Public Education
Kansas universities spent $45 million on DEI, received $116 million from foreign sources last year(The Sentinel) â A new state audit says the six Kansas state universities spent $45 million on various Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) activities during the 2022-2023 school year and… Read More
Culture
Critics of book restrictions are wrong: They’re not all suitable for kids(The Daily Signal) â Our English teachers taught us to use extreme caution before writing a word such as âalwaysâ or ânever.â Such totalizing words are rarely accurate, since most… Read More
Public Education
Illinois shields schools’ sex ed, gender trainings from public view(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Illinois Attorney Generalâs Office allowed the stateâs largest school district to withhold records related to gender and sexuality lessons offered in classrooms, according to… Read More
Public Education
Biden transfers another $1.2 billion in student loan debt to taxpayers(The Center Square) â President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he was canceling via executive action an additional $1.2 billion worth of student loan debt, the latest in a string… Read More
Opinion
How many more female athletes will be injured by trans players before Biden gives up trying to rewrite Title IX?(The Daily Signal) â An injury on a high school girls basketball team is another reminder of why Title IX exists and why the definition of âsexâ is not up for… Read More
Government
Indiana lawmakers want cellphones limited in classrooms(The Center Square) â Indiana lawmakers want students to be better readers, and one way they want to make sure it happens is by limiting cellphone use in classrooms. Sen. Read More
Government
Florida House committee approves bill to create Communism Education Task Force(The Center Square) â Florida students could be required to learn about communism and other socio-political and economic systems after a bill advanced in a House committee on Wednesday. A… Read More
Government
Alabama House conducts public hearing for education savings account bill(The Center Square) â A bill that would create an education savings account program in Alabama was rewritten in committee after a public hearing on Wednesday. The Ways and Means Education… Read More
Culture
Transgender series, part 3: Detransitioner medical malpractice lawsuits will yield $10 million judgements, lawyer says(The Daily Signal) â Medical malpractice lawsuits on behalf of detransitioners harmed by experimental treatments euphemistically referred to as âgender-affirming careâ will yield multimillion-dollar judgments, a lawyer… Read More
Opinion
Lia Thomas’ biological edge ‘is not the problem,’ claims women’s studies professor(The Daily Signal) â Susan Shaw, a womenâs and gender studies professor at Oregon State, penned a recent op-ed in Forbes titled âTransgender Swimmer Lia… Read More
Courts
California sues nonprofits offering ‘abortion pill reversal’ treatment(The Center Square) â Lawyers representing organizations delivering âabortion pill reversalâ treatments requested that the courts throw out a lawsuit by California Attorney General Rob Bonta that alleges the treatmentâs… Read More
Culture
Transgender series, part 2: ‘Truthful therapist’ explains why parents can’t trust mental health professionals(The Daily Signal) â Unfortunately, parents canât trust mental health professionals on the issue of a transgender identity, a veteran social worker warns. Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, a therapist… Read More
Culture
Trans-identifying male advances to girls’ track and field championships in New Hampshire againA biological male is favored to win the girls’ track and field state championship in New Hampshire this weekend. Maelle Jacques, a sophomore at Kearsarge Regional High School in North… Read More
Culture
Harvardâs interim president vows to hit antisemitism, self-censorship as Congress bears down ÂHarvard Universityâs interim president says heâll attack both antisemitism and self-censorship at the Ivy League school. âWhat I have found the most disturbing of all are situations or experiences students… Read More
Public Education
Poll: 86% of black single mothers support candidates who favor school choiceA new survey of black single mothers finds overwhelming support for school choice and other education alternatives. In the poll by The… Read More
Public Education
Kansas superintendent touts ‘rebranding’ in an era of declining test scores(The Sentinel) â The Olathe school district does not permit school board members to conduct annual needs assessments to improve student outcomes as required in state law, but district officials… Read More
Government
Bill tying school funding to controversial curriculum materials moves forward in Washington(The Center Square) â Legislation that would allow the Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction to cut state funding for certain school districts is moving ahead in the form of … Read More
Culture
Biden administration opens another civil rights investigation into anti-Muslim activity at Harvard(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Department of Educationâs (ED) Office of Civil Rights (OCR) opened another investigation into Harvard Tuesday after several students alleged the university failed to protect… Read More
Public Education
Ohio school board hands tied by teachersâ union lawsuit, loses grant for reading tutors ÂAn Ohio school board has reluctantly agreed not to hire reading tutors after the local teachersâ union filed a lawsuit. The Akron Board of Education voted… Read More
Courts
âAt 3 years old?â: A fatherâs fight to stop his minor son’s sex changeÂA father who was denied the right to prevent his 8-year-old son from starting puberty blockers by a New York family court in 2020 is now telling his story as… Read More