Public Education
Public summer learning loss program for middle schoolers hosted by Missouri private school(The Sentinel) â An innovative new program based out of Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School in Joplin, Missouri, is hoping to make a difference in student achievement with a four-week summer… Read More
Public Education
Class at Washington University in St Louis claims nutrition is racist, urges students to promote puberty blockers despite new Missouri lawWashington University School of Medicine in St Louis is pushing the idea that nutrition is somehow racist, and is still advocating for cross-sex hormones despite a new Missouri law banning… Read More
Courts
âItâs not the parentsâ damn business.â School board members draw suit from Missouri AG Bailey over closed meeting to hide bathroom policy from parentsA Missouri school board is being sued by the stateâs attorney general for illegally holding a closed meeting in an alleged effort to keep its bathroom policy from public discussion. Read More
Culture
Kansas City librarian derides parents as âpeople who canât let other people have opinionsâ in front of audience of high school studentsAs Senior Teen Librarian at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library, Kelsey Bates says she gets to âlive my dream of creating a warm and welcoming space… Read More
Homeschools
Upcoming âHeartland Hybrid and Microschools Summitâ in Kansas City set to grow education freedom movementIf education is the final frontier in American freedom, its pioneers and homesteaders are meeting in Kansas City next weekend to map the open prairie and help each other plant… Read More
Culture
Sen. Hawley boycotts Big Techâs private âcocktail partyâ in Senate, warns of AI consequences for childrenCalling it a âcocktail partyâ for Big Tech, Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley refused to attend a Senate meeting with the countryâs most powerful IT execs Wednesday to discuss the dangers… Read More
Culture
St. Louis Childrenâs Hospital stops prescribing puberty blockers and hormone treatments to minors in compliance with new Missouri lawWashington University officials announced Monday their doctors will no longer prescribe puberty blockers or hormone treatments to minors through its Transgender Center at St. Louis Childrenâs Hospital. The decision was… Read More
Public Education
Second Kansas City-area school district lowers bar for grades; new bottom is 50%, âany effortâ earns 60%Students in a Kansas City-area school district who do no work could end a course with 50% on their record, and with âany effortâ receive a minimum of 60%. Thatâs… Read More
Government
Illinois lawmakers react to Missouri law protecting minors from transgender procedures(The Center Square) â Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he will support any family who moves to Illinois from Missouri after a new law in the Show Me State bans procedures… Read More
Courts
AG: Missouriâs landmark injunction halting Biden administration censorship of conservatives clears the path for free speech in 2024 electionMissouriâs historic injunction against Biden administration censorship of online conservative speech, upheld by an appeals court Friday, sets the rules of engagement for the 2024 election decidedly in favor of… Read More
Public Education
Missouri Democrat blocks national school choice expert online but canât escape public backlash against her anti-choice hypocrisyA heated debate on school choice took place over the weekend on a Missouri Democratâs social media page â though she quickly blocked the national expert who called her out… Read More
Public Education
Bidenâs Secretary of Education in St. Louis for school tour to ‘raise the barâ after government lockdowns set kids backU.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona was in St. Louis Wednesday as part of the Biden administrationâs “Back to School Bus Tour 2023: Raise the Barâ event. But critics told… Read More
Public Education
Missouri, Kansas rank No. 1 and No. 2 in this alarming school sex assault category, while Biden admin focuses on âgender discriminationâ insteadÂStatistics released by the U.S. Department of Educationâs (DOE) Civil Rights Data Collection unit shows Missouri schools rank first in rapes and attempted rapes, behind Kansas and Massachusetts. âComparatively, the… Read More
Courts
Missouri school district faces federal lawsuit from outspoken parent it banned from district propertyAs one Missouri school district resumes classes, it awaits a court date over a lawsuit filed last month by a parent who says he was banned from the school for… Read More
Public Education
St. Joseph, Missouri Board of Education member cries foul over âcoded languageâ in new member ethics policy meant to muzzle dissentA board member of a Missouri school district is denouncing a new ethics policy that he says contains âcoded languageâ meant to muzzle his First Amendment rights. St. Joseph School… Read More
Courts
Judge allows Missouri ban on gender-altering treatments for minors to take effect on MondayA judge has refused to block a Missouri law prohibiting any new gender-altering treatments for minors. The law now goes into effect as scheduled on Monday. St. Louis Circuit Judge… Read More
Public Education
Poll: Missouri voters favor charter school expansion, educational freedom and restrictions on gender ideology in schoolsA recent poll revealed the majority of Missouri voters support socially conservative and pro-school choice policies for education. The survey was conducted by Saint Louis University… Read More
Public Education
Three school district officials signed off on grant for âgender-affirming closetâ in Kansas City-area district months before belated rejectionDespite Kansas City-area Liberty Public Schoolsâ previous statement denying it applied for a grant for a âgender-affirming closet,â documents obtained by The Lion reveal three high-level district officials signed off… Read More
Courts
Missouri law banning trans procedures on kids is âabout protecting children,â says AG after defending it in key court hearingA girl named Chloe testified she still bleeds every day after her transgender double mastectomy four years ago at 15. Another girl, Zoe, testified she wanted the procedure but was… Read More
Culture
Employee who called Greene County commissioners âbigotsâ for not funding LGBTQ group with outreach to young children resignsA Springfield government employee who called Greene County commissioners âbigotsâ for not supporting an LGBTQ grant because of its possible âoutreachâ to kids ages 5-11 has resigned. Aaron Schekorra,… Read More