Public Education
Texas public school funding incentivizes student attendance, not just enrollment, and districts are noticingEducational administrators in Texas are urging public-school students to attend classes â not just for better learning, but for increased revenue. âI think, when people think about education, theyâre not… Read More
Public Education
Cash-strapped Wisconsin schools ask for record tax hikes, wearying votersMore than 20% of Wisconsin school districts have turned to voters for additional funding â proposing referenda questions at the highest rate in three decades, analysts say. â2024 actually was… Read More
Government
Trump admin withholds millions from Planned Parenthood over DEI, immigration policy violationsThe Trump administration is making good on another promise by issuing a temporary block on funding to Planned Parenthood and other Title X providers over possible civil rights and DEI… Read More
Public Education
School districtâs $100,000 rebranding project angers Minnesota parentsRochester Public Schools (RPS) in Minnesota is lavishing over $100,000 on its rebranding campaign â a move causing frustration among community members. âOne parent, speaking anonymously, says spending $100,000 on… Read More
Public Education
Kansas City Public Schools needs more accountability, not money, critics sayÂCritics of Kansas City Public Schoolsâ impending $474 million bond proposal say the district needs more accountability, not money. If approved in the April 8 election, the bonds will… Read More
Government
Rubio: 83% of USAID programs cutOver 80% of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) programs will be scrapped after tens of billions of dollars were spent in opposition to U.S. interests, said U.S. Secretary… Read More
Public Education
Denver Public Schools cites declining enrollment and birth rates in layoff decisionsA tale of two trends â fewer births and enrolled students â helped spur a recent restructuring by Denver Public Schools to cut 38 positions for the 2025-26 school year. Read More
Public Education
âCulture of financial non-complianceâ at Tulsa Public Schools allowed for $25 million in fiscal mismanagement, audit concludesThe Tulsa Teacher Corps describes itself as a âhighly supported certification pathwayâ for educators, yet it came under fire by the Oklahoma state auditor, Cindy Byrd,… Read More
Public Education
Washington state school district defies Trump with race-based hiring plan(The Daily Signal) â As the Trump administration threatens to pull funding from schools with race-based hiring, a Washington state school district is standing by its discriminatory practices. Read More
Opinion
Kansas appropriately adjusts special education funding(The Sentinel) â The Kansas House Appropriations Committee voted last week to increase special education funding next year by $10 million rather than $72 million as planned last year. Read More
Government
Student enrollment down as Michigan considers more K-12 funding(The Center Square) â Public school enrollment is down in Michigan as the proposed 2025-26 fiscal budget promises more money for K-12. Enrollment statewide has steadily declining for more a… Read More
Government
Tim Walzâ budget proposal would end tuition assistance for private school studentsMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz recently proposed a budget cut that would hurt private school students, eliminating resources and possibly causing a spike in tuition. Walzâ 2025 biennial budget would eliminate… Read More
Public Education
New Jersey school district goes broke, says it canât pay teachers without state loanA New Jersey school district is claiming it wonât be able to pay teachers this month unless the state approves an emergency loan by Feb. 22. Read More
Government
Trumpâs federal grant freeze aimed at stopping foreign, domestic âdark moneyâ in policy, politicsFor a decade, progressives have complained about âdark moneyâ and the influence it gives a small number of wealthy people in controlling electoral politics. But research… Read More
Government
OâNeilâs âWoketopusâ dark money trail started with the Southern Poverty Law CenterIn unwinding the financial means by which progressives have captured the federal bureaucracy, there was one test case that stood out to Daily Signal Managing Editor Tyler OâNeil. Having literally… Read More
Public Education
New Yorkâs student performance wanes even as spending balloons to $89B, the highest nationwideTaxpayers are paying more for lower grades, a recent report argues when highlighting record spending by New York public schools. âContinuing to shovel more and more money every year to… Read More
Government
Trump admin offers buyout for govât workers who resign(Daily Caller News Foundation) â President Donald Trumpâs administration on Tuesday offered a âpayoutâ to government employees who didnât plan on returning to the office, according to a U.S. Office… Read More
Government
Kentuckyâs school funding woes escalate with estimated $40M âshortfallâ for 2024-25Kentucky has projected a $40 million âfunding shortfallâ for its public schools in the 2024-25 academic year, according to its Department of Education Commissioner Robbie Fletcher. âKDE is currently tracking… Read More
Public Education
US universities failed to disclose tens of million in Chinese funding(Daily Caller News Foundation) â American universities are failing to disclose millions of dollars in funding from China, a report released Wednesday found. The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley)… Read More
Government
Report: Mandated DEI undergrad courses cost students and taxpayers over $1.8 billionThe costs of forcing undergraduate students nationwide to take courses imbued with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) ideology is revealed to be over $1.8 billion. Besides the tuition and taxpayer… Read More