Opinion
Raising the bar: The Scripps National Spelling Bee is an American bastion of academic excellenceWhile political and divisive ideologies have pushed public education to lower academic standards, the Scripps National Spelling Bee has championed excellence since it began almost a century ago. Read More
Public Education
Public school parent files suit over alleged beating by trans student illegally using girls’ bathroomA public school parent is filing suit against an Oklahoma school district, alleging her 15-year-old daughter was attacked and severely beaten by a 17-year-old transgender student in a school… Read More
Public Education
More public school students failing in key grades than before, says nationwide school testing reportDespite evidence of some educational recovery, more 4th and 8th graders are failing in math and reading than before, according to a new report from… Read More
Government
Iowa governor: education bills provide ‘transformational’ reform(The Center Square) – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed seven bills that cover education issues, her office announced Friday. The bills’ topics range from parents’ rights, state board… Read More
Public Education
The science of reading is the solution to state, nation’s literacy problem(The Sentinel) – Thirty-four percent of fourth-grade students in the United States cannot read at the basic level, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. It… Read More
Public Education
Local news ‘investigative report’ uses Democratic Party head to bash conservative school board, but fails to mention her jobA local station in North Carolina used the head of the local Democratic Party to bash conservative school board members, without disclosing her party or job title. Read More
Public Education
Report: Bill Gates funds radical education ‘equity’ group with direct contact to Biden adminDocuments obtained by Fox News show billionaire Bill Gates has funded tens of millions of dollars to a radical education ‘equity’ group with direct ties to the Biden administration. Read More
Government
Democratic Georgia Rep. rebukes her own party over school choice hypocrisy: ‘They don’t really care about inner city kids’A Georgia lawmaker says the confession by her fellow Democrat of using a fake address to get a child into a better public school shows the “hypocrisy of my… Read More
Public Education
Nevada teacher says white teachers are the problem, promotes riots in videosAnother teacher is under fire after a series of TikTok videos appeared online promoting far left views and containing controversial comments on race. Jennifer Leja, a teacher at Hyde… Read More
Public Education
New Jersey AG sues school board over policy requiring parental notification of kids’ gender transitionsNew Jersey’s Democratic Attorney General Matthew Platkin is suing a township school board over its policy that requires parental notification in matters of gender dysphoria and sexual orientation. Read More
Public Education
Democratic state Rep. loses it, calls parents ‘incompetent,’ tells them to ‘shut up’ over plunging test scoresA New Hampshire state representative blamed parents for student test scores plunging nationwide, calling parents “incompetent teachers.” “Do your children a favor, let the teachers teach, and shut… Read More
Public Education
School district uses increasingly familiar ploy to charge $11K for FOIA-type requestA school district is punishing an advocacy group with a familiar tactic: adding onerous fees to open records requests. The Sun Prairie Area School District (SPASD) presented a bill… Read More
Culture
‘It made me physically nauseous’: parents reportedly furious over illustrated 5th grade sex ed curriculum(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Parents of students at a Long Island school are reportedly furious over a new sex ed curriculum aimed at fifth grade students which offers… Read More
Culture
Teacher under investigation by DeSantis says parental rights ‘are gone when your child is in the public school system’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A teacher under investigation by the Florida Department of Education for showing an LGBT themed film to 10-year-olds said Tuesday parents don’t have rights… Read More
Culture
Miyares urges Biden administration to uphold Title IX(The Center Square) – Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has joined nearly two dozen state attorneys general imploring the Biden administration to protect female athletes by upholding Title IX. Read More
Courts
Teacher who sued school over gender secrets policy harassed by staff, studentsA teacher who sued her school district over its radical gender policy says she was compelled to request paid leave due to harassment from liberal teachers and students.Elizabeth… Read More
Public Education
Loudoun County “activist” Facebook group contains death threats against parents opposed to LGBT ideologyA Loudon County, Virginia Facebook group is being investigated after members allegedly made death threats against parents who spoke against LGBT ideology at local school board meetings."The Loudoun… Read More
Homeschools
Public schools are making unwarranted contact with homeschool families. Here’s how parents are defending their rightsWhen Virginia mom Olivia Knapp decided to homeschool her 10-year-old daughter during the spring semester, she did all her research beforehand.She delivered the necessary paperwork to her public… Read More
Courts
Christian teacher sues school she says fired her for not lying to parents about their children’s gender transitionsA California teacher has filed a lawsuit against the school district she says fired her for refusing to conceal gender information from parents.The suit, which was filed in… Read More
Public Education
Michigan school district bans backpacks after 3rd grader brings loaded handgun to schoolAnother school district in Michigan is instituting a no-backpack policy after school officials confiscated a loaded handgun from an elementary school student on Wednesday.Grand Rapids Public Schools says… Read More