Opinion, Public Education
Kansas Reflector gaslights readers on school funding, makes false accusations of legislators(The Sentinel) – A recent story about school funding in the Kansas Reflector reminded me of a quote by Winston Churchill – a lie gets halfway around the… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Florida school vows to investigate trans teacher who allegedly threatened violence after keeping the incident from parents(Daily Caller) – The superintendent of Fox Chapel Middle School announced the school would be investigating an incident where a transgender teacher allegedly threatened to shoot up the… Read More
Public Education
Georgia’s Kemp signs education bills(The Center Square) – Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed several education bills, including House Bill 147, the Safe Schools Act.It establishes a voluntary school safety and anti-gang endorsement… Read More
Public Education
Demand for Illinois ag teachers is strong(The Center Square) – Illinois needs career-changers to teach ag courses in high school.The Land of Lincoln has always been an agricultural powerhouse. The state is working hard… Read More
Courts, Public Education
Michigan public school contractor pleads guilty to $561K bribe scheme(The Center Square) – A Michigan school contractor pleaded guilty to giving a $561,000 bribe to a former school board president in return for $3.1 million of projects for… Read More
Public Education
Illinois school officials are requesting funding that tops $10 billion(The Center Square) – Illinois school officials have made a budgetary request of more than a half billion dollars in additional funding than last year. The Illinois… Read More
Public Education
Arkansas voters to decide on amendment concerning funds for vocational-technical schools(The Center Square) – Arkansas voters will decide on a constitutional amendment in 2024 to allow the state’s lottery proceeds to be used to fund grants and scholarships for… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Pandemic relief funds finding laborers more than students(The Center Square) – Recent research is raising the alarm about states spending federal COVID-19 relief funding intended for learning loss on labor, setting the stage for a painful… Read More
Culture, Public Education
School district donated to gender clinic that gives kids puberty blockers, refers them for trans surgeries(Daily Caller) – A Pennsylvania school donated to a Philadelphia gender clinic that put on professional development trainings advising teachers on how to support “transgender and gender expansive students,”… Read More
Public Education
Ohio state superintendent’s departure renews push to remove power from school board(The Center Square) – Two Ohio state senators believe the recent resignation of the interim superintendent of Public Instruction opens the door to an overhaul of the Ohio Department… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Middle schoolers allegedly ‘bullied’ peers into participating in LGBT ‘Day of Silence’(Daily Caller) – Students at Felix Festa Middle School in New York felt they were “bullied” into participating in an LGBTQ “Day of Silence,” according to an anonymous parent… Read More
Public Education
Biden administration opens investigation into Loudoun County Public Schools’ response to sexual assualts(Daily Caller) – The Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) opened an investigation Wednesday into Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) over its handling of multiple sexual assaults… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Arkansas Senate advances bill requiring biologically based pronouns in schoolThe Arkansas Senate has passed a bill prohibiting teachers from using pronouns for students other than those assigned at birth, at least without parental permission.The vote was 19… Read More
Culture, Public Education
California school board keeps policy that hides students’ gender transitions from parents despite pending litigation(Daily Caller) – A California school board voted Thursday to keep a school policy which directs teachers to keep a student’s gender transition a secret, despite pending litigation over… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Illinois reallocates $30 million of COVID-19 testing funds for classroom air purifiers(The Center Square) – Around $30 million has been designated to distribute 60,000 HEPA air purifiers in more than 3,000 Illinois schools across the state.Mike Claffey, of the… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Maine Mom sues school district that enabled her daughter’s secret gender transitionA mother in Maine is suing her daughter’s school district after school staff secretly helped her daughter “transition” into a boy.After finding a “chest binder” in her daughter’s room… Read More
Public Education
Idaho school board member to governor: ‘F–k You’(Daily Caller) – A member of an Idaho school board had some vulgar words for Republican Idaho Gov. Brad Little for banning medical transgender procedures for minors.Boise School… Read More
Public Education
US high school students wrote gushing letters to Xi Jinping, Chinese state-media reports(Daily Caller) – Students at an Illinois high school were directed by their teacher to write gushing letters to China’s dictator, Chinese state media reported Wednesday.In 2019, students… Read More
Public Education
Oregon senator criticizes public education for discriminating against disabled studentsAn Oregon lawmaker is accusing school districts of discriminating against disabled students by placing them in abbreviated school day programs that reduce instruction hours.Sen. Sarah Gelser Blouin, D-District… Read More
Public Education
New Hampshire Senate committee hears amendments to charter, public school bills(The Center Square) – A New Hampshire Senate panel on Tuesday heard testimony on amendments to a series of bills cycling through the Legislature, including one pertaining to charters… Read More