(Daily Caller) – Republican Rep. Harriet Hageman of Wyoming grilled a witness during a Thursday hearing, asking if she believed preventing teachers from showing first graders pornographic magazines was “censorship.” “Miss Johnson, I just have a real, quick question for you: Do you believe it is censorship to prohibit teachers from exposing first graders to Penthouse…

(Daily Caller) – Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost of Florida said Thursday that a parental-rights in education bill debated in the House of Representatives would lead to “hate, bigotry and even death.” “This bill is modeled after one that I know very well, Florida’s parental rights in the education law,” Frost said during the debate on HR 5,…

A lone U.S. senator Wednesday blocked a bill requiring a cleanup of an allegedly radioactive elementary school near St. Louis, even after an ardent appeal to his colleagues by Josh Hawley. The Missouri senator took to the Senate floor seeking unanimous approval of the “Justice for Jana Elementary Act” he filed last month. It would force the federal…

Missouri’s House budget committee made major changes to the state’s spending plan Thursday, which included cutting proposed increases to pre-K funding and child care subsidies. House Budget Committee Chairman Cody Smith, R-Carthage, submitted the revised plan to determine spending for the fiscal year starting July 1. The changes removed $56 million in funding to expand pre-K…

The Arizona Senate approved a bill Monday that allows parents to object to books and other content in their children’s schools. Senate Bill 1700 would direct school districts to create plans to promote parental involvement. Accordingly, the bill allows parents to submit books to the state’s Department of Education for review for objectionable material, especially material…

(SCOTUSblog) – The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a deaf student’s lawsuit against a Michigan school district that failed to provide him with a qualified sign-language interpreter. In a unanimous opinion by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the justices ruled that federal education law did not require the student, Miguel Luna Perez, to fully pursue his claims against…

(Daily Caller) – Approximately 71% of registered voters are in favor of legislation that would require schools to inform parents about their students’ gender transitions, according to a poll by Parents Defending Education (PDE), an organization focused on parental rights. About 81% registered Republican voters and 63% of registered Democratic voters back bills mandating that schools…

(Daily Caller) – Following the example of Seattle Public Schools, more school districts across the country are suing social media companies for reportedly contributing to a growing mental health crisis among the nation’s youth. School districts in California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Florida have joined the Seattle district, which filed a lawsuit in January, in declaring that…

The U.S. Secretary of Education has joined a Democrat chorus characterizing the removal of pornographic materials from libraries and schools as book banning and censorship. Miguel Cardona’s comments came after emails revealed he conspired with a liberal school board group to have the Department of Justice label parents as “domestic terrorists.” “As U.S. secretary of education,…

Florida students could soon benefit from the option to attend a blend of classes in public schools, homeschools and specialized schools as a part of their weekly schedule. Called “part-time public enrollment,” the initiative is a part of the bigger school reform package making its way through the legislature in the Sunshine state. Patricia Levesque, CEO…