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Oregon school survey asks 11-year-olds if theyâre âtwo spirit,â âgenderfluidâOregon officials are facing a firestorm of outrage over intrusive, age-inappropriate, far-left sexual ideology in surveys of schoolchildren there. A new student health survey created by the Oregon… Read More
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Atlanta public school closures spark socialist protestAtlantaâs school board has voted to consolidate 16 schools, amid extravagant objections from a local socialist organization. Atlanta Public Schools (APS) currently faces a… Read More
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Freedom advocates push for Ten Commandments in schools(The Center Square) â Legal battles over the display of the Ten Commandments in public schools continue with a new brief filed this week, backed by 46 members of… Read More
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Lawmaker seeks to prevent colleges from discriminating against homeschoolers(The Daily Signal) â Rep. Mark Harris, R-N.C., has introduced a bill to ensure homeschoolers arenât discriminated against in college admissions. âNo student should ever… Read More
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Why arenât teacher salaries rising? Rising benefits costs partly to blameDespite large increases in K-12 school spending across the board since 2002, teacher salaries have actually fallen 6.1%, a new study finds. Analysis by the Reason Foundation… Read More
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Massachusetts public-school staff missed average of 12 days in 2024-25, report concludesÂPublic schools nationwide are still wrestling with high chronic student absenteeism after the COVID-19 pandemic â but what happens when staffers also skip attending?… Read More
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Supporters of Tennessee’s school choice scholarships join lawsuit(The Center Square) â Two families participating in Tennessee’s Education Freedom Scholarship program are intervening in a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality. Five organizations representing 10 plaintiffs filed a… Read More
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Lowering proficiency standards fails students for life after high school, commentary warnsÂForget reading, writing and arithmetic â the real âRâ public schools are teaching these days is âreducing (academic) rigorâ by lowering proficiency standards, a commentary in The Hill argues. Read More
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Student fails psych paper for citing Bible on gender, files complaint against OUA junior at the University of Oklahoma has filed a religious discrimination complaint against the school after receiving a zero on a psychology response-paper, in which she… Read More
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New online portal to track universitiesâ foreign funding live in 2026(The Center Square) â Starting in January, American universities can more easily report foreign funding, according to the Department of Education. The federal government will launch a new… Read More
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Georgia committee recommends barring chronically absent students from athletics(The Center Square) â Georgia students chronically absent from school could miss out on participating in school athletic teams and other extracurricular activities, a Senate committee recommends. The… Read More
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New Mexico district prepares to implement weapons detection systems amid record number of firearms brought to campusesA New Mexico district has approved more than $4 million to install weapons detection systems after a record number of firearms taken to schools this year. âThe (Albuquerque… Read More
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Union gives teachers âinterrupting whitenessâ classes and more in radical left training series(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Minnesotaâs largest teachers union is under fire this week over its âprofessional developmentâ courses on topics such as âInterrupting Whitenessâ and âLGBTQ+ Training.â… Read More
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In New York, some school secretaries make six-figures and more(The Center Square) â Secretaries are well known for earning modest wages, but not the ones who work at Pocantico Hills Central School District. At the school district of 500 students outside New York City secretaries make $130,000 and $190,000 a… Read More
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Parents uneasy as tech begins to âreplace the teacherâ(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Parents are growing increasingly concerned about the prevalence of technology in classrooms, and the negative side effects that change is fueling among children nationwide. Read More
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How AFT anti-Trump lawfare has little to do with K-12 public school teachers(The Daily Signal) â After President Donald Trump was sworn in for a second term in January, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten asserted she was âreally… Read More
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Indiana to require universities prove degree programs actively âpromoteâ American values(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Public colleges and universities in Indiana will soon have to prove to the state that new degree programs demonstrate a commitment to upholding American… Read More
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Minnesota school district tightens credit card policies after audit finds disturbing lack of documentationA Minnesota school district is re-evaluating its financial policies after a recent audit noted a failure âto meet state requirements for credit card purchases,â according to news reports. Read More
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Indiana touts 3rd grade reading gains; Kansas lowers proficiency standards and skirts state law(The Sentinel) â Third-grade reading proficiency is at 87% in Indiana, a phenomenal increase of five points over a year ago. In Kansas,… Read More
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Georgia city’s clash with feds over school buses will cost taxpayers $5 million(The Center Square) â For decades, the city of Rome ran school buses that looked like public buses, with no stop arms and nothing to stop passing traffic. And… Read More