Search results for “pandemic policies”
Public Education
Report: Chronic absenteeism in public schools a national crisis

(The Center Square) – A record number of students are skipping school, propelling chronic absenteeism to a national crisis, according to an analysis of public-school attendance data. The analysis comes… Read More

April 11, 2024
Opinion
Education eclipsed: Unnecessary school closures breed anxious children

(The Daily Signal) – A total eclipse crossed the country this week in a display of natural wonder. Rather than seize the opportunity for an engaging science lesson, hundreds of… Read More

April 11, 2024
Public Education
‘The left is eating its own’: An ‘intersectional’ atomic bomb hit a local public school in Amherst

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A school district in Massachusetts is engulfed in tension following claims that two school counselors were involved in harmful encounters with transgender students, leading to… Read More

April 8, 2024
Government
Michigan bill would undermine parents by mandating kindergarten for all 5-year-olds 

A Michigan lawmaker has proposed mandatory kindergarten for all 5-year-old children, raising concerns about government interference in parental rights. A group of Democratic lawmakers, led by Sen. Dayna Polehanki, D-Livonia,… Read More

March 25, 2024
Courts
Supreme Court weighs government’s power to restrict speech on social media

(The Daily Signal) – Those hoping for more open discourse on matters of national concern should not await the Supreme Court‘s decision in Murthy v. Missouri with much optimism.  During… Read More

March 19, 2024
Courts
School districts under the spotlight for how they handle their social media accounts

(The Center Square) – School districts around the country are facing issues with how they handle their social media accounts, and the debate has reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Denver… Read More

March 18, 2024
Homeschools
KC-area homeschool conference to add student learning screenings to resources for parents

Homeschooling parents in the Kansas City area can access an additional resource this spring – learning screenings for a snapshot of their child’s developmental progress. The Midwest Parent Educators (MPE)… Read More

March 6, 2024
Culture
‘No one can do that better than a parent’: FRC President Tony Perkins discusses the state of American education

As the longest serving president of the Family Research Council, Tony Perkins has spent his career defending families and advocating for public policies consistent with biblical values. “We [at FRC]… Read More

February 26, 2024
Opinion
Gender ideologues stack deck on WHO panel on trans ‘health’

(The Daily Signal) – A who’s who of transgender activists was scheduled this week to meet in Geneva at the World Health Organization to develop new guidelines on… Read More

February 23, 2024
Public Education
4 largest Kansas school districts continue to ‘cut parents out of the picture’ on student gender issues, despite AG’s warning

Four of the largest school districts in Kansas will continue to keep parents in the dark about their student’s “transgender” status despite a warning from the… Read More

February 14, 2024