Christian Schools
Red state board approves contract for first religious charter school(The Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved a contract Monday for the countryâs first religious charter school, according to The Washington Post. The… Read More
Christian Schools
âI was treated like a criminalâ: UK teacher dragged before tribunal for religious views on LGBT(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Glawdys Leger, a foreign language teacher at a Church of England School, has been fired from her position after refusing to teach LGBT material. Leger… Read More
Government
Education bureaucracy pushing the status quo in hearings(The Sentinel) â Legislative hearings over this and last week are focusing on how to improve outcomes in Kansas education, perhaps unsurprisingly, the education bureaucracy is arguing for the âstatus quo.â… Read More
Public Education
Iowa school districtâs new hiring policy allows convicted criminal to applyThe largest school district in Iowa will now consider applicants with criminal records after revising its hiring policy. The Des Moines Public School District Superintendent Ian Roberts announced the change… Read More
Opinion
Planned Parenthood ‘diversifies’ with trans procedures for kids.(The Daily Signal) â For Planned Parenthood, June is the cruelest month. Last year, on June 24, at the end of a blockbuster Supreme Court term, the high court issued… Read More
Government
Companion to school choice bill would allocate $1.2 billion more into Texas public schools(The Center Square) â Texas state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, filed two key companion bills related to education on the first day of the third special legislative session this year. Read More
Public Education
Wisconsin public school students struggle with reading, math(The Center Square) â Nearly 60% of students in Wisconsin’s Public Schools continue to be unable to read, write or do math at grade level. The State’s Department of Public Instruction… Read More
Christian Schools
Church-based microschools are âsprouting everywhere’One of the signs of âeducation entrepreneurshipâ surging throughout the country since the COVID-19 pandemic is church-based microschools â and theyâre âsprouting everywhere.â So says Kerry… Read More
Christian Schools
Growing enrollment is driving Christian schoolsâ expansion in WashingtonThree Christians schools in Washington are bursting with students, and they arenât the only ones. Enrollment at Liberty Christian School in Richland has increased by 54% since 2018-19, forcing the… Read More
Public Education
Under investigation: Boston University lent $600K to CRT prof for âproblemâ mortgageBoston University loaned $600,000 to an unnamed professor at its financially troubled Center for Antiracist Research (CAR), an ongoing investigation has revealed. Subsequently, documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon… Read More
Public Education
Public summer learning loss program for middle schoolers hosted by Missouri private school(The Sentinel) â An innovative new program based out of Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School in Joplin, Missouri, is hoping to make a difference in student achievement with a four-week summer… Read More
Culture
TikTok removes some videos, accounts that aid in student cheating(The Center Square) â Cheating is nothing new. But the methods of how itâs done are constantly changing. There is currently a market hidden in plain sight for the subset… Read More
Christian Schools
âWe want to treat women with gentleness and respectâ: Christian high school forfeits football game against rival with female athletesA California Christian school is sacrificing a football championship opportunity by forfeiting football games against teams playing female athletes. âWe have the utmost respect for the women that we enroll… Read More
Public Education
Lower enrollment may lead to school closures in New York as more parents send their children to private schoolsA suburban New York City school district is considering closing an elementary school as more families send their children to religious private schools. Suffern Central School District (SCSD) Superintendent Eric… Read More
Opinion
Recommendations to improve achievement by changing adult behaviors(The Sentinel) â Testimony submitted this week to the Kansas Special Committee on Education crystalized three unfortunate realities: (1) student achievement is low and has been trending down for many… Read More
Opinion
Largest living history museum in the US teaching queer history(The Daily Signal) â Critical race theory spread through our institutions by educating the educators. Each teacher then goes on to influence countless students. Unfortunately, certain historic… Read More
Public Education
Schools spent millions in COVID bucks on educational software. It was barely used(Daily Caller News Foundation) â School districts across the country spent millions in federal relief funds on educational software intended to mitigate pandemic learning loss, but in many cases, much… Read More
Government
Texas senator files historic school choice bill(The Center Square) â On the first day of the third special legislative session this year, Texas state Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, filed two key companion bills related to education. Read More
Public Education
Arkansasâ new universal school choice program is thriving, first report revealsThe Arkansas Department of Education released new data on the stateâs universal school choice program after its first round of scholarships were dispersed. The first quarter… Read More
Public Education
Oregon students can currently graduate high school without âessential skills.â Top education officials want to keep it that wayThe Oregon State Board of Education is considering an extension of lowered high school graduation requirements. The OSBE recently delayed a vote regarding the stateâs controversial high school graduation requirements… Read More