The embattled Fairfax County School Board ensured more controversy this week when it voted to allow unions to bargain for teachers in Northern Virginia. The vote comes two years after the state’s General Assembly granted the right to collectively bargain to government employees. Opponents warned at the time of the vote that there was more than…

A visiting assistant professor at Southern Illinois University gained media traction for writing an essay about “black bereavement leave,” arguing educators should get extra time off to deal with racial trauma. Angel Jones, who has a Ph.D. in Education, wrote an article called “Where’s our Black bereavement leave?” in Times Higher Education, citing the recent death…

(The Sentinel) – If there was an award for journalistic malpractice, the Kansas City Star would be a leading contender. The most recent example of the Star’s ‘government good / Republicans bad’ political philosophy is a story about special education funding.  It leads with a touching story on a young special education student to justify a $360…

This coming week the Missouri Senate will again see floor debate on Senate Bill 49, legislation designed to protect children from dangerous cross-sex hormones and experimental surgeries. Especially following the alarming whistleblower reports coming out of the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, this common-sense legislation should be an easy win for Missouri families and…

The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education gave its top journal article award to researchers arguing that “racism is embedded in the fabric of many teacher education programs.” The article, “Toward a Healthy Racial Climate,” was published in 2022 by two Cal State Fullerton (CSUF) professors of secondary education, Alison G. Dover and Nick Henning.…

(The Sentinel) – One-third of public school students in Kansas cannot read or do math at grade level, and the McClatchy newspapers and columnist Sharon Hartin Iorio seem determined to keep it that way.  Iorio’s recent column in the Kansas City Star and the Wichita Eagle ignores the reason that parental demand for choice is sky-high, and…

A bottom-up revolution is suddenly changing education and our country forever – this time for the better. It’s too bad that some are missing out on the story. In his latest piece for the New York Times, David Brooks complains that the country is missing out on the ripe conditions for education reform, inspired by the…

When a Christian school in Kansas City announced it would close due to backlash against its sudden LGBT-inclusivity, the media had a field day while failing to even question the about-face. “LGBTQ-Affirming School Closes After Antigay Churches Stop Funding,” read one headline. “Donors ditching Kansas City school over LGBTQ rights isn’t Christian,” stated another. Urban Christian…

People are angry at a woman for defending a renowned female author’s view on women because her opinions are allegedly harmful to men who want to be women. The author in question is J.K. Rowling, creator of the blockbuster Harry Potter series, and her new accomplice is Pamela Paul, an author and editor at the New…

A database of teacher’s license application denials, suspensions and revocations in South Dakota reveals surprising details parents and school administrators need to know. The database, run by the state’s Department of Education, has nearly 100 cases going back to 2009.  These include 34 permanent license revocations, 11 multi-year suspensions, 30 denied applications and 20 “conditionally” granted…