Public Education
New York just let teachers unions off the hook for failing public schools(Daily Caller News Foundation) â New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently repealed a key law that required schools to consider overall student performance when evaluating teachers, marking a significant win… Read More
Culture
Hawley fires back after columnist implies he wants white male theocracy in form of âChristian nationalismâIs the far-left now trying to âButkerâ Josh Hawley? Much as liberals pilloried Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker for advancing traditional values in a May 11 commencement address,… Read More
Courts
Fourteen states back Arkansas in lawsuit over LEARNS Act(The Center Square) â Arkansas is getting help from other states in its defense of an injunction that halted a portion of the LEARNS Act. U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky… Read More
Culture
Oregon revokes funding for Christian group fighting gang violence due to hiring practices(The Center Square) â Whether faith-based groups are allowed to solely hire people that agree with their faith is a question again before the courts. A ministry in Oregon that… Read More
Culture
Shapiro to House Committee: Censorship cartel, leftist politicians are targeting conservative mediaDaily Wire’s Ben Shapiro testified Wednesday morning before the House Judiciary Committee, offering a scathing opening statement laying bare the extent to which liberal politicians have successfully suppressed and censored… Read More
Public Education
Pentagon schools encouraged students to be left-wing activists, pushed DEI on kids and teachers, docs show(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Teachers at Pentagon schools promoted materials that train students to be social justice activists and pushed diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on teachers, according to… Read More
Public Education
Washington school district cuts 268 personnel amid budget crisis(The Center Square)Â â The Moses Lake School District in Washington is cutting an additional 55 positions amid its roughly $20 million budget shortfall, bringing the total number of people who… Read More
Government
Hereâs how many Democrats voted against requiring proof of citizenship to vote(The Daily Signal) â The Republican-controlled House voted 221-198 Wednesday to require proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE Act, would… Read More
Public Education
Critics blast the nationâs largest labor union for putting politics before academicsAmid criticism that public schools are failing to educate students, their teachersâ unions seem focused on politics more than the classroom, critics say. âIf you had any doubts about the… Read More
Public Education
US public school closures rise as enrollment continues to declinePublic school districts nationwide are closing some schools permanently as they grapple with declining enrollment based on demographic changes and the explosion of interest in alternative education. School district staff… Read More
Public Education
âWin all the things!â Teachersâ union president speech is all about activism, not educationAt the National Education Association convention, union president Becky Pringle spent half an hour raving about politics and social justice â with hardly a word on the issues facing everyday… Read More
Public Education
Pennsylvania Senate OKs parental notice for weapons found at school despite Dem oppositionA Pennsylvania state Senator told a radio host that approval of a measure to notify parents when weapons are illicitly brought to school was opposed by some school districts as… Read More
Culture
âThese positions are insaneâ: Sen. Hawley blasts Biden judicial nominee on First Amendment(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri called out a Biden administration judicial nominee about a 2017 article that criticized âbathroom bills.â Hawley questioned Noel Wise… Read More
Public Education
Philadelphia schools to spend $41.5M on green buses(The Center Square) â The School District of Philadelphia will spend $41.5 million replacing older diesel buses with alternative energy school buses, infrastructure and equipment. The new contract will allow… Read More
Culture
Are publishing giants pulling back from pushing LGBTQ+ material on kids?(The Daily Signal) â In June, Scholastic, the worldâs largest childrenâs book publishing company, put its push for LGBTQ+ ideology front and center when it released its 2024 guide to its âRead… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board approves co-ed sex classes despite public oppositionOver parentsâ objections Fairfax County Public Schools is planning for sex education to be co-ed in upper elementary and middle-school classes starting this fall. The Virginia school district is piloting… Read More
Public Education
Illinois schools to receive taxpayer dollars for special education referrals(The Center Square) â A new law allows Illinois school districts to get reimbursed with taxpayer money for sending their troubled students to both public and private special education programs. Read More
Christian Schools
The âfatherâ of school choice youâve never heard of: Father Virgil BlumSchool choice proponents often credit Milton Friedman for starting this popular movement, but new scholarship suggests at least one other professor should get recognition where itâs due. âWe cannot fully… Read More
Culture
Parents Defending Education adviser explains âanti-woman,â âanti-girlâ Title IX reinterpretation(The Daily Signal) â Parents Defending Education filed a lawsuit on April 29 against the Biden administrationâs reinterpretation of Title IX allowing males in female sports and private… Read More
Culture
HHS urged crackdown on whistleblowers exposing gender medicine, video reveals(The Daily Signal) â An office of the Department of Health and Human Services that enforces medical privacy laws expressed concern last summer that âso-calledâ whistleblowers had exposed âgender-affirming care,â shortly… Read More