Public Education
Colorado teacher wants to âburn things downâ and teach students about the âterrible things white people didâA public school teacher in Colorado said he wants to âburn things downâ and teach 8th grade students about âsome terrible things white people did.â Casey Menninger, a diversity teacher… Read More
Public Education
Blue state school district shelled out thousands to create ‘equity dashboard’ to track students by race(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A Pennsylvania school district that has pushed diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives spent thousands of dollars to create an âequity dashboardâ that broke down… Read More
Opinion
The economic benefits of school choice(The Daily Signal) â Itâs back to school this week for Florida students and many others across the country. The first days and weeks of a new school… Read More
Christian Schools
Vermontâs new âequityâ rules may negatively impact private, Christian schoolsVermontâs State Board of Education might be incorporating equity rules for private schools that receive taxpayer dollars â rules which previously only applied to public schools. The change is being… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma education board accredits Tulsa Public School with conditions(The Center Square) â The Oklahoma State Board of Education agreed to accredit Tulsa Public Schools with deficiencies Wednesday and asked schools to examine policies dealing with pronoun use and… Read More
Public Education
School admin groupâs âequity-focusedâ education plan aims to police âmicroaggressions,â shaming in the classroom(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A national education initiative that is sweeping the country pushes public schools to embed equity into its practices, encouraging educators to eliminate so-called microaggressions, according… Read More
Courts
Judge rejects Maryland parentsâ plea to restore opt-out for LGBTQ books(The Daily Signal) â A U.S. District Court judge denied Maryland parentsâ request Thursday for an order allowing them to opt their children out of instruction using LGBTQ… Read More
Public Education
Indiana teachers are only paid 23% of their per-classroom funding. Where does the rest of the money go?The average 20-student K-12 classroom in Indiana receives more than $234,000 in local, state and federal funding, local media reported. However, the… Read More
Public Education
Clashes erupt as number of school districts with gender notification policies in California doubles overnight(The Center Square) â Two more school boards adopted parental notification rules for gender changes, making them the third and fourth school districts in the California to do so. The same… Read More
Public Education
Michigan lawmaker questions legality of new education department(The Center Square) â Michigan lawmakers and the State Board of Education are questioning if the creation of Gov. Gretchen Whitmerâs second education department is legal. Rep. Angela Rigas, R-Caledonia,… Read More