Public Education
The impact of the 2022 Florida legislative session on public education(reimaginED) – On this episode, Step Up For Students President Doug Tuthill and Legislative Affairs Manager Alexis Laroe discuss the changes coming to education choice programs in Florida following… Read More
Public Education
Teacher’s union Ukraine gaffe ‘free advertising for school choice’The second-largest teachers’ union in America posted a tweet in support of Ukraine, but the gesture fell flat as critics pointed out the photos they shared completely botched the… Read More
Public Education
GOP leaders look to squash union’s ‘burdensome’ ways in North Carolina school-choice case(The Center Square) – Republicans in the General Assembly want the North Carolina Court of Appeals to halt proceedings in a lower court challenge to the Opportunity Scholarship Program… Read More
Public Education
Washington spends $18,175 per student, according to new budget numbers(The Center Square) – Average per-student funding in Washington state is $18,175, according to new 2021-2022 school year budgetnumbersfrom fiscal.wa.gov, the state’s revenue and expenditure… Read More
Public Education
Education pension spiking costs continue to hit Illinois taxpayers(The Center Square) – School districts across the state continue to divert money from classrooms to boost the pensions of retiring educators despite multiple attempts to curb the practice. Read More
Public Education
Youngkin disputes several Virginia media reports on divisive concept tip line(The Center Square) – Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is disputing several news reports that claimed every school superintendent in the state opposed his tip line to report divisive concepts… Read More
Public Education
Remedial Ed audit finds systemic deficiencies in KS school system(The Sentinel) – A recently released state audit disclosed that about a third of Kansas high school graduates took at least one remedial course in college. High school and college… Read More
Public Education
Gov. DeSantis signs bill ending end-of-year Florida Standards Assessment test(The Center Square) – Gov. Ron DeSantis’ signed SB 1048 into law, which replaces the Florida Standards Assessment test, the major end-of-year exam students take with a new assessment… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Arizona Senate passes education transparency bill(The Center Square) – The Arizona Senate passed a bill this week that would increase academic transparency. In a 16-13 vote along party lines with Republicans… Read More
Public Education
Rochester Schools paid $188,750 to settle lawsuit over district’s dossier of critical parents(The Center Square) – Rochester Community Schools (RCS) paid$188,750to settle a lawsuit accusing the district of collecting a dossier of parents critical of school policies and… Read More
Public Education
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has to sue to obtain public records. What chance do ordinary citizens have?The attorney general of the Show-Me State can’t get the Missouri School Boards’ Association to show him open records.That’s the assertion in a lawsuit filed by Missouri Attorney… Read More
Government, Public Education
Georgia Senate kills school-choice bill(The Center Square) – The Georgia Senate has killed a bill that would have allowed Georgians to put taxpayer money toward the cost of private school tuition. Read More
Government
Op-Ed: Let every Washington student have school choice like I did(The Center Square) – When Washington Governor Jay Inslee released aproclamation recognizing National School Choice Week, I was optimistic for the future of K-12 education in… Read More
Public Education
Education analysts: Schools’ COVID-aid spending could send new hires off a fiscal cliff again(The Center Square) – As school districts across the country grapple with declining enrollments induced by the pandemic, many are engaged in spending sprees like those of the past,… Read More
Public Education
Games schools play: Is the government bribing kids to get vaccinated?Kids will do just about anything for a sticker.But the very qualities that make children eager for a reward are being exploited by the government in yet another… Read More
Public Education
Individual Freedoms bill headed to Gov. DeSantis’ desk(The Center Square) – An “Individual Freedoms” bill has passed both chambers of the legislature and is headed to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ desk. He’s expected to sign it.It… Read More
Public Education
18 Kansas teachers pledge to teach CRT tenets(The Sentinel) – Against a backdrop of curriculum transparency and Parents Bill of Rights legislation, comes a reminder that 18 Kansas teachers signed a pledge to continue teaching… Read More
Public Education
Emporia school board member sends police after parentsA member of the Emporia Board of Education allegedly attempted to have a member of the public arrested after disagreements over her votes on school mask policies.The issue… Read More
Public Education
Op-Ed: Mask mandate is gone for most Illinois schools, but teachers unions still demand more power over kids, parents(The Center Square) – Illinois’ largest teachers unions in the past two pandemic years have shown their priority is power, not students’ welfare or parents’ rights.In 2020-2021, the… Read More
Government
DeSantis fires back at reporter on education bill that would prevent teaching sexuality to 5-7 year-oldsGov. Ron DeSantis of Florida fired back at a reporter questioning Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill, which passed the Florida Senate with a 22-17 vote on Tuesday. Read More