Public Education
Illinois public school teacher arrested and charged with grooming a studentAn Illinois high school teacher was arrested by the Rockford Police Department on grooming charges Friday. Marshall Pratt, 61, was investigated by the departmentâs Sensitive Crimes Unit after he was… Read More
Public Education
Study: Detroit charters get $6,202 less per-pupil funding than traditional schools(The Center Square) â A new report found the funding disparity between traditional public schools and their public charter school counterparts in Detroit is $6,202 per pupil or 35.3%. Meanwhile,… Read More
Public Education
Louisiana graduation requirement rule change will receive a public hearing(The Center Square) â A proposed rule that would allow Louisiana high school students who failed state tests to graduate by other means will receive a public hearing next week. Read More
Public Education
Horne says Arizona schools shouldn’t allow transgender girls to use girls’ bathrooms(The Center Square) â The Arizona Department of Education strongly advises schools to not allow transgender females to use the girlsâ bathrooms, and to have unisex facilities available for transgender… Read More
Public Education
What do this yearâs gubernatorial candidates in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi think about education?Three states will elect governors in November. Here’s where the frontrunners stand on education. Kentucky In the Bluegrass State, Democratic incumbent Gov. Andy Beshear is running against Republican Daniel Cameron,… Read More
Public Education
Major Mississippi school district puts administrators on leave, opens investigation into huge testing gainsThe Jackson Public Schools (JPS) system placed several administrators on leave pending the outcome of an investigation into testing irregularities. The suspensions were revealed just one day after the district… Read More
Public Education
âExpected to follow the lawâ: Virginia governor calls out school district for vowing not to change its transgender policiesVirginiaâs largest school district said Tuesday it doesn’t legally need to change its gender policies, including its practice of hiding information from parents. The governor disagrees. In a… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school districts lawyer up after one district closes academic center, sending more than 100 students to other schools(The Sentinel) â The Wetmore Academic Center (WAC) buildings are vacant as its former students prepare to return to classes elsewhere this fall, but there is plenty of activity in… Read More
Public Education
Teacherâs âgetting to know youâ form offered to not use kidsâ preferred pronouns with parents(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A teacher at Catalina Foothills High School (CFHS) handed students a âgetting to know youâ form asking them to list their preferred pronouns and whether… Read More
Public Education
School board votes to fire teacher after she defied school policy in order to read book on gender identity 5th graders(Daily Caller News Foundation) â An elementary teacher in Georgia has been fired after she read a book about gender identity to a fifth-grade class, defying a 2022 state law… Read More
Opinion
Kansas legal battle gets to the heart of how transgenderism aims to redefine reality(The Daily Signal) â In the lead-up to the Civil War, pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers rushed to Kansas to determine whether the Sunflower State would enshrine the âpeculiar… Read More
Culture
Voters may shut down public library in Washington state over its refusal to remove controversial books at residents’ requestVoters in a rural county in Washington state will decide in November whether to shutter a public library after staff refused to remove LGBT books to which the public objected. Read More
Culture
World chess bans transgender women from competing in the womenâs category, citing fairnessThe federation that governs international chess competitions updated its gender policy to ban transgender women from playing in womenâs events. The International Chess Federation (FIDE) published its new handbook on… Read More
Government
Texas House Committee report previews special session on educationA legislative committee released recommendations for improving education in Texas in anticipation of special session on school choice. The House Select Committee on Educational Opportunity and Enrichment was commissioned in… Read More
Public Education
Four federal probes ongoing in second-largest public school district(The Center Square) â North Carolinaâs second-largest school district faces at least four investigations, each related to Title IX, by the U.S. Department of Education over sexual harassment or assaults… Read More
Courts
California professors sue to block DEI teaching and tenure mandates(The Center Square) â The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, better known as FIRE, filed a lawsuit on behalf of six California community college professors to stop statewide regulations… Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: School is starting but kids are being left behind in Texas(The Center Square) â Itâs an exciting time as millions of students return to schools in Texas this month. The bright young minds are ready to take the next step in… Read More
Public Education
Kansas City Public Schools sets lowest grading level at 40%, no longer allowing âzeroesâ â even when no work is turned inZeroes are no longer allowed to be given to students in Kansas City Public Schools. The lowest score possible now is 40%, even if the student never completes or turns… Read More
Courts
Lawsuit over Texas law restricting gender treatments for minors gets court hearingA two-day hearing in a lawsuit challenging the Texas law banning gender treatments for minors began Tuesday. The new law prohibits minors from receiving treatments such as puberty blockers and… Read More
Culture
Government employee blasts Greene County commissioners as âbigotsâ for not funding LGBTQ group with outreach to young childrenA local health department spokesman called his county commissioners âbigotsâ for not approving a grant to an LGBT organization because of its âoutreachâ to kids ages 5-11. In an email… Read More