Adam Wittenberg

Adam Wittenberg is Deputy Managing Editor of The Lion. He worked as a reporter and editor in newspapers in New England in the 2000s before moving to the Midwest to write and teach for a Christian…

Public Education
Texas approves Bible-infused curriculum for K-5 schools

Texas schools may start using a Bible-infused curriculum as soon as next school year after the state Education Board narrowly approved it Friday. The state-authored Bluebonnet Learning curriculum includes… Read More

November 22, 2024
Government
NC Legislature passes ‘common sense’ override to ban sanctuary cities for illegal immigrants 

First it was school choice, and now it’s sanctuary cities.  Twice this week, Republicans in North Carolina’s Legislature used their supermajorities to override Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes of key… Read More

November 22, 2024
Politics
Gaetz withdraws as Trump’s Attorney General nominee; his future, and next nominee, are unknown

Embattled Republican Matt Gaetz “has withdrawn as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation,” the Associated Press reported. Gaetz, a Trump loyalist,… Read More

November 21, 2024
Public Education
NC Legislature empties school choice waitlist as it overrides Democrat governor’s veto

Another 54,000 students will join North Carolina’s school choice program after the state Legislature overrode Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto this week on funding for it. The Republicans used their… Read More

November 20, 2024
Public Education
Ohio teacher charged with felony after allegedly assaulting 7-year-old special needs student

An Ohio teacher has been charged with felony assault after she allegedly slapped a special needs child in an incident caught on camera, local TV reported. Jodi Grafmiller allegedly… Read More

November 19, 2024