Public Education
Florida offering military veterans education certification(The Center Square) â In another effort to provide job opportunities to military veterans and address a teacher shortage, Florida is making it easier for qualified veterans to receive an… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board members back firing of teacher over pronoun dispute(The Center Square) â Eight school board members from five school divisions filed a brief with the Virginia Supreme Court in support of West Point Public Schools after the district… Read More
Public Education
Georgia officials unable to determine total amount spent on school supply program for teachers(The Center Square) â Georgia plans to give a $125 supplement to teachers in the state to offset the cost of classroom materials and ostensibly help students rebound from learning… Read More
Public Education
Arkansas Senate Democrats want $600 million of surplus for teacher pay(The Center Square) â Arkansas Senate Democrats want to use $600 million of the state’s $1.6 billion surplus to increase teacher salaries. The Raise Act introduced Friday would raise the… Read More
Public Education
Accreditation of Missouri pubic schools won’t include test scores until 2023-24(The Center Square) â The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) annually reviews several benchmarks in evaluating Missouriâs public schools, but test scores wonât enter the mix until the… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Missouri attorney general wants more information on invasive student surveys by Merrick Garland-connected firmAfter vowing back in May to investigate invasive student surveys used in at least one school district, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has officially sent a civil… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Self-described âleftistâ teacher says woke policies in schools have gone too farA devastating critique of the debauched state of public schools in America was just delivered, and it didnât come from the right. Essayist and critic Wesley Yang… Read More
Public Education
Pennsylvania has more teachers, fewer students, and there’s still a teacher shortage(The Center Square) â Teachers unions, public school officials and the Pennsylvania’s Department of Education say the state has a teacher shortage. Data analyzed by The Center Square, however, shows… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Teacher on TikTok claims entire second-grade class ‘switched’ pronounsAn elementary teacher claims her entire class of second graders “switchedâ pronouns after one child revealed his new pronouns to her in class. The shocking claim came in a… Read More
Public Education
Schools encouraged to spy on parents concerned about privacy in Zuckerberg-funded K-12 learning platformA digital education platform funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative told schools using its services to monitor parents’ online activity for signs of opposition after some expressed privacy concerns. Read More
Public Education
Foundations destroying American public education (part 3): EducationThe following is the third of a five part series from Luke Rosiak on the problems plaguing public education (see Part 1Â | Part 2). (Capital Research Center) â… Read More
Government, Public Education
Alaska AG’s office: Public school funds cannot pay private school tuition(The Center Square) – Public school funds can be used for a limited amount of private educational services but cannot be used to pay for full-private school tuition, according to… Read More
Public Education
Idaho voters will decide on an initiative to increase the stateâs income and corporate tax rates for education funding in November(The Center Square) â The Idaho secretary of state announced that an initiative that would increase income tax and corporate tax rates to provide additional education funding had submitted the… Read More
Public Education
22 AGs sue USDA to stop withholding school lunches over gender, sexual orientation rules(The Center Square) â Schools ordering food for the beginning of the fall semester could be facing uncertainty over whether theyâll receive federal assistance thatâs the center of a… Read More
Public Education
Three challengers take on incumbents in Kansas State Board of Education primaries(The Sentinel) â The August primary will feature three Republican incumbent members of the Kansas State Board of Education squaring off against opponents. There are no Democratic candidates in any… Read More
Public Education
Judge overturns public school board’s ban of Maine father it ‘disagreed’ withA father in Maine who’d been barred from events at his daughtersâ school for speaking against sexually explicit reading material has won the right to show up. … Read More
Public Education
Report questions accounting practices of Oklahoma State Department of Education(The Center Square) â Oklahoma’s Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency found $5.8 million of questionable expenditures coded as instruction during an audit of the school’s K-12 spending, according to… Read More
Public Education
New report questions higher education spending in Arizona(The Center Square) â School spending surged in Arizona from 2018 to 2021. While teacher pay increased in that span, it didnât expand at the rate that the state upped… Read More
Public Education
Foundations destroying American public education (part 2): Equity initiativesThe following is the second of a five part series from Luke Rosiak on the problems plaguing public education (Part 1). (Capital Research Center) â Much of what you… Read More
Public Education
National poll: confidence in public schools is crumblingA national poll shows that confidence in Americaâs public schools is near an all-time low across political affiliations.  In Gallupâs annual survey assessing… Read More