Culture, Public Education
Florida parents’ rights bill would dash ‘pick-your-own pronouns fantasy’ in schoolsTwo Florida state representatives proposed a bill on Tuesday that would expand Florida’s current Parental Rights in Education law.Rep. Adam Anderson, R-Tarpon Springs, and Rep. Randy Fine, R-Brevard,… Read More
Public Education
NYC teacher assigns genders and sexual preferences to video game characters for student clubA 9th grade teacher in New York shared a Power Point presentation with students which gave popular video game characters various genders and sexual identities.Remy Elliott, who identifies… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Texas lawmaker introduces bill that allows teachers to reject CDC trans activism(Daily Caller) – A Texas lawmaker introduced a bill Monday that would protect teachers from participating in “inclusivity policies” such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Washington teacher says kids need to be shielded from ‘Christo-fascist’ parentsSocial media erupted over the weekend when a Washington state teacher said that too many students are unsafe from what she called their “Christo-fascist’ parents.Auburn School District teacher… Read More
Culture
NC Governor solicits donations, slandering conservative lawmakers as ‘bigoted, anti-LGBTQ+ extremists’(The Center Square) – North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is soliciting donations to fight the “bigoted, anti-LGBTQ+ extremists” in the General Assembly who want parents to have a… Read More
Public Education
Bill would cut WA classroom learning by four hours a week(The Center Square) – A bill working its way through Washington state's Legislature would redefine “instructional hours” to include time spent with non-teachers.The legislation comes at a time… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Virginia Dems, teachers’ union accused of ‘hypocrisy’ over opposition to anti-Communist billThe education establishment in Virginia continues to turn a tin ear to voters, opposing a recent vote on a bill that aims to shed light on communist misdeeds. Read More
Government, Opinion
The conservative education revolution that David Brooks is missingA bottom-up revolution is suddenly changing education and our country forever – this time for the better.It’s too bad that some are missing out on the story.In… Read More
Public Education
Parents successfully pressure school board to give conservative the seat he nearly lost over a ‘clerical error’Parents in Wisconsin expressed outrage over a "clerical error" after a bureaucrat’s mistake threatened to cost a conservative school board member his seat.The error was in the length… Read More
Public Education
New Hampshire bill would remove K-12 exemptions from obscenity lawsA New Hampshire House measure would prohibit K-12 schools from providing or distributing obscene materials, while allowing institutions of higher education to retain their immunity.“This bill has… Read More
Public Education
Arizona to reward school districts abandoning social emotional learning(The Center Square) – Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is offering a grant to schools that take up an alternative to the controversial education practice known as social… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Non-binary middle school teacher with history of extreme statements under investigation by school districtA middle school teacher in Maryland is under investigation after a history of extreme statements was exposed.Lane Cogdill, a “gender fluid” middle school teacher at Silver Spring International… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Florida school board removes sexually explicit books from school librariesA Florida school district voted to remove three sexually themed books from its school libraries, in accordance with Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law.The controversy centered around And… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Schools nationwide push gender pronouns without informing parents, report saysA new report reveals students in the nation’s largest school districts are encouraged to change their names and pronouns without parental knowledge, even though those same schools require parental… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Oklahoma AG walks back predecessor’s green light for faith-based charter schools, citing ‘unsettled’ law(Daily Caller) – Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond rescinded his predecessor’s decision to allow publicly funded religious charter schools Thursday, according to a letter sent to the Statewide Virtual… Read More
Culture, Public Education
School 4 days a week: Is a schoolchild’s dream a parent’s thorny nightmare?Some Nebraska schools are moving to a four-day school week, following the lead of at least six other school districts in the state.Amid a challenging hiring and retention… Read More
Public Education
Hundreds of students’ mental health records leaked online after ransomware attack on LA school district(Daily Caller) – Hundreds of students’ mental health records were posted to a “dark web” site following a ransomware attack of the second largest school district in the country,… Read More
Public Education
Indiana House committee approves bill allowing partisan school board elections(The Center Square) – The Indiana House Committee on Education recently voted 6-4 to approve House Bill 1428, which would allow school districts to conduct partisan elections. The bill… Read More
Government, Public Education
Arkansas committee greenlights public teacher pay hike, universal school choice(The Center Square) – The Arkansas Senate Education Committee gave a do-pass recommendation Wednesday to the Arkansas LEARNS bill, but not without some reservations from both Democrats and… Read More
Government, Public Education
Lawmakers say educational investments are not paying off in Illinois(The Center Square) – As Gov. J.B. Pritzker tours the state touting his proposed early childhood investments, some Republican lawmakers say taxpayers are not getting a good return… Read More