Culture
Virginia lawmaker to reintroduce bill that would incriminate parents for not affirming child’s sexual orientation and gender identityVirginia parents could be the target of felony or misdemeanor charges for not affirming their child’s sexual orientation or gender identity if a Virginia lawmaker gets her way. Democratic… Read More
Public Education
Teachers’ union passes woke resolutions, re-elects leftist leaders at national conventionIn the name of “reclaiming the future,” the nation’s second-largest teachers’ union passed several resolutions supporting woke policies and re-elected its leftist leaders at its recent convention. … Read More
Public Education
Critics blast Biden plan for 250,000 tutors to correct learning losses that he and supporters helped causePresident Biden has promised to fix learning losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, though critics argue his administration created the gap to begin with. Pandemic learning losses prompted the… Read More
Legislation
Arizona lawmakers send Ducey universal school choice bill(The Center Square) – Arizona is likely to become the first state in America that empowers all its students to take tax dollars with them to a school of… Read More
Legislation
Final Virginia budget includes school choice support(The Center Square) – The final budget for Virginia included full funding for a school choice scholarship program and funding for the creation of laboratory schools, but advocates for education… Read More
Public Education
National School Boards Association shedding members in over half the states after smearing concerned parentsWisconsin is the latest state to join a mass exodus of state school boards from the National School Boards Association in the wake of its infamous letter comparing concerned… Read More
Legislation, Public Education
Virginia budget deal cuts school choice program by more than half(The Center Square) – The Virginia budget deal, which passed both chambers of the General Assembly, would cut funding for a school choice tax credit program by more than half… Read More
Public Education
Head of teachers’ union that fought to keep schools closed is now worried about students’ mental healthA national teachers’ union president is now worried about students’ mental health – after she and her union sought to keep schools closed, harming… Read More
Public Education
Texas school may have illegally pushed vote on billion-dollar school bond, revealing common problems with how bond issues workA Texas public school district is under investigation for what Gov. Greg Abbott calls a “likely crime” – school bond electioneering. School officials may have pressured… Read More
Public Education
Teacher’s union Ukraine gaffe ‘free advertising for school choice’The second-largest teachers’ union in America posted a tweet in support of Ukraine, but the gesture fell flat as critics pointed out the photos they shared completely botched… Read More