Christian Schools
Survey reveals continued rising support for private schools, school choiceParents who have kids in private schools have more satisfaction in their kids’ education, while support for school choice increases with understanding of it, a new survey finds. Read More
Public Education
New York mandate for smaller class sizes will cost taxpayers $2B a yearA new state law will force New York City to spend nearly $2 billion taxpayer funds annually on additional teaching positions. The bill, which was signed by Gov. Read More
Public Education
California state superintendent against parents’ rights on gender kicked out of local board meetingCalifornia school superintendent Tony Thurmond was kicked out of a Chino Valley board of education meeting after he went over his allotted time and refused to yield the floor. Read More
Public Education
Education expert Corey DeAngelis warns the nation’s ‘rising tide of mediocrity’ in public education has become a tsunami, in live interview at HerzogThe danger to our children and our country from a failing education system has only mushroomed through the years, a new book urgently warns. Indeed, four decades… Read More
Public Education
‘Armed with knowledge’: National conference empowers teachers to stand up to unionsAround 200 educators attended the Teacher Freedom Summit last week, a “first-of-its-kind” conference to help public school teachers understand and stand up to the unions that claim to support… Read More
Public Education
Texas charter school requires boys be boys, girls be girls, in its two renowned choirsA Fort Worth public charter school has banned boys from the girls’ choir, and vice versa. The Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts voted 4-2 recently to require… Read More
Public Education
Despite billions in taxpayer funding, Philadelphia’s schools are literally falling apart(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Nearly 4 in 10 Philadelphia schools were assessed and rated as having “unsatisfactory” conditions despite the district having a $3.9 billion budget paid by… Read More
Public Education
School district axed advanced math in the name of ‘equity’. Parents say it made things worse(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Parents are saying that a Massachusetts school district’s decision to axe advanced math in the name of equity has caused more harm to students,… Read More
Opinion
States should make public education more accessible through flexible, open enrollmentEarlier this year, President Joe Biden claimed he wanted “every kid, in every zip code, in every state [to] have access to every education opportunity… Read More
Culture
Trudeau blames ‘American right wing’ for Muslim parents protesting gender ideology in CanadaAfter Canadian Muslims rallied for parental rights in education, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau blamed the “American right wing” for spreading “misinformation.” Trudeau met with the Muslim community last… Read More
Public Education
Wisconsin ‘teacher activist’ fired for flaunting rainbows despite school policy against politically charged imageryA self-described “teacher activist” was fired Wednesday after waging a lengthy, politically charged battle against the school district over LGBT advocacy in her 1st-grade class. The controversy started… Read More
Public Education
A Tennessee public school district is giving students credit for religious coursesA Tennessee public school district has approved a policy allowing high school students to receive graduation credit for religious classes taken outside of school. The board of Knox… Read More
Public Education
Utah State Board of Education member under investigation for criticizing public education indoctrination on social mediaA member of the Utah State Board of Education is under investigation by the board for social media posts critical of public education. The USBE is basing its… Read More
Public Education
Biden admin plans to wipe $39 billion in student debt for thousands of borrowers despite SCOTUS ruling(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Education (DOE) announced Friday that it will automatically forgive $39 billion of student loan debt for more than 804,000 borrowers, following… Read More
Public Education
Newsom defends book with ‘pedophile’ Harvey Milk, defying local, elected school boardCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom ratcheted up the heat in a dispute with a local school board via Twitter. In June, the Temecula Valley Unified School Board (TVSB) voted… Read More
Public Education
Sanders appoints LEARNS supporter to state education board(The Center Square) – Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ first appointee to the Arkansas Board of Education is a former Republican lawmaker who helped get the LEARNS Act through, according… Read More
Courts
Court filings call for expedited schedule on LEARNS case(The Center Square) – Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is asking the state Supreme Court to expedite briefings in a case challenging the emergency clause of the LEARNS Act. Read More
Public Education
Former Arizona school counselor says she was advised to keep student’s transgender status from parents(Daily Caller News Foundation) – An Arizona school district’s administrators advised social workers to conceal students’ gender transitions from their parents, a former school social worker told the Daily… Read More
Public Education
‘More government does not fix bad government’: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer expands Department of Education in restructure questioned by criticsMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order to expand the state’s Department of Education into a new Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and… Read More
Public Education
Indiana superintendent who resigned over $1.2 million in fraud payments gets special role in district(The Center Square) – The former superintendent of Manchester Community Schools in Manchester, Indiana mistakenly paid over $1 million to fraudsters posing as a legitimate construction company resigned yesterday… Read More