Public Education
Kansas City parent confronts school board about sexually explicit books in school libraries, cites ‘solicitation of a minor’ chargesA father of children who attend schools in the North Kansas City School District confronted school board members about sexually graphic passages and images in a handful of books… Read More
Christian Schools
Christian schools see record enrollment growth, outperform public schools during pandemicThe effects of the pandemic, combined with cultural shifts and political pressure on public school curriculum has translated into a boon for Christian schools nationwide. When Dan Decker was… Read More
Public Education
Pennsylvania, Missouri, & Ohio School Boards Associations leave national association, 22 states distance themselves from ‘domestic terrorism’ language applied to parents(Updated10/28)Last week, the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) voted to cancel its longtime membership with the National School Boards Association (NSBA). A week later, the Missouri School Boards'… Read More
Public Education
Middle school teacher endorses sexually graphic material in class of 11 and 12-year-oldsSummit Trail Middle School in Olathe, KS, recently received significant backlash when a 7th Grade teacher posted on social media that she was excited to add two controversial books… Read More
Christian Schools
Christian school association joins lawsuit to oppose Biden administration mandate allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s sportsThe Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) has joined 20 attorneys general in a lawsuit against the Biden Administration mandate that interprets Title IX protections in such a… Read More
Public Education
Georgia Public Schools Well-Funded, Despite Claims to the ContraryGeorgia leaders are pushing back on a recent report on education funding in Georgia. The report, from the left-leaning Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI), claims that Georgia… Read More
Public Education
Teacher’s Pro-Police Flag Deemed ‘Disruption’ and ‘Too Political’ While Other Teachers Allowed to Display Pro-LBGT and BLM MaterialsA pro-police “Thin Blue Line Flag” was deemed “a disruption in the classroom” and “too political” by a school in Washington State. The school forced the teacher to remove… Read More
Public Education
Wisconsin Lawmakers Okay Plan To Make School Spending Numbers Transparent To Taxpayers(Benjamin Yount | The Center Square) – Parents and taxpayers in Wisconsin are one step away from having a much easier time finding out where their local schools spend… Read More
Public Education
The Pervasiveness of Critical Race Theory in Our Schools Demonstrates Why We Need School ChoiceCritical Race Theory, or CRT, is a term that seems to have exploded onto the scene in the last couple of years, and it’s taking our schools by storm. Read More
Public Education
Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe Supports Controversial Gender Policy for Schools, Says Parents Shouldn’t Be InvolvedFormer Democratic Governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, who is in a race once again for governor, said on Tuesday night that he is against parental control of a child’s… Read More
Public Education
Mayor Calls on School Board to Resign Over Curriculum, Threatens Child Porn ChargesHudson Ohio Mayor, Craig Shubert, addressed the September 13 Hudson School Board meeting, threatening child pornography charges against board members who would not resign. At issue was a… Read More
Public Education
Connecticut teacher who resigned over racially charged curriculum sits down with The HeartlanderJennifer Tafuto, a Connecticut elementary school teacher who hails from a long line of educators, resigned her position this summer over concerns about the racially charged curriculum she was… Read More
Courts
Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Teacher’s Right to Express Opposition to Gender PolicyOn May 25th, Byron Tanner Cross, a physical education teacher at Leesburg Elementary School, exercised his First Amendment right to free speech and created a firestorm when he addressed… Read More
Public Education
Report: Only half of Tennessee education funding makes it to classrooms(Vivian Jones, The Center Square) – While Tennessee’s spending on education continues to rise, the amount of funding that gets to classrooms has not, a newreportfrom the… Read More
Christian Schools
Indiana Enrolling Record Numbers in Christian Schools in Report of ‘Exodus’ from Public SchoolsThousands of students are leaving Indiana public schools for private and homeschool options according to a report from Anthony Kinnett, education journalist and co-founder of The… Read More