Culture
Pentagon doctors say 7-year-olds can make trans decisions for themselvesIn an op-ed disguised as a scientific research paper, Pentagon doctors are pressing to allow children as young as 7 to make medical decisions about transitioning to another gender. Read More
Public Education
Youngkin appoints new superintendent of public instruction(The Center Square) â Tennessee’s Chief Academic Officer Lisa Coons has been appointed to serve as Virginiaâs new superintendent of public instruction, Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday. Coons, who… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Bill regarding gender pronouns headed to Gov. Burgum’s desk in North DakotaImage via Facebook. (The Center Square) â The North Dakota House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that makes using transgender student pronouns optional for teachers. Senate… Read More
Public Education
Florida lawmakers make K-12, welfare and Medicaid budget recommendations(The Center Square) â Three of the biggest components of Florida’s state budget were revealed this week as lawmakers set out to appropriate $42 billion in state revenues for fiscal… Read More
Public Education
Middle school science teacher pushes anti-capitalism and anarchy on students in biology lessonsA middle school science teacher in Minnesota is teaching anarchy and anti-capitalism in the classroom â and the district is defending her actions as free speech. Mandi Jung,… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signs bathroom bill aimed to protect studentsArkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill on Tuesday restricting bathroom use in public schools to members of the same biological sex. “The Governor has said she… Read More
Culture
Missouri AG, lawmakers advance restrictions on gender transitions for minorsThe morning after Missouriâs attorney general announced emergency regulations for cross-sex treatments for minors, state senators finally advanced two bills with similar restrictions. The new regulations from AG… Read More
Public Education
Shooting at Denver East High School, no SROs on site, suspect found deadTwo adult faculty members were shot by a 17-year-old student in a Denver high school on Wednesday morning. The suspect, identified by police as Austin Lyle, was… Read More
Public Education
Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old student breaks silence with interviewIn her first public interview since being shot by a 6-year-old student, Virginia teacher Abigail Zwerner said she will be haunted forever by memories of the incident. “Thereâs… Read More
Culture
Majority of voters support requiring schools to tell parents about students’ gender transitions(Daily Caller) â Approximately 71% of registered voters are in favor of legislation that would require schools to inform parents about their studentsâ gender transitions, according to a poll by… Read More
Public Education
Seattle Schools will not consolidate next year despite deficit and budget cuts(The Center Square) â Seattle Public Schools is working on its upcoming budget to address a $131 million deficit, but no consolidation of schools will occur in the 2023-24… Read More
Public Education
Murphy, lawmakers agree to spend more to taxpayer money on schools to offset revenue losses(The Center Square) â New Jersey’s schools will be spared deep budget cuts next year under a new deal reached between Gov. Phil Murphy and a group of Democratic lawmakers… Read More
Public Education
Public school workers in PA claim ‘dignified’ retirement now out of reach(The Center Square) â Pennsylvania educators say the âdignifiedâ retirement promised to them decades ago no longer exists thanks to record inflation and benefits âfrozenâ in time for the last… Read More
Public Education
Michigan House votes to repeal right-to-work, reinstate prevailing wage, end A-F grading system(The Center Square) â The Michigan House on Tuesday voted to repeal right-to-work, reinstate the prevailing wage, and trash the stateâs A-F grading system for public schools. The Democrat-dominated House… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court rules for deaf student in education-law case(SCOTUSblog) â The Supreme Court on Tuesday revived a deaf studentâs lawsuit against a Michigan school district that failed to provide him with a qualified sign-language interpreter. In a unanimous… Read More
Culture
Lawmaker seeks to enshrine abortion in Nebraska’s constitutionOmaha Sen. Megan Hunt has introduced two amendments to the Nebraska constitution seeking to make âreproductive freedomâ an inherent and inalienable right. LR18CA would enshrine the… Read More
Culture, Legislation
Georgia legislator: Parents canât decide on education because they did ânot finish high schoolâA Democratic legislator in Georgia is taking heat for opposing school choice because some parents in the state âdid not finish high school.â âI see parents being able… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Texas mom pulls child from middle school after sexual game in classroom, rethinks progressive commitmentsA mother removed her child from a Texas middle school after the teacher had some students portray âseductive hookersâ as part of a game. Laura Maria Gruber says… Read More
Culture
In religious liberty win, âconversion therapyâ ban in Missouriâs second largest county falls one vote shortA proposed ban on so-called conversion therapy, which would prevent Christians from counseling people regarding a biblical view of sexuality and gender, has failed the Jackson County Legislature by… Read More
Public Education
Strike shuts down LA schools, âcould have been avoided,â says superintendentWorkers in the nationâs second largest school district walked out Tuesday, even as district authorities allege the union isnât negotiating. âI believe this strike could have been avoided,â… Read More