Legislation
Texas House passes major education bills(The Center Square) â The Texas House passed two major education bills on Wednesday that address teacher recruitment and retention and revises funding mechanisms. A third education bill that passed… Read More
Culture, Public Education
‘Therapy is not gonna work’: Police release dash cam footage of trans teacher who allegedly threatened violence(Daily Caller) â A transgender Florida teacher who allegedly threatened violence against his middle school students told police that his therapist told him therapy wouldnât work for him in newly… Read More
Culture
Library group blames book challenges on anti-LGBT prejudice, ignores porn charges(Daily Signal) â The American Library Association released a list Monday of the 13 most âchallengedâ books aimed at teens during 2022, blaming anti-LGBT prejudice for… Read More
Culture
University of Minnesota professors retract ‘false, misleading’ research characterizing their school as racistA trio of Minnesota professors retracted their research article on âstructural racismâ at their university due to its false and misleading claims. The article, published… Read More
Legislation
Oklahoma House approves governor’s school choice plan, teacher raisesOklahoma passed two pieces of legislation Wednesday that together would create the stateâs first education choice plan. HB 1935, a parental choice tax credit, passed the… Read More
Culture
North Dakota governor signs bathroom law designating public facilities as male or femaleGov. Doug Burgum signed a bill restricting the use of certain public bathrooms, locker rooms, and related facilities to male or female. According to the billâs official summary,… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Trans-identifying male student, 18, showered with high school girls, violating their rights, attorneys sayA Wisconsin law group says an 18-year-old student, a biological man identifying as a woman, showered nude with under-age, high school girls in violation of their privacy rights and… Read More
Legislation
New Hampshire Senate committee hears two House-passed school choice billsTwo bills expanding school choice in New Hampshire have passed the state House and head for consideration by the Senate, reports the AP. The state’s… Read More
Public Education
Colorado teachersâ union may have taken anti-capitalist stance, wonât reveal votes on issueThe Lion has confirmed the Colorado Education Association (CEA) assembly considered and likely approved a resolution that is anti-capitalist, but the union refused to disclose the vote. The… Read More
Courts, Culture
Alliance Defending Freedom wraps up oral arguments in case on Bidenâs Title IX overreachPublic school athlete Amelia Ford. (Courtesy ADF) The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF)Â completed oral arguments in front of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday, challenging… Read More
Culture, Public Education
âPerson who produces spermâ: Vermont school district will no longer use gendered terms in sex ed classes(Daily Caller) â A Vermont school district is no longer using the terms âmaleâ and âfemaleâ when teaching sexual education classes, according to a letter obtained by Parents Defending Education… Read More
Culture
NH committee votes on âparentsâ bill of rightsâ down split partisan lines(The Center Square) â New Hampshire legislation proposing a âparentsâ bill of rights in educationâ is moving out of a House panel without a recommendation because of a split vote… Read More
Public Education
NC Gov. Cooper reiterates his ask of lawmakers for more money in education(The Center Square) â North Carolinaâs Democratic governor is asking the Republican majorities in the Legislature to help fund the repair for costly stay-at-home orders he and Health Secretary Dr. Read More
Culture
The University of Kansas School of Medicine partners with California school to promote far-left anti-racism program(Do No Harm) â The KU Medical Center (KUMC) at the University of Kansas School of Medicine (KUSOM) has teamed up with UC San Francisco (UCSF) in a program that… Read More
Culture
Riley Gaines attacks Bidenâs grasp on reality as president makes transgenderism center-piece of second term pushFormer All-American swimmer Riley Gaines took a verbal shot at President Bidenâs grasp on reality after he announced his bid for a second presidential term. “President Biden says… Read More
Legislation, Public Education
New book sounds alarm on Americaâs âfailingâ public education systemPublic schools are failing American children, even 40 years after a Ronald Reagan-appointed commission warned that a ârising tide of mediocrityâ was eroding our âeducational foundations.â… Read More
Public Education
School apologizes, reinstates fire teacher who raised book concerns(Daily Caller) â A Georgia school district will reinstate and pay $181,000 in damages and attorneysâ fees to a substitute teacher who was fired after speaking out against a book… Read More
Legislation
Poll: Majority of Ohioans support universal school choice(The Center Square) â A new poll produced by a conservative Libertarian group shows most Ohioans support current legislation in the Ohio General Assembly that would expand school choice to… Read More
Public Education
Kansas approves interstate teacher licenses pact; 6 more states neededThe Kansas Legislature approved the Interstate Teaching Mobility Compact, which would make teaching licenses portable among member states, when itâs approved by a sufficient number of states. The… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Michigan spent $6.2M on COVID advertising to target students(The Center Square) â Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services spent $6.2 million on COVID advertising, which targeted K-12 students between October 2022 and July 2023. The campaign budgeted… Read More