Opinion
Op-ed: Biden punishes a pro-life state(The Daily Signal) â President Joe Bidenâs administration will no longer move the U.S. Space Command to Huntsville, Alabama, despite the governmentâs own analysis showing the… Read More
Government
California bill would allow local school boards to remove dissenting members(The Center Square) â A newly proposed measure facing the California Senate would bar school boards from adopting any policy that “contradicts any existing law requiring a school district to… Read More
Public Education
More than 5,400 Arkansas students applied for Education Freedom Accounts(The Center Square) â Ninety schools and 5,426 students applied for Education Freedom Accounts under Arkansas’ new LEARNS Act, according to information provided to The Center Square by the Arkansas… Read More
Government
Indiana’s abortion ban in effect, doctors subject to penalties(The Daily Signal) â Indianaâs near-total abortion ban is set to go into effect Tuesday. The restrictions put forth in the stateâs Senate Bill 1 prohibit abortions at… Read More
Courts
Texas teacher, three others, arrested in child sex trafficking investigationÂA north Texas teacher and three others were arrested by a joint task force last week in connection with a child sex-trafficking case in Dallas. Gershon Caston, 36, is… Read More
Public Education
Hillsdale-affiliated charter school fights back against Tennessee school boardâs âlack of integrityâ ÂA struggling public school district in Tennessee has nonetheless rejected the application of a Hillsdale-affiliated charter school â but the education reformers are fighting back. American Classical Education (ACE)… Read More
Government
Expert thinks Georgia lawmakers will pass school choice legislation(The Center Square) â Georgia lawmakers are likely to pass school choice legislation when they reconvene, one expert predicts. School choice has taken on new resonance after Rep. Mesha Mainor… Read More
Public Education
Colorado pupil-to-teacher ratio remains steady during educator shortage(The Center Square) â Teacher shortage claims in Colorado’s public schools were made as far back as 2015. But the pupil-to-teacher ratio in 2022-23 was among the lowest in 10… Read More
Public Education
School safety forum brings educators, law enforcement together(The Center Square) â More than 1,100 people registered to attend the 2023 Virginia School Safety Training Forum, which will address roughly 20 topics pertaining to school safety and student… Read More
Public Education
Poll: Majority of parents say teachers regularly stray from course curriculum(The Center Square) â The vast majority of parents in a new State Policy Network poll say public school teachers regularly deviated from set school curriculum to interject their own… Read More
Culture
Virginia school sports authority rejects state guidance that keeps boys out of girls sports(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Virginia High School League announced that the organization will reject recent state guidance from the Department of Education which requires sports teams to be… Read More
Courts
Male nurse lurked at trans kid meetings to find âclienteleâ for hormones, lawsuit alleges(The Daily Signal) â A male nurse practitioner hung around meetings for âtransgender childrenâ to find âclienteleâ for cross-sex hormones, according to a new lawsuit on… Read More
Courts
Teachers union sues red state over law that prohibits teaching of critical race theory(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Tennessee Education Association (TEA), along with several teachers, filed a lawsuit against the Tennessee Commissioner of Education and members of the State Board of… Read More
Culture
University of Chicago offers course on âqueering Godâ(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The University of Chicago (UChicago) is offering a course entitled âQueering God,â according to the universityâs 2023-24 course catalog. The course is… Read More
Government
Michigan governor signs 7 ed bills, OKs automatic deductions of teachers’ union dues(The Center Square) â Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed seven bills into law that Democrats say will boost recruiting skilled educators but Republicans say favor unions over kidsâ education. Whitmer signed… Read More
Public Education
Extended school closures pushed by teachers unions created âgenerational learning loss,â say house panel witnesses(The Daily Signal) â A generation of American students have fallen behind academically in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the forced school closures that… Read More
Government
Put you âin the groundâ: Grad student threatens state senator over vote to protect kids from trans drugs(The Daily Signal) â A Louisiana state senator says he is undeterred despite receiving a death threat after he voted to override a governorâs veto on… Read More
Courts
High school student sues Tennessee school district and officials for a suspension over off-campus social media postsA Tennessee high school student is suing his school district and administrator after being suspended for posting sardonic memes about the principal on social media. âThis case is about a… Read More
Culture
US is a top destination for child sex trafficking, and itâs happening in your community(The Daily Signal) â Kara was 11 when her family first sold her body for drugs. Sydney was 14 when she met an older man online who promised her financial… Read More
Government
GOP senatorsâ new bill would crack down on âmarxistâ race-based lessons in K-12 schools(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio led the introduction of a bill Tuesday that would prohibit taxpayer funds from being spent on K-12 American History and… Read More