Public Education
Virginians to offer feedback on history standards(The Center Square) – The Virginia Board of Education this week is beginning a series of public hearings on the most recent draft of the state’s history and… Read More
Public Education
Michigan schools to launch statewide infrastructure study(The Center Square) – A coalition of 12 Michigan intermediate school districts announced plans to launch a comprehensive statewide school infrastructure study.The review will explain to lawmakers, school… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Virginia’s teachers’ union sneaks CRT, Marxism into classrooms despite banThe Virginia Education Association is finding ways to introduce Critical Race Theory (CRT) materials into classrooms, despite a statewide ban.In February, as a part of its Black History… Read More
Public Education
In Maryland’s public schools, ‘average’ isn’t very goodMaryland’s education department released its public-school report card, revealing over 25% of schools lost at least one star out of five.The report, from the Maryland State Department… Read More
Culture, Public Education
School district sued for allegedly discrimination against Christian after-school club(Daily Caller) – A Rhode Island school district is the subject of a lawsuit after allegedly preventing Christian clubs from operating on its school campuses while allowing secular clubs. Read More
Culture, Public Education
Arizona high school’s policy tells girls to leave their locker room if uncomfortable with trans students(Daily Caller) – An Arizona high school has a policy allowing transgender students to change in their preferred locker rooms and telling female students to use alternative facilities if… Read More
Culture
Parents fight elite high school’s shift away from merit to diversity-minded lottery system(Daily Caller) – Philadelphia parents are pushing back against a prestigious high school’s lottery admissions system aimed at increasing diversity among students, according to The Wall Street Journal.In… Read More
Public Education
Bill would increase Tennessee teacher pay, stop payroll collection of union dues(The Center Square) – A bill to both raise the minimum Tennessee teacher salary to $50,000 by 2026-27 and eliminate the option of districts collecting Tennessee Education Association dues… Read More
Public Education
6 school safety bills filed, address security failure in Uvalde(The Center Square) – State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, filed six school safety bills on Thursday, referring to them as “Safety Six.” The bills, he says, will address a… Read More
Culture
Youngkin fields questions on CRT, history standards(The Center Square) – Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin outlined and defended his stance on a range of education topics, including Critical Race Theory and transgender students in sports,… Read More
Culture, Public Education
‘Genderqueer shapeshifter’ provided Colorado school district’s professional development training for teachers(Daily Caller) – A “genderqueer shapeshifter” gave a professional development training session to educators within a Colorado school district detailing the “do’s & don’ts with language around trans identity”… Read More
Public Education
Massive Alaska school spending bill tabled for now(The Center Square) – State Rep. Dan Ortiz took a "loud and clear" stance this week on substantially raising Alaska's base student allocation at the House Education Committee's second… Read More
Public Education
Gov. Hobbs vetoes Arizona CRT ban(The Center Square) – Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a bill that would have banned critical race theory instruction in public schools.The legislation would have fined schools up to… Read More
Culture, Public Education
DeSantis targets media hypocrisy over its ‘book ban’ allegationsDisputing the media’s claims that he wants to “ban” books, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gave a video presentation of specific examples of the books being removed from schools.Then, seemingly… Read More
Culture, Public Education
New Hampshire considers four laws to help families against LGBT indoctrination at schoolsThe New Hampshire legislature is considering four bills that would provide protection to families from the growing progressive impetus to indoctrinate the state’s youth into LGBT ideology.Two of… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma Gov. Stitt and Superintendent Walters partner to increase government efficiencyThe Oklahoma governor announced a new initiative to increase government efficiency – and the state’s education superintendent was the first to take decisive action.Gov. Kevin Stitt announced on… Read More
Public Education
Kansas among states lagging in civics instruction(The Sentinel) – Mar. 6-10 is designated as National Civic Learning Week. But a 50-state survey of curriculum and legislative initiatives shows Kansas lagging behind in dedication to teaching civics, defined… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Kansas school district: honoring parents’ wishes on student pronouns is discriminatory(The Sentinel) – The Wichita School district is declining to answer questions about a teacher training that says it is “discriminatory” for teachers to honor parents’ wishes regarding their… Read More
Public Education
Who does Michigan Gov. Whitmer’s free school meal program benefit?Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wants to provide free breakfast and lunch to all Michigan’s schoolchildren despite the fact that over half of them already qualify for help.Whitmer’s executive… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Email about hiding student pronouns creates possible legal trouble for Arizona public schoolA middle school principal in Arizona is in hot water after a staff email showed the school tried to hide students’ pronoun preferences from parents.Under a recent Arizona… Read More