Public Education
St. Joseph, Missouri School Board president contends criminally charged member is a âleaderâWhen candidates for the St. Joseph, Missouri Board of Education were asked how to bring more civility to the board, its President Latonya Williams praised the current board for its… Read More
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Chicago Teachers Union likely to lose vote it allegedly electioneered with public school studentsThe Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) appears to be heading to defeat in an election in which it allegedly violated ethics policies by using school resources, including students, to electioneer. With… Read More
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South Carolina teachers care more about school culture than pay, new teacher retention report revealsAs public schools nationwide struggle to retain teachers, one South Carolina group is trying to find answers. SC TEACHER, a group dedicated to researching the stateâs education workforce, released a… Read More
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Fouled out? Calls grow for Whitney Lanningâs school board resignation after video shows her hounding Isaura Garcia, leading to criminal chargesSt. Joseph, Missouri school board member Whitney Lanning is facing calls to resign after surveillance video shows her harassing other board members, allegedly screaming profanities and threatening violence. The… Read More
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High school male pushes females out of high jump honors(The Daily Signal) â A male high school student took 10th place in the girlsâ high jump in a recent national indoor track meet in Boston, continuing a streak of elbowing… Read More
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NYT report concedes that left-wing COVID-19 lockdown policies led to generational learning loss(The Daily Signal) â The COVID-19 school lockdowns created generational learning loss, The New York Times reports. Yes, just about four years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, The New… Read More
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University âforcesâ journalism students to fork over tuition money for course on âmicroaggressions,â pronouns(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Arizona State University (ASU) forces students to hand over tuition money to take a course that pushes left-wing ideas, according to documents obtained by the… Read More
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Another New Jersey school rescinds its transgender policyA New Jersey school board voted 6-3 to eliminate its transgender policy after parents raised concerns. The Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Educationâs decision last week followed a similar decision… Read More
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Poll: Majority of Missouri voters support ESAsA new poll of Missouri voters found strong support for various forms of school choice. The survey of 900 Missourians, conducted by Saint Louis University (SLU)… Read More
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NAACP tells student athletes to reconsider attending Florida colleges due to stateâs anti-DEI policiesThe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is urging student athletes to seek higher education outside the state of Florida. âThe value of Black talent is undeniable,… Read More
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Watchdog files electioneering complaint against Chicago Teachers Union for using students in get-out-the-vote effortA policy group in Illinois filed an ethics complaint with the Inspector General of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) alleging violations of school district rules by using students for an upcoming… Read More
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âTheyâre distractingâ: Schools lock up phones as kids struggle to pay attention in class(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Schools around the U.S. are banning the usage of phones in the classroom, arguing that the devices are distracting students, according to The Wall Street Journal. Read More
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Teacher unions backing downstate Republicans âvery rare,â says researcher(The Center Square) â Teachers unions have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to certain Republican candidatesâ state legislative primary campaigns, a national trend that can be seen in incumbent… Read More
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âTeaching 10-year-olds about lubrication?â Parental rights group uncovers indecent sex education curriculumÂA parental rights group uncovered what it says is a California school districtâs age-inappropriate and ideology-laden sex education curriculum. Parents Defending Education (PDE), a national grassroots group,… Read More
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Middle school girl tells of torment at being forced to change clothes alongside biological males ÂA sixth-grade girl has shared her personal anguish at an Indiana school districtâs compelling her to change clothes beside biological males in the girlsâ locker room. âImagine this is you,â… Read More
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âFighting hard to stay aliveâ: Fundraiser posted for teen nearly beaten to death near St. LouisA GoFundMe has been set up to help the high school student whose brutal beating outside of a Missouri school left her with traumatic brain injuries. The victim, identified as Kaylee,… Read More
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What are they hiding? School librarians admit they hid card catalog from parents while pushing BLM, LGBTQ issues(The Daily Signal) â At least one school library in a South Carolina school district restricted access to its online card catalog in order to hide âcritical race theory booksâ from… Read More
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School board member Lanning delinquent on taxes that go to St. Joe public schoolsA school board member in St. Joseph, Missouri, who already faces second-degree harassment charges, has refused to comment after she was fined for slow-paying property taxes… Read More
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Texas superintendent suspended after trans-identifying student removed from male role in school musicalA Texas school superintendent has been suspended for requiring actors in a school play to be cast according to their birth sex, a policy that was later overturned by the… Read More
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Lawmakers blast Bidenbucks in letter to Education Department leader(The Center Square) â Using Federal Work-Study funds to support the campaign of President Joe Biden is called Bidenbucks and unfair by four members of Congress from North Carolina, Wisconsin,… Read More