Public Education
As Montana paves way for charter schools, study finds charter students outperform public students(The Center Square) â After Montana lawmakers paved the way for charter schools to open in the state, a new national report found charter school students performed better than students… Read More
Culture
Teachers’ union exec defends remote schooling by saying learning loss made everyone âequalâ(Daily Caller News Foundation) â An executive board member of a Virginia teachers union defended remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in an interview with ProPublica, saying that the learning… Read More
Culture
Childrenâs talking picture book at suburban Kansas City public library teaches the ABCs to kids using gay and sexual termsA childrenâs talking book offered at a suburban Kansas City public library seeks to teach the ABCs using words such as trans, intersex, bi(sexual), pan(sexual) and non-binary. Some examples from… Read More
Opinion
Kansas ed officials deceive school districts on efficiency and achievement(The Sentinel) â Imagine 100 students take a test where Johnnie gets a C and only four students had higher grades. That puts Johnnie in the 95th percentile relative to… Read More
Public Education
Amid literacy crisis, many universities still donât teach the science of reading(The Sentinel) â A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) shows that if the science of reading was being taught properly in universities, the U.S. would not have a serious literacy… Read More
Culture
Illinois state agency hosting closed event to promote ‘Gender-Affirming Care for Youth’(The Center Square) â An Illinois state agency is hosting an internal event titled âDispelling Myths Around Gender-Affirming Care For Youth.â A state senator has concerns about normalizing what he… Read More
Courts
School choice advocates battle for charter schools in MontanaTwo new Montana school choice laws are being challenged in court by a coalition of school superintendents, administrators and teachers’ union staff who claim the measures are unconstitutional. The group,… Read More
Public Education
American Birthright: New push to improve K-12 social studies standardsWhile some activists are advocating for leftist civics education, only 13% of eighth grade students scored at or above the U.S. history standards last year, according… Read More
Public Education
Kansas superintendent published false claims in ad pushing a 12% tax hike(The Sentinel) â USD 469 Lansing last week published on its website an advertisement entitled âRevenue Neutral Rate Explainedâ designed to encourage support for a double-digit property tax increase… Read More
Legislation
Abbott signs ‘Save Womenâs Sports Act’ into law(The Center Square) â Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Save Womenâs Sports Act into law Thursday, a day after the state filed its 50th lawsuit against the Biden administration… Read More
Legislation
Illinois law now requires schools to report bullying to parents within 24 hours(The Center Square) â Illinois school officials are now required to notify parents and guardians of any cases of bullying within a 24-hour period. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the measure… Read More
Culture
Town board partially freezes public library funding amid parent protests over sexually explicit books for kids(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A Virginia town board voted to freeze some funding to a public library while parents protest the presence of sexually explicit content in the kidâs… Read More
Legislation
Abbott signs bills banning DEI in public higher education, reforms tenure(The Center Square) â Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed two bills into law designed to reform public higher education institutions in Texas. One bans them from implementing DEI policies… Read More
Courts
Catholic parents sue state officials for dismissing Supreme Court decision granting religious schools tuition funding(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Two parents and a Catholic high school filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Maine Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin for allegedly discriminating against religious students… Read More
Culture
21 federal agencies promote pride month with taxpayer dollars(The Daily Signal) â While a number of companies have faced public criticism for promoting LGBTQ Pride Month in June, federal organizations promoting âprideâ activities have mostly flown under the… Read More
Public Education
Parents furious at school board for pushing LGBT, sexual content on kids despite them âopting outâ(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A district-wide library book policy has parents accusing a Wyoming school board of failing to stop the âsexualizationâ of their kids, according to ABC13 News. Read More
Culture
Parent org tracks thousands of schools that advise teachers on how to hide gender transitions from parents(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Parents Defending Education (PDE), a parental rights organization, has identified thousands of school districts which have policies that advise employees on how to keep a… Read More
Courts
Teachers’ union files suit over new Tennessee law blocking automatic dues withdrawals(The Center Square) â The Tennessee Education Association has filed a lawsuit over a law that eliminates the option for automatic payroll dues deductions for its public employee members. Tennessee… Read More
Opinion
Wisconsin med school fully embrace DEI(Do No Harm) â The University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (UWMSMPH) scores in the green on the Diversity, Inclusion, Culture, and Equity (DICE) Inventory, as it just… Read More
Culture
Major league baseball strikes all pride jerseys(The Daily Signal) â In this Year of Consumer Backlash, it may go down as one of the biggest coups of 2023. While Americans bring the countryâs … Read More