Public Education
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Florida sub allegedly ordered beatdown of elementary school student

A substitute teacher in Florida is accused of telling four students to attack a classmate who wouldn’t participate in a class activity. Geanene White, who was working at YMCA Tiger… Read More

March 7, 2025
Public Education
Poor academics, declining enrollment show Philadelphians ‘hungry for alternatives’ to public schools, educational analyst says

Pennsylvania’s failing public schools need more competition – not more money, argues the founder of a Philadelphia charter school. “Imagine bringing home a report card full of Ds and Fs,”… Read More

March 7, 2025
Public Education
Oregon school district accused of discrimination with Black Student Center

Is the Portland, Oregon, school district discriminating against other races through its Center for Black Student Excellence and improperly using bond money to fund it? That’s what Parents Defending Education… Read More

March 7, 2025
Public Education
The Heritage Foundation’s Phoenix Declaration proclaims conservative ideals for the rebirth of education 

What does a truly conservative vision for the future of education look like, according to policy experts?  It might look like the new Phoenix Declaration, published… Read More

March 6, 2025
Public Education
Survey: Majority polled, including black Texans, support ESA becoming reality

(The Center Square) – A majority of registered voters polled, 63%, support a proposal to create Texas’ first Education Savings Account program, according to a Texas Southern University’s Barbara Jordan… Read More

March 6, 2025
Public Education
Soaring levels of non-English speaking students may be driving national reading test scores into ground

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Rapidly-increasing levels of non-English speaking students in schools across the nation may be contributing to the abysmal reading scores reported in recent years nationwide. Data… Read More

March 6, 2025
Public Education
Missouri Ethics Commission fines school district for electioneering in 2024 bond campaign as district now asks voters to approve huge tax hike

The Saint Joseph School District (SJSD) has been fined by the Missouri Ethics Commission for violating campaign finance rules in a 2024 campaign for a $20 million bond issue. The… Read More

March 6, 2025
Public Education
More apprenticeships, not more money solution to Wisconsin’s teacher shortage

(The Center Square) – While Wisconsin’s state superintendent is calling for more money to help solve the state’s teacher shortage, a reform group is suggesting another way. The Institute for Reforming… Read More

March 5, 2025
Public Education
Study shows how Missouri taxpayers are subsidizing teachers’ unions

Since the pandemic, teachers’ unions have been widely criticized for having liberal agendas that undermine public education. What’s worse, according to one union watchdog, is how taxpayers are unwittingly funding… Read More

March 5, 2025
Public Education
Idaho and Wyoming designate millions for expanding school choice

(The Daily Signal) – Support for greater educational freedom is moving west as lawmakers in Idaho and Wyoming increase funding for school choice, including designating funding for pre-K education.  Idaho… Read More

March 5, 2025
Public Education
‘Culture of financial non-compliance’ at Tulsa Public Schools allowed for $25 million in fiscal mismanagement, audit concludes

The Tulsa Teacher Corps describes itself as a “highly supported certification pathway” for educators, yet it came under fire by the Oklahoma state auditor, Cindy Byrd,… Read More

March 5, 2025
Public Education
UC Berkeley faces scrutiny over failure to report anti-Jewish hate crimes

(The Daily Signal) – Hannah Schlacter, a 2024 University of California at Berkeley graduate with an MBA, has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, alleging that the… Read More

March 4, 2025
Public Education
Colorado Teacher of the Year finalist arrested for allegedly kidnapping underage student

A 2025 Colorado Teacher of the Year award finalist has been arrested on charges of kidnapping and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office… Read More

March 3, 2025
Public Education
Kansas schools with DEI programs appear unconcerned as federal funding cut deadline looms

(The Sentinel) – The seven Kansas school districts currently known to include Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs in their curriculum don’t appear to be in a rush… Read More

March 3, 2025
Public Education
Report: Most Ivy League schools improving on combating against antisemitism

(The Center Square) – A new report shows that most Ivy League schools have improved relations with Jewish students, while Columbia, Princeton and Yale have had no improvement. The Anti-Defamation… Read More

March 3, 2025
Public Education
Mom tries to get pornographic content out of daughters’ high school curriculum

(The Daily Signal) – A New Mexico mom is speaking out against pornographic content in her two daughters’ high school curriculum. One of Monika Bialostocka’s twin daughters brought home a book… Read More

March 3, 2025
Public Education
Policy expert: Utah needs to strengthen its open enrollment practices

When it comes to school choice, education reformers know that merely being good isn’t good enough. Education expert and former public school teacher Christine Cooke Fairbanks recently published… Read More

March 3, 2025
Public Education
Kansas family sues after ‘healthy’ student hit with three-week home confinement for alleged chicken pox exposure

A Kansas honors student’s family took local health officials to court Friday after they confined her to home for 21 days for reportedly being exposed to chicken pox. Parents of… Read More

February 28, 2025
Public Education
University of California workers continue to strike

(The Center Square) â€“ Almost 60,000 University of California health care and service workers continued to strike Thursday throughout the state. The UC employees are represented by two unions that began… Read More

February 28, 2025
Public Education
Pastors barred from MN school district’s Fellowship of Christian Athletes meetings

Minnesota’s Pequot Lakes school district has banned pastors from regularly attending meetings of the student group Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). The move comes after the Madison, Wisconsin-based Freedom From… Read More

February 27, 2025