Courts
Oklahoma Supreme Court rules against Catholic charter; Gov. Stitt appeals to US Supreme CourtÂAfter a ruling Tuesday by the Oklahoma Supreme Court that denied a Catholic school a charter, the governor issued a statement appealing to the Supreme Court of the United States… Read More
Government
Policy weighs locking up Pennsylvania studentsâ cell phones(The Center Square) â A new plan moving through the state Senate would disconnect students from their cell phones during school years â literally. The pilot program covers the cost… Read More
Public Education
Madison public schools to ask for $600M more from taxpayers(The Center Square) â There are questions about the plan from public schools in Madison to raise taxes by more than half-a-billion dollars this fall after the Madison Metropolitan School Board… Read More
Culture
Military has turned into âvast DEI bureaucracyâ under Biden, study finds(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The U.S. military and Pentagon have turned into a âvast DEI bureaucracyâ under the Biden administration, according to a study released on Tuesday. The Biden administration… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court strikes down injunction against government censorship via big tech, citing plaintiffs’ standingIn a 6-3 ruling Wednesday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of the Biden administration in a lawsuit brought by two state attorneys general and… Read More
Courts
Parents sue New York school district after students report self-censoring conservative viewsParents are suing their New York school district for stifling conservative viewpoints, alleging First and Fourteenth Amendment violations. Three families, represented by Parents Defending Education (PDE), have filed a… Read More
Government
Bans on foreign funding for ballot measures gain momentum in Congress, states(The Daily Signal) â Opponents of foreign funding of U.S. ballot measures expect momentum at both the federal level and in states. In May, the House Administration Committee advanced a bill to… Read More
Culture
Missouri drops 4 spots to 32 in 50-state ranking on child well-being(The Center Square) â Missouri declined in all four areas measured by the annual KIDS COUNT Data Book, published by The Annie E. Casey Foundation, as it dropped from 28th… Read More
Government
Louisiana’s universal education savings account program set to launch in 2025(The Center Square) â Louisiana’s new education savings account program will debut in August 2025, but plenty of work remains before it becomes a universal program for Pelican State K-12… Read More
Culture
Trump-Biden enthusiasm gap materializes in streets, shops of deep-blue PhiladelphiaChris Stigall witnessed a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man-sized Trump-Biden enthusiasm gap lumbering the streets of Philadelphia Saturday. And lived to tell of it. As the Lion Week in Review podcast… Read More
Public Education
New Hampshire teacher fired for lying to sneak student to abortion clinic behind parents’ backsA New Hampshire teacher has been fired after it was revealed she secretly took a special education student to an abortion clinic. The teacher, who has not been named, was… Read More
Culture
Biden admin weighed using âschool childrenâ to help register Dem-leaning voters, emails show(Daily Caller News Foundation) â The Biden administration sought taxpayer funding for a program that would use school children to provide voter registration materials to Native Americans, according to emails obtained… Read More
Courts
In separate rulings, 2 federal judges block part of Biden’s latest try at student loan forgiveness(The Center Square) â South Carolina’s attorney general was among those celebrating a federal judge’s decision to block part of President Joe Biden’s latest push to delay or cancel roughly… Read More
Public Education
San Francisco schools let students change name, pronouns without parentsâ knowledge or consent(The Daily Signal) â The San Francisco public schools allow students to change their preferred name and pronouns at school without the knowledge or consent of their parents. Read More
Public Education
School bus mechanic warns of âeconomic disasterâ in deploying electric buses nationwideIn the rush to replace diesel school buses with electric ones, the U.S. educational system is financially endangering future generations, says a school bus mechanic in Colorado. âElectric is just… Read More
Public Education
National school choice group celebrates 1M students in choice programsOver a million students are now participating in school choice programs nationwide. EdChoice, an education freedom advocacy group, celebrated the milestone in an announcement on Wednesday. Read More
Public Education
Portland teachersâ union backs off anti-Israel advocacy amid backlashThe Portland Association of Teachers (PAT) has removed several controversial documents promoting anti-Israel views from its website in response to community pushback. One document the Portland,… Read More
Courts
Supreme Court to rule on state bans of gender treatment on minorsThe U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this fall on the constitutionality of a Tennessee law prohibiting medical practitioners from using sex change therapies and surgeries on minors. The court… Read More
Culture
Trump vows to combat agencies weaponized against Christians(The Daily Signal) â Citing the federal arrests of pro-life activists, former President Donald Trump vowed to establish a task force to investigate anti-Christian bias if he is elected to another term. … Read More
Public Education
New Mexico reports worsening chronic absenteeism despite multi-million-dollar investmentsNew Mexico has one of the highest rates of chronic absenteeism in the country. According to a new report to the stateâs… Read More