Public Education
California district wrestles with facilities challenges amid âmassive operating deficitâCaliforniaâs Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) is facing twin troubles of a major budget shortfall while preparing a widespread revamp of its 70-plus buildings, according to a recent report. âEven as the… Read More
Government
Iowa governor proposes equal funding for charter schoolsÂIowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is proposing legislation to give public charter schools the same state funding as traditional public school districts. Reynolds announced the proposal in a… Read More
Government
âI failedâ: House Democrat who voted to fund ICE publicly apologizes(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Democratic New York Rep. Tom Suozzi voiced regret on Monday after crossing party lines to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) last week. Suozzi, a… Read More
Government
John Fetterman bucks Democrats on ICE as country barrels toward likely shutdown(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman broke with his party Monday by rejecting calls from Democrats to defund or abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following… Read More
Culture
Conservative org urges Trump admin to close loophole allowing blue states to fund child sex changes(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A conservative organization is urging the Trump administration to close a loophole that allows blue states to fund sex-rejecting procedures for minors. While commending the… Read More
Public Education
What one former university president says to expect in higher ed for 2026Less DEI and more AI could be in store this year for institutions of higher education. Thatâs according to Missouri State University President Emeritus Michael Nietzel, who suggests in a recent piece with… Read More
Opinion
Department of Education cracks down on foreign influence(The Daily Signal) â On Jan. 2, the Department of Education officially launched its new and improved portal for universities to report foreign funding. In an earlier… Read More
Government
Leftist nonprofit behemoth got $37.8 million in taxpayer money in year before Trumpâs return(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A giant nonprofitâs annual influx of taxpayer money rose to $37,810,397 in 2024 while it gave millions to numerous left-wing activist groups before President Donald… Read More
Politics
Funding for Minnesota child care centers paused(The Center Square) â Taxpayer dollars provided each year to Minnesota day care centers will be frozen, according to officials from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Alex… Read More
Public Education
Overpayment leaves New Mexico education department with $35 million deficitThe New Mexico Public Education Department is working on damage control after admitting it overpaid one of its vendors â amounting to millions of taxpayer money lost. âWhat should have… Read More
Public Education
âDysfunctionalâ education funding hampers student learning while bloating systems with bureaucracy, commentary arguesWould you pay more for an educational system that yields lower test scores, diminished civics awareness, and a greater likelihood of divorce among graduates? Hardly â yet this is exactly… Read More
Public Education
Hmong families plan stay-home-from-school day to protest Minnesota districtâs waffling on language, culture programMinnesotaâs St. Paul Public Schools may face a steep one-day drop in attendance on Monday, as families from the Hmong ethnic group commit to keep their children home in a… Read More
Public Education
New Hampshire marks nationâs steepest enrollment decline amid fourth-highest spending growth per student, analysis showsDespite boosting its per-pupil spending by 60.5% over two decades, New Hampshire has experienced âthe nationâs largest decline in enrollment,â a recent analysis concluded. âNew Hampshireâs K-12 public school students… Read More
Public Education
Why arenât teacher salaries rising? Rising benefits costs partly to blameDespite large increases in K-12 school spending across the board since 2002, teacher salaries have actually fallen 6.1%, a new study finds. Analysis by the Reason Foundation… Read More
Public Education
Massachusetts public-school staff missed average of 12 days in 2024-25, report concludesÂPublic schools nationwide are still wrestling with high chronic student absenteeism after the COVID-19 pandemic â but what happens when staffers also skip attending? It may… Read More
Public Education
Early count shows decline in Marylandâs public-school enrollment, shocking officials expecting increaseAfter anticipating higher numbers of public-school students âin the next decade,â Maryland is grappling with an estimated decrease this academic year, according to a recent report. âAn unofficial count by… Read More
Public Education
Left-leaning news magazine acknowledges âsomething disastrousâ within public-education systemPublic schools have fallen so far even left-leaning commentators in some of the so-called âbestâ school districts admit the problem goes beyond partisan bickering. âSomething disastrous happened here, and academics… Read More
Culture
Nearly 70 Planned Parenthood clinics have closed this year, report findsPlanned Parenthood has closed almost 70 facilities in 2025, a shift the group links to recent limits on federal funding. A new report from the organization says the… Read More
Public Education
New Orleansâ only âtraditionalâ public school wrestling with $500,000 deficit, low enrollmentA ballooning budget deficit, coupled with lower-than-projected enrollment, is forcing New Orleansâ sole âtraditionalâ public school to reconsider its operational model. âDespite loud public support last year for the Orleans… Read More
Public Education
Wisconsin school consolidation bills include $2K per student incentive(The Center Square) â Wisconsin school districts will be eligible for $2,000 per student extra in funding for the first year if a series of bills in the state are… Read More