Politics
Detransitioner Chloe Cole warns of ‘medical abuse’ at rally in support of Missouri Amendment 3 banning child sex changes, restricting abortionA national advocate and a local whistleblower rallied south of St. Louis Tuesday, urging Missouri voters to pass a landmark constitutional amendment restricting abortion and permanently banning sex-change procedures… Read More
Public Education
Illinois school hides trans status of overnight roommates(The Daily Signal) – An Illinois school district allowed at least one male to share overnight accommodations with female high school students while withholding that information from parents,… Read More
Government
Letter to Biden called dad arrested after speaking out about daughter’s rape potential ‘terrorist,’ DOJ report says(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A 2021 letter to then-President Joe Biden described a father as a possible domestic terrorist after he confronted a school about the brutal rape… Read More
Public Education
Glenn Youngkin touts federal school choice, Republicans’ ‘winning education strategy’Former Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is advocating for education reform nationwide and urging current Democratic governors to opt into school choice. In an interview… Read More
Courts
“Few things more terrifying”: Parents appeal to SCOTUS to fight state law keeping runaway gender-confused kids from non-conforming parentsParents are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to approve their legal battle against a Washington state law that hides runaway children from parents who disapprove of gender ideology, labeling… Read More
Courts
Christian father sues Maine public school for religious vaccine exemptionChristian father James Childs is suing the Maine Department of Education and his local school district for their threats to expel his 12-year-old son if he isn’t vaccinated, allegedly violating the family’s First… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Homeschooling wasn’t always legal. Here’s how a Kansas City nonprofit is remembering 40 years of homeschool historyAlmost four decades ago, Todd Kangas was wondering whether he and his wife would be imprisoned for their choice to homeschool. “We started doing research on homeschooling in Kansas, and… Read More
Public Education
Education Department takes action to protect parental rights in Kansas(The Center Square) – The Trump administration will take action to protect parental rights in Kansas after an investigation revealed that three school districts in the state maintain policies… Read More
Public Education
Nonprofit asks district to drop ‘vulgar’ K-5 sexual education(The Center Square) – A Colorado school district is facing potential litigation over what’s being called “vulgar” sexual education material for children as young as kindergarteners. Based in… Read More
Courts
Nebraska lawsuit: Public education uses financial pressure to curtail parental rightsA civil rights group has filed a First Amendment lawsuit in Nebraska, challenging the premises of the modern, government-run education system. Two Nebraska families, represented by the New… Read More
Courts
Parents sue California school district over mosque field trip, hijab requestA group of parents and former students are suing a California public school district over a field trip to a mosque. The group says the mosque encouraged girls… Read More
Public Education
Department of Education: Massachusetts district’s explicit survey violated federal privacy lawStudents as young as 11 had their privacy violated through an explicit survey administered by a suburban Boston school district, the U.S. Department of Education has concluded. Read More
Public Education
WATCH: Florida’s newest senator calls for school choice expansion nationwideSen. Ashley Moody, R-Florida, is championing a new federal tax credit scholarship designed to help millions of students get the education their parents choose. The Education Freedom… Read More
Opinion
Indiana watchdog: Public school DEI is hiding, not gone(The Daily Signal) – Last year, many Indiana public school teachers promised to end racist diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in schools. If successful, such assurances and the policies that… Read More
Government
New Hampshire governor signs legislation requiring parental notification on gender identity in schoolsNew Hampshire Gov. Kelly Ayotte has signed legislation requiring school employees to answer parents’ written questions about their children truthfully. Senate Bill 430 requires credentialed school… Read More
Public Education
Texas counselor says school choice helps students thrive outside traditional classroomsA counselor at a virtual school in Texas says there are five main reasons parents opt their children out of traditional schools, reinforcing arguments made by school choice advocates. Read More
Courts
Illinois mom files federal lawsuit after school district secretly transitioned her child behind her backAn Illinois school district is facing a federal class-action lawsuit over claims it secretly transitioned a minor student’s gender identity at school. The mother of a high school student enrolled… Read More
Schools
Schools must notify parents of LGBTQ ‘Day of Silence’ Friday or face legal action, Catholic legal group says(The Heartlander) — In the wake of the Supreme Court empowering parents to opt their children out of LGBTQ material, the Thomas More Society is… Read More
Gender Identity
How Trump is protecting parents’ rights to reject children’s transgender identity(The Daily Signal) – The Department of Health and Human Services is protecting parents’ rights to keep their children under their care, according to Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Read More
Parenting, School Choice
Milestone Missouri parental rights bill clears committee as homeschool advocates secure additional safeguardsA landmark parental rights bill advanced in the Missouri House Tuesday after lawmakers adopted key amendments suggested by homeschool advocacy groups. House Bill 2426 would codify the… Read More