety cited as reasons families are leaving NYC’s public schoolsNearly half of families leaving New York City’s public schools are looking for “more rigorous education,” and a quarter of them have safety concerns, a new survey reveals. Read More
Homeschools
New York should revise educational policies that ‘kill innovation,’ commentary arguesJailed for teaching children in small groups? As Orwellian as it sounds, such a scenario is already written into New York’s law – where homeschool parents are forbidden… Read More
Public Education
NYC charter school bursting at seams fights uphill battle against ‘anti-charter’ biasA New York City charter school is making headlines as its administrators attempt creative solutions to the school’s spacing issues made worse by a hamstringing city law. In… Read More
Courts
Bondi files charges against New York governor, attorney general citing immigration(The Center Square) – U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced the Department of Justice has filed civil charges against the state of New York, citing the state’s failure to… Read More
Government
West Virginia among states, counties helping ICE deport illegal immigrantsCounties and states are entering agreements with the federal government to hasten deportations of criminal illegal immigrants. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced this week his state signed… Read More
Public Education
New York’s student performance wanes even as spending balloons to $89B, the highest nationwideTaxpayers are paying more for lower grades, a recent report argues when highlighting record spending by New York public schools. “Continuing to shovel more and more money every… Read More
Government
Guatemalan migrant arrested after woman set on fire, killed on subway(Daily Callers News Foundation) – A Guatemalan migrant allegedly set a sleeping woman ablaze Sunday morning, killing her. The NYPD discovered a woman engulfed in flames on the… Read More
Public Education
NY school district reverses course, allows constitutionally protected student Bible clubNew York state’s Waterville Central School District has changed its mind on religious liberty, and will now allow one of its students to start a school Bible club. Read More
Public Education
School district with gay club rejects Bible club, demand letter alleges(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Waterville Central School District in New York allegedly denied a student’s request to form a Bible club despite allowing clubs such as the… Read More
Culture
‘Wanted’ posters aimed at Jewish faculty and staff appear at NY university, officials say(Daily Caller News Foundation) – “Wanted” posters targeting several Jewish faculty and staff recently appeared at the University of Rochester, according to the university’s president. President Sarah C. Read More
Politics
Letitia James vows to continue what critics call lawfare against Trump(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democratic Attorney General Letitia James of New York vowed Wednesday to continue pursuing President-elect Donald Trump in court, despite his election victory. Trump … Read More
Public Education
Report: Antisemites, including designated terror group, ‘infiltrated’ teachers’ union, NYC public schoolsForeign actors and radical activists, one with a U.S. terror designation, have infiltrated New York City’s public school system to spread bias and hatred against Jews. So warns… Read More
Politics
Trump packs Madison Square Garden in campaign’s final stretch(The Center Square) – With just over a week until Election Day, former President Donald Trump headlined a star-studded rally in a jammed-packed Madison Square Garden in New York… Read More
Public Education
NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks announces retirement after feds raid his home(Daily Caller News Foundation) – New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks announced Wednesday that he will be retiring Dec. 31. Federal agents raided the home of the… Read More
Culture
Columbia University says race ‘neutral’ policies ‘constitutes discrimination’Campus policies that are “neutral” and do not consider race are considered “discriminatory,” Columbia University’s updated discrimination guide states. The university updated its “Anti-Discrimination… 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
Public Education
Influx of migrant students a ‘godsend’ to NYC public schools, chancellor claimsAs New York City officials warn of the migrant crisis overwhelming public services, NYC Schools Chancellor David Banks welcomes the increased student enrollment. “For some of the… Read More
Homeschools
New York observes second-highest rate of growth in homeschooling nationwideDespite New York’s reputation as a high-regulation homeschool state, its families are turning to home education in record numbers. “New York’s homeschooling rates have jumped 178% over the… Read More
Culture
Ex-employee sues New York university for allegedly firing her after she converted to Christianity(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A former City University of New York (CUNY) staff member is suing the university for wrongfully terminating her employment after she converted to Christianity,… Read More