Lion Staff Report

Our reporting covers a wide range of issues facing American families and culture, especially related to the education of children and youth.

Culture, Public Education
Mother: CRT is in my daughters’ Washington school where ‘divisive ideology has taken root’

A Washington state mother says Critical Race Theory and similar woke topics have replaced traditional curricula in her daughters’ middle and high school classes while educators deny it or… Read More

September 13, 2022
Culture, Public Education
Harassed and ostracized Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter has its religious liberty rights restored by court

In another landmark ruling for religious liberty, a Fellowship of Christian Athletes high school chapter whose status was revoked by the school and whose members were harassed have had… Read More

September 9, 2022
Christian Schools
Man charged with kidnapping and murder in Christian school teacher Eliza Fletcher’s death received early prison release during pandemic

The search for a kidnapped schoolteacher in Memphis is over after her body was found Monday evening, Memphis police officials announced Tuesday.  Cleotha Abston, 38, whose first… Read More

September 6, 2022
Public Education
Against the grain, this California school district’s resolution protects student free speech, traditional gender-specific language

The National Education Association might be considering doing away with such terms as “mother” and “father,” but this California school district is having none of that.  The Paso… Read More

August 29, 2022
Culture, Public Education
52 books pulled and 32 more under review at Utah’s largest school district

After parents’ complaints about inappropriate sexual content, a school district in Utah has removed 52 books from the school library and will conduct an internal audit of the material. Read More

August 5, 2022