Public Education
Seattle students breathing easier without mask mandate while union still pushes masks(The Center Square) â Seattle Public Schoolsâ (SPS) newly appointed Superintendent Brent Jones presented his first state of the district address on March 15 with no mention of the lifted… Read More
Government, Public Education
Former Miami-Dade County Public Schools superintendent brings education choice vision to nationâs second-largest school district(reimaginED) â In a letter to members of the Los Angeles Unified School District community â families, students, educators and staff â newly seated superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who took the… Read More
Government, Public Education
Georgia Senate kills school-choice bill(The Center Square) â The Georgia Senate has killed a bill that would have allowed Georgians to put taxpayer money toward the cost of private school tuition. 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
Government
Op-Ed: Let every Washington student have school choice like I did(The Center Square) â When Washington Governor Jay Inslee released a proclamation recognizing National School Choice Week, I was optimistic for the future of K-12 education in… 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
Rochester parent sues school district for thwarting FOIA requests(The Center Square) â Rochester Community School District in Michigan has received an âincompleteâ grade for its response to a Freedom of Information Act request from a parent seeking curriculum… 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
Education analysts: Schools’ COVID-aid spending could send new hires off a fiscal cliff again(The Center Square) â As school districts across the country grapple with declining enrollments induced by the pandemic, many are engaged in spending sprees like those of the past, leading… 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
Government
Michigan advocates seek constitutional remedy for governorâs veto on education choice bills(reimaginED) â Two vetoed bills that would empower education-minded families for the first time in Michiganâs history are getting another chance to become law, thanks to a provision in the… Read More
Government
New study shows intriguing results in education savings account use to support learning(reimaginED) â The longer parents utilize education savings accounts, the more comfortable they become using scholarship funds on curriculum, tutoring and educational services, a new research paper finds. Rural families… Read More
Public Education
Op-Ed: Mask mandate is gone for most Illinois schools, but teachers unions still demand more power over kids, parents(The Center Square) â Illinoisâ largest teachers unions in the past two pandemic years have shown their priority is power, not studentsâ welfare or parentsâ rights. In 2020-2021, the Chicago… Read More
Public Education
Virginia prohibition on school mask mandates to be determined by courts(The Center Square) â A new Virginia law prohibits school divisions from enforcing face mask mandates, but at least one school district and some parents are suing the commonwealth to… Read More
Culture
Parental rights bills sail through Wisconsin Senate, face headwinds on governorâs desk(The Center Square) â Protection of parental rights and other education reforms are the focus of several bills passed by the Wisconsin Senate on Tuesday. The Empowering Parents K-12 Education… Read More
Public Education
Alaska bill would prevent biological males from competing in female sportsAn Alaska Senate committee is considering a bill that would keep transgender girls from competing in female sports. Its supporters say it is about protecting the integrity of… Read More
Culture
Empower parents: Four ways teachers can partner with parentsWith the rise of virtual learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, parents had a front row seat to school curricula for one of the first times in modern history. Read More
Public Education
Op-Ed: Ohio public employee unions losing their stranglehold on state workersThe past two years have been chaotic for Ohioans. COVID-19 largely shut down the state, canceling weddings, funerals and in-person education. Thousands of businesses have suffered, taking with them life… Read More