Shanxi Omoniyi

Shanxi Omoniyi is a staff writer for The Lion. She also serves as Online Content Director at Midwest Parent Educators (MPE), a nonprofit organization serving thousands of homeschool families not…

Homeschools
3 steps homeschool parents can take in 2025 to safeguard their rights

When it comes to protecting educational freedoms, parents may not always realize the most important advances take place locally – within states, communities, or sometimes even families. “We don’t have… Read More

January 13, 2025
Public Education
Open enrollment grows across Wisconsin to almost 10% of all public-school students

The popularity of Wisconsin’s open-enrollment policies continues to increase, amounting to more than 73,000 children outside their home district – or 9.1% of all public-school students – in the 2023-24… Read More

January 10, 2025
Homeschools
Homeschool advocates work to protect hard-won freedoms as U.S. educational landscape shifts

With new legislative years come fresh responsibilities to advance educational freedoms – especially in fostering public-school alternatives, homeschool advocates say. “The homeschool community has fought for these exceptions to compulsory… Read More

January 9, 2025
Courts
Judge advances former Colorado principal’s lawsuit against district over free speech, student safety

An attempt by Denver Public Schools (DPS) to dismiss an impending lawsuit has been denied, leading the former principal who sued the district to argue the ruling validates his decision… Read More

January 8, 2025
Public Education
Parental outrage intensifies over child porn investigation after Colorado school chief’s death

Parents in Colorado’s Jefferson County Public Schools district are expressing outrage over news of a child pornography investigation concerning the former chief of staff, who has committed suicide. David Weiss,… Read More

January 7, 2025