Jillian Schneider

Jillian Schneider is a Staff Writer for The Lion. Her work has also appeared on RealClearEducation, The Federalist, The Heartlander, Acton Institute PowerBlog, and ZuMedia.

Public Education
Teachers assaulted by students daily in Nashville public schools

Teachers and staff assaults in Nashville are so egregious that some teachers donā€™t bother to discipline students. Others are simply quitting. In the previous school year, nearly 350 student-to-staff assaults… Read More

February 16, 2024
Public Education
Half of parents want to customize their childā€™s K-12 education, report shows

Nearly half of Americaā€™s parents want to customize their childā€™s education. The new Choose to Learn 2024 report surveyed ā€œopen-minded parentsā€ to find out what sort… Read More

February 16, 2024
Public Education
School attendance nationwide is suffering from ‘long COVID,’ report finds

The CDC will soon drop the last vestiges of COVID-19 guidelines, but the problems of the pandemic are not so easily undone in public schools. A report from the American… Read More

February 15, 2024
Culture
ā€˜Huge disserviceā€™: Pennsylvania school district quietly reverses sex-segregated bathroom policy despite community support, student protest

Just months after hundreds of students protested for same-sex only bathrooms, a Pennsylvania school board is quietly reversing its decision to avoid potential lawsuits. The Perkiomen Valley school board voted… Read More

February 14, 2024
Public Education
ā€˜Wrong by $50 or $100 millionā€™: Former Portland teachersā€™ union bargaining chief condemns November strike in scathing letter

The former bargaining chief of the Portland teachersā€™ union released a scathing letter chastising the union president and questioning the unionā€™s bargaining tactics after Novemberā€™s lengthy strike. Steve Lancaster, who… Read More

February 14, 2024