Public Education
Aurora schools see marked increase in teacher absences, especially on Fridays(The Center Square) â Colorado’s Aurora Public Schools has seen a 35% increase in teachers’ absences in 2023-24 compared to the pre-pandemic numbers of 2018-19. And teachers, the district reported,… Read More
Courts
Judge orders Olathe school board to pay $259K legal fees for plaintiff in First Amendment case(The Sentinel) â Federal District Court Judge Holly Teeter on April 4 ordered the Olathe school board to pay Jennifer Gilmoreâs attorney, Linus Baker, $259,233 in attorneyâs fees… Read More
Public Education
Utah school district pushes back against âfurryâ allegations after students stage protest(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A school district in Utah pushed back against allegations that kids are dressing up as âfurriesâ in school after students staged a protest against them… Read More
Legislation
Louisiana lawmakers aim to deregulate homeschooling with new measure(The Center Square) â The House Committee on Education approved a bill that will end the requirement that requires state approval for homeschooling curriculums. House Bill… Read More
Culture
Missouri AG predicts ânegative findingsâ in probe of Planned Parenthoodâs transgender business(The Daily Signal) â Planned Parenthood has refused to produce records that could prove it has irreversibly harmed children without parental consent as part of its booming transgender business, possibly… Read More
Culture
Watch: HHS secretary wonât condemn abortions up until birth(The Daily Signal) â Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra refused on Tuesday to condemn or even distance himself from abortions of unborn babies who are ready to be delivered. During… Read More
Culture
Apologies for government response to COVID-19 not good enough, witnesses say(The Daily Signal) â America canât move on from what happened during the mass government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. That was the message Tuesday at a House Judiciary Committee subcommittee… Read More
Public Education
21 F-bombs: New audio reveals extent of hostility, profanity, in St. Joseph, Missouri school board memberâs attacks on colleagues(The Heartlander) â New audio for the first time exposes the naked ferocity of a profanity-laced verbal assault by a St. Joseph, Missouri school board member on a colleague, for… Read More
Legislation
Louisiana Senate passes bill that would add to Parental Bill of Rights(The Center Square) â A bill in the Louisiana Senate that would add a plank in the Parental Bill of Rights concerning the teaching of critical race theory passed Monday… Read More
Opinion
KASB congratulates USD 489 Hays on declining student outcomes(The Sentinel) â If Benjamin Franklin were alive today, he might say there are three things you can count on â death, taxes, and the Kansas Association of School Boards… Read More
Legislation
New York ‘equal rights’ proposal draws criticism(The Center Square) â Critics are slamming a New York ballot initiative they argue would allow children to get transgender surgery without their parent’s consent and allow biological males to compete… Read More
Courts
West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act struck down(The Center Square) â The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down West Virginiaâs Save Womenâs Sports Act on Tuesday in a 2-1 ruling that blocks the laws preventing those… Read More
Culture
NPR suspends editor who blew whistle on left-wing takeover of newsroom(The Daily Signal) â National Public Radio on Friday officially suspended veteran editor Uri Berliner, who recently published an essay exposing the government-funded outletâs alleged bias during former President Donald… Read More
Public Education
High School senior infiltrates school âSatanâ club led by middle-aged satanistA high school senior in Olathe, Kansas infiltrated a now-defunct after-school Satan club, only to find it led by a middle-aged devil satanist. Media around the country have reported on… Read More
Culture
‘Encouraged and celebrated cheating’: Biological male takes 2nd in girlsâ track eventsA biological male in Oregon placed second in the girlsâ 200-meter and 400-meter race at the Sherwood Need for Speed Invitational. Aayden Gallegher, a 10th grader at McDaniel High School,… Read More
Public Education
Leaked document details Chicago Teachers’ Unionâs radical, left-wing demands costing $50 billionA leaked document from the Chicago Teachers Union details its bargaining demands, including full abortion coverage, carbon neutral schools, and paid leave for victims of verbal assault on social media. … Read More
Opinion
Playing God? Doctors amputate 2 healthy fingers from man with ‘body integrity dysphoria’(The Daily Signal) â In what is called the first described case of âdigits amputation,â Canadian doctors surgically removed two healthy fingers from a young man who was experiencing âbody… Read More
Public Education
‘Funding is not a silver bulletâ: Alaskans want education reforms, not just more spendingAmid a contentious debate about education funding, polling reveals Alaskans care more about reforms than mere dollar increases. A March survey finds broad dissatisfaction with the… Read More
Culture
âBeing an American means true freedom,â says dance team after nearly being canceled for wearing American flag-themed attireMembers of a regional womenâs country line dance team were asked not to perform at a Seattle dance convention after some attendees felt âtriggered and unsafeâ due to the teamâs… Read More
Culture
Taxpayers shouldnât have to fund state departmentâs DEI pseudoscience(The Daily Signal) â The federal government increasingly looks like an Ivy League classroom, combining therapy for fragile souls with indoctrination into specious ideology. Nowhere is this more apparent than at… Read More