Public Education
Texas taking over three more districts after schools fail for five straight yearsTexas is taking over three more school districts as part of its efforts to boost education accountability. The Texas Education Agency announced Thursday it… Read More
Public Education
Family sues school after teen ‘censored’ for tribute to Charlie Kirk(The Daily Signal) – A North Carolina teen painted a tribute to Charlie Kirk on her school’s “spirit rock,” and was promptly censored, according to Alliance Defending Freedom. Read More
Public Education
Major teachers’ union bankrolled advocacy org driving anti-school choice propaganda(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Payments from the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) to the left-wing advocacy organization Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP) seem to coincide with anti-school choice… Read More
Public Education
Georgia city’s clash with feds over school buses will cost taxpayers $5 million(The Center Square) – For decades, the city of Rome ran school buses that looked like public buses, with no stop arms and nothing to stop passing traffic. And… Read More
Public Education
Oregon’s public school enrollment continues decline as administrators scramble to collect data, track studentsMore than 37,000 students have left Oregon’s public schools since the COVID-19 pandemic – reversing a years-long trend and raising questions about enrollment tracking, according to recent reports. “While declining birth… Read More
Public Education
Detroit high school teacher charged after reportedly agreeing to pay minor for sexOhio police have charged a Detroit schoolteacher with a felony after arresting him at a downtown Toledo parking lot for trying to arrange sex with a minor. Read More
Public Education
Colorado teacher arrested after allegedly stalking middle school student who ended yearlong affairA Colorado gym teacher allegedly preyed on a student’s mental health challenges to begin a sexual relationship, then stalked the student after they broke up, according to media reports. Read More
Public Education
Minneapolis public school employees vote to authorize strike(The Center Square) – Less than a day after authorizing a strike, hundreds of Minneapolis teachers demonstrated outside the district office. Teachers rallied for higher pay, smaller class… Read More
Public Education
Maryland high school student handcuffed, searched after AI weapons detection system flags bag of chips as possible gunA Maryland high school student triggered an AI weapons detection system by placing a bag of chips in his pocket last week, leading to a response from multiple police… Read More
Courts
Former CA teacher convicted of multiple sex crimes, admitted affairs with studentsA California jury convicted a former high school teacher of multiple sex crimes against students Friday, including sending a sexually explicit video of himself to a 15-year-old girl. Read More
Public Education
‘Mower-flipping’ allegations in Ohio district showcase systemic ‘debilitating’ school fraud, mismanagementSelling public-school lawn mowers as trade-ins, then personally buying them back and reselling on Facebook Marketplace for more than double their trade-in value? These allegations are dogging Akron… Read More
Public Education
Pulling kids out of DEI lessons just got easier(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) unveiled a new resource on Monday for parents wanting to keep their children from being indoctrinated… Read More
Public Education
Massachusetts schools to install vape detectors in response to rising student useA Massachusetts district has joined the growing number of schools opting to install vape detectors into bathrooms. “With vaporizer use becoming more widespread, kids have stopped fiddling with… Read More
Courts
Lawsuit claims law requiring Ten Commandments in schools ‘unconstitutionally pressures students’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Several families filed a lawsuit against Arkansas school districts on Wednesday over a new law mandating the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public… Read More
Public Education
Watch: Student tells school board enough indoctrination, he’s going to Christian schoolA Minnesota high school student told his local school board he was fed up with leftist indoctrination and was transferring to a Christian school. One year at Rosemount… Read More
Homeschools
NY district denies graduation ceremony to homeschooler despite extracurricular participationThe Gloversville Enlarged School District in New York has denied a homeschool student’s request to graduate with its class of 2025, the local CBS affiliate… Read More
Public Education
Pennsylvania school district faces backlash after withholding trans attack investigationA Pennsylvania school district’s refusal to release a report about an attack by a 13-year-old transgender student has sparked community backlash. Citing the Family Educational Rights and… Read More
Public Education
Texas mom arrested after alcoholic Jell-O shots brought to 5th-grade daughter’s Christmas partyA Texas mother has been arrested after she reportedly brought alcohol-infused Jell-O shots to her 5th-grade daughter’s Christmas party. Police charged Teresa Isabel Bernal, 33, with felony injury… Read More
Public Education
A DOGE-like program could help Louisiana parents decide where to send their children to schoolAs Louisiana continues its push to improve education through school choice, it has introduced a new accountability tool granting an inside look at schools and how education dollars are… Read More
Public Education
Texas teen dead after being stabbed at track meet by another studentAn honor student and football team captain is dead after being stabbed by another student at a track meet near Dallas. Austin Metcalf, 17, was stabbed in the… Read More