Faith Perkins

Faith Perkins is a staff writer for The Lion. She graduated from Missouri Western State University with a bachelors in convergent journalism.

Public Education
Special education director for Denver Public Schools placed on leave for undisclosed reasons, faced past allegations under different name

The special education director of Denver Public Schools was placed on administrative leave Wednesday, nine years after being accused of sexual harassment as a principal using a different first name. Read More

August 21, 2023
Public Education
Illinois public school teacher arrested and charged with grooming a student

An Illinois high school teacher was arrested by the Rockford Police Department on grooming charges Friday. Marshall Pratt, 61, was investigated by the department’s Sensitive Crimes Unit after he was… Read More

August 21, 2023
Public Education
‘Expected to follow the law’: Virginia governor calls out school district for vowing not to change its transgender policies

Virginia’s largest school district said Tuesday it doesn’t legally need to change its gender policies, including its practice of hiding information from parents. The governor disagrees. In a… Read More

August 18, 2023
Culture
World chess bans transgender women from competing in the women’s category, citing fairness

The federation that governs international chess competitions updated its gender policy to ban transgender women from playing in women’s events. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) published its new handbook on… Read More

August 18, 2023
Courts
Lawsuit over Texas law restricting gender treatments for minors gets court hearing

A two-day hearing in a lawsuit challenging the Texas law banning gender treatments for minors began Tuesday. The new law prohibits minors from receiving treatments such as puberty blockers and… Read More

August 17, 2023