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…

Public Education
Boston schools celebrate higher graduation rates amid change in requirements 

Boston Public Schools is touting its highest-ever four-year graduation rate at 81.3% in 2025, even as the class was not required to meet a previous statewide testing standard to graduate. Read More

March 12, 2026
Homeschools
Minnesota homeschool baseball players reinstated after ejection 

Four Minnesota homeschool students who were previously deemed ineligible for high school baseball have been reinstated, raising questions as to why they were denied in the first place. “The… Read More

March 10, 2026
Homeschools
Connecticut legislation threatening homeschool freedoms, nonprofit warns 

Advocates are raising the alarm over Connecticut legislation that would create suffocating restrictions on homeschooling. “Connecticut has long trusted parents to direct their children’s education without unnecessary government interference,”… Read More

March 10, 2026
Homeschools
Virginia marks jump in homeschooling numbers for families ‘meeting the child where they are’ 

Danette Sajous is using her background in entrepreneurship and finance to teach homeschool co-op elementary students how to cook and cultivate life skills. “My kids are extremely social,” the… Read More

March 6, 2026
Public Education
‘A problem no one can seem to solve’: Summing up the public-school math education crisis

Despite getting good grades in the 2024-25 academic year, Ebony Coleman’s daughter knew she needed help in math. “When my daughter was in eighth grade, she told me she was probably going to drop… Read More

March 5, 2026