Culture
Child gender clinic trained teachers to help transition elementary school kids(Daily Caller) â A representative of a child gender clinic trained teachers from two Pennsylvania school districts in 2019 and 2021 to help facilitate elementary school childrenâs gender transitions, according… Read More
Legislation
School choice: Tuesday date for three pivotal North Carolina bills(The Center Square) â With an estimated 77,000 on charter school waiting lists, lawmakers in the North Carolina House of Representatives on Tuesday will consider several bills designed to open… Read More
Legislation
Charter school student with 4.98 GPA credits God, parents after being accepted to over 170 colleges(Daily Caller) â A 16-year-old high school student in New Orleans has credited God and his parents for his academic success which has earned him more than $9 million in… Read More
Legislation
Texas Senate approves ban on college, university faculty tenure(The Center Square) â The Texas Senate passed a bill to ban higher education institutions in Texas from implementing tenure, a lifetime contract, with employees. The bill passed by… Read More
Culture
Watchdog renews call for probe of no-white-males-allowed program at Missouri State University after president claims no wrongdoingA civil rights organization has renewed its request for an investigation of Missouri State University and its no-white-males-allowed business boot camp, after the MSU president told reporters the institution did… Read More
Courts, Public Education
School librarian sues 2 New Jersey moms who criticized inappropriate booksTwo New Jersey moms are being sued by a high school librarian after the parents complained about a book with what they say contains age-inappropriate material. Kristen Cobo… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Kansas high school sports association bans males from competing against girls, following new lawFollowing a law recently enacted by the Kansas Legislature, the Kansas State High School Activities Association has adopted a new rule banning trans-identifying biological males from competing against girls. Read More
Public Education
West Virginia University makes COVID-era âtest-optionalâ policy permanentWest Virginia University announced applicants can continue to opt-out of taking entrance tests, making its pandemic âtest-optionalâ policy permanent. WVUâs move is part of an emerging, nationwide trend away… Read More
Public Education
North Carolina volleyball player injured by trans athlete tells her lawmakers to make a changeA female high school student injured in a volleyball game by a trans-identifying biological male on the other team testified in support of a North Carolina bill to ban transgender… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Missouri school allows reading of LGBT book to 2nd graders despite state law requiring parental consent(Daily Signal) â A Missouri elementary school allowed a parent to read the transgender-promoting childrenâs book âI Am Jazzâ to a second-grade class without first informing other parents, although state… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Parental education rights movement still going strong(The Center Square) â Amid parental concerns, heated school board meetings, and legal battles, Pennsylvania joins the list of other states drafting parental rights legislation. Republicans in both chambers say… Read More
Culture
Childrenâs hospital offers consultations on transgender treatments to kids younger than 10(Daily Caller) â Doernbecher Childrenâs Hospital, affiliated with Oregon Health & Science University, offers consultations on transgender treatments to children younger than 10, the Daily Caller has learned. Doernbecherâs Gender… Read More
Legislation
Oklahoma lawmaker says Senate will not be bullied as it passes school choice bill(The Center Square) â The Oklahoma Senate passed an amended school choice bill late Thursday as it continues its showdown with the House and Gov. Kevin Stitt. Read More
Courts, Culture
Catholic group sues FBI, DOJ for records related to leaked memo targeting CatholicsCatholic advocacy group CatholicVote is suing the FBI and DOJ for records related to a retracted FBI memo targeting traditionalist Catholics, according to a lawsuit. CatholicVote filed the lawsuit Thursday… Read More
Legislation
Alabama could enact education savings account program similar to Mississippi’s(The Center Square) â Alabama could create an education scholarship account program if a bill in the state House becomes law. House Bill 334, authored by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville,… Read More
Legislation
Louisiana House Education Committee approves several school choice bills(The Center Square) â Legislation moving through the Louisiana House would expand school choice options for families, and prohibit discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity with students. The House… Read More
Culture
Kansas Legislature enacts Womenâs Bill of Rights in override of Gov. Kellyâs vetoThe Kansas Legislature voted to override the veto of Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly of a previously approved bill that would limit bathroom used to sex assigned at birth. Read More
Legislation
Burgum’s veto denies parents educational choices, group says(The Center Square) â Advocates for a school choice bill the governor shot down say North Dakota parents are left lacking educational choices for their children. House Bill… Read More
Public Education
Schools axe homework, deadlines in the name of equitySeveral schools throughout the country are moving to axe homework and deadlines in an effort to increase equity, according to The Wall Street Journal. Under the philosophy of âequitable grading,â… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Union president grilled by GOP over âunconscionableâ school lockdownsThe head of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Randi Weingarten, testified in front of Republican lawmakers over school lockdowns pushed by her teachersâ union. Appearing before the… Read More