Culture, Public Education
Kansas Senate passes âParents Bill of Rightsâ(The Sentinel) â The âParents Bill of Rightsâ and school curriculum transparency legislation passed the Kansas Senate Tuesday 24-15. However the bill â SB496 â fell… Read More
Public Education
Indiana Senate passes bill that would remove obscene books from school libraries(Margaret Menge | The Center Square) â The Indiana Senate passed a bill Tuesday aimed at removing what the legislation called obscene material from schools, and it would allow the criminal… Read More
Public Education
Proposal wants Michigan school librarians to ‘advance racial and social justice’(The Center Square) â The Michigan Department of Education requests public comment on draft revisions to the stateâs school librarian standards, expanding what future librarians would learn to include some… Read More
Culture
Kansas City librarian derides parents as âpeople who canât let other people have opinionsâ in front of audience of high school studentsAs Senior Teen Librarian at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, Kelsey Bates says she gets to âlive my dream of creating a warm and welcoming space… Read More
Public Education
Pritzker signs law stripping funding from libraries that restrict access to controversial books(The Center Square) â Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed into law a measure that withholds state funding from any of the stateâs 1,600 public or school libraries that remove books… Read More
Government
US Dept of Ed investigates antisemitism at 5 major universitiesFive prominent universities from California to New York will be investigated for civil rights violations related to antisemitism on campus, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced. The investigation is… Read More
Public Education
Teachers will no longer need to pass basic reading, writing and math test for certification in New Jersey(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A New Jersey law that removes a requirement for teachers to pass a reading, writing and mathematics test for certification will go into effect on… Read More
Government
New Jersey enacts law making it harder to remove sexually explicit childrenâs books from public libraries and schoolsThe Garden State just eliminated protections intended to keep inappropriate content away from children. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Freedom to Read Act into… Read More
World
China, Japan take aim at declining birthrates with new pro-family policies. Will they work?The two most powerful countries in Asia are trying to tackle low fertility rates in differing ways, and their efforts may have lessons for America. For decades, both China and… Read More
Government
Planning underway for massive federal budget overhaul under Trump(The Daily Signal) â Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, met over the weekend with President-elect Donald Trump and his choices to slash billions if not trillions of dollars in federal spendingâentrepreneurs… Read More