Public Education
Wisconsin school tells mom her daughter is not âprotected from discriminationâ because she is whiteWhen a Wisconsin mother filed a complaint with her local school district alleging that her daughter was the victim of racial discrimination, the mother received a shocking response:… Read More
Public Education
Topeka super Tiffany Anderson misleads parents on student achievement(The Sentinel) â To hear Topeka Superintendent Tiffany Anderson talk about student achievement in her district, you would think it is pretty good overall. But as is often the case with… Read More
Public Education
Kansas House passes needs assessment, other education reforms(The Sentinel) â For years many school districts across Kansas have likely ignored a state law requiring an annual building needs assessment designed to improve student achievement. If it becomes… Read More
Public Education
School board doesnât want to hear parent read illicit passage from a book in its own school libraryA concerned mother read the school board a sexually explicit excerpt from a book available in a Georgia schoolâs library, in order to… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school district rejects parentsâ concerns over inappropriate library books(The Sentinel) â The USD 450 Shawnee Heights school district has twice rejected parentsâ concern that their children are exposed to pornography and other objectionable content in four library books. … Read More
Public Education
Public shaming is being used in training sessions to coerce teachers to use studentsâ preferred pronounsSchool staff training never grabbed headlines before. But when staff members compare training sessions to a cult experience, itâs bound to raise a few eyebrows. A… Read More
Public Education
Elementary students told to keep LGBTQIA+ discussions hidden from parents, contrary to lawA Texas school district is celebrating its own âPride Week,â including small group activities that students â from pre-K through 5th grade â have been told to keep… Read More
Public Education
Teacher unions lose the âdrain resourcesâ argument(reimaginED) â School choice opponents like the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers often argue that vouchers, education savings accounts, and other parent-centered reforms would âdrain… Read More
Government
Support for school choice and parentsâ involvement in education is high in latest pollHow do Americans feel about school choice? Strongly supportive, according to a new poll by the American Federation for Children and Invest in Education. According to… Read More
Public Education
The impact of the 2022 Florida legislative session on public education(reimaginED) â On this episode, Step Up For Students President Doug Tuthill and Legislative Affairs Manager Alexis Laroe discuss the changes coming to education choice programs in Florida following the… Read More
Public Education
Teacherâs union Ukraine gaffe ‘free advertising for school choice’The second-largest teachersâ 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
Public Education
Oregonâs woke curriculum revisions include all students, even kindergartenersOregon has set new curriculum guidelines that include making kindergarteners understand their âidentityâ and focusing on other issues related to race, gender and religion. The revised… Read More
Government
Ballot initiative would expand Colorado’s open records law to include school curriculum(The Center Square) â Colorado voters could get a chance to decide if school curriculum should be available to the public under the stateâs open records law if a recently-filed… Read More
Culture
More than 20 states back South Carolina in fetal heartbeat bill appeal(The Center Square) â Twenty-one states filed a brief in support of South Carolinaâs call for a Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals review of the stateâs Fetal… Read More
Government
School choice offers hope to Oklahoma students, families(reimaginED) â Oklahoma parent Kelly Shank says that if her youngest son had anything to say about it, he would not socialize at all. Now in sixth grade, her son… Read More
Public Education
South Florida mom shares how school choice scholarship offered haven to bullied daughter(reimaginED) â On this episode, reimaginED Senior Writer Lisa Buie talks with Cherie Sanders, mother of a thriving eighth-grader at a faith-based school in the Fort Lauderdale area. Sandersâ daughter… Read More
Public Education
Despite new guidance, Biden admin still requiring toddlers in Head Start to remain maskedEnd the federal mask mandate for the Head Start program. Thatâs the message congressional Republicans are sending to the Biden administration. New York Rep. Elise Stefanik… Read More
Public Education
Teachers union strike in Minneapolis enters second week as potential âmake up daysâ accumulateHundreds of Minneapolis teachers union members are on strike for a second week, demanding better wages, reduced class sizes and mental health support. And teachers are threatening to… Read More
Public Education
Georgia Senate approves bill to ban teaching âdivisive conceptsâ(The Center Square) â Georgia teachers would be banned from teaching âdivisive conceptsâ in the classroom under legislation passed by the Georgia Senate. Senators voted, 34-20, in favor of… Read More
Public Education
Op-Ed: Teacher union bossesâ monopoly powers are putting South Dakota schools at risk(The Center Square) â Today, more than 30 states have laws on the books empowering government union bosses to speak for all employees in a unionized school, even those who… Read More