parental rights
Culture
Dems block state bill requiring schools tell inquiring parents about students’ gender transitions

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – New Hampshire Democrats shot down a bill on Thursday that would have required schools to inform parents about their child’s gender identity, The Associated Press… Read More

May 19, 2023
Public Education
Florida, Arizona paving the way for school choice

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Florida is a leader in education reform but several other states are also paving the way to counter controversial topics in the classroom, conservative education experts… Read More

May 19, 2023
Public Education
Democratic state Rep. loses it, calls parents ‘incompetent,’ tells them to ‘shut up’ over plunging test scores

A New Hampshire state representative blamed parents for student test scores plunging nationwide, calling parents “incompetent teachers.” “Do your children a favor, let the teachers teach, and shut up,” Democratic… Read More

May 19, 2023
Culture, Public Education
School district lawyer tells parents to take kids elsewhere over policy to hide students’ gender transitions

An attorney defending a school district told a court that if parents don’t like the progressive gender policies of the school district, they can take their kids elsewhere. Read More

May 2, 2023
Culture, Public Education
School district lawyer tells parents to take kids elsewhere over policy to hide students’ gender transitions

An attorney defending a school district told a court that if parents don’t like the progressive gender policies of the school district, they can take their kids elsewhere. Read More

May 2, 2023
Culture, Opinion
Parents get back in charge of their children’s education

(Daily Signal) – Parents in the pandemic era have asserted themselves with new vigor for the sake of their children. Parents no longer presume that the zoned public school is… Read More

May 1, 2023
Legislation
Twenty-four Texas House Republicans defect on school choice vote

(The Center Square) – In budget deliberations on Thursday, the Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives voted to ban state dollars from funding vouchers, Education Savings Accounts and other school choice… Read More

April 10, 2023
Culture
Florida Representative claims Parental Rights in Education bill will lead to ‘hate, bigotry’ and ‘death’

(Daily Caller) – Democratic Rep. Maxwell Frost of Florida said Thursday that a parental-rights in education bill debated in the House of Representatives would lead to “hate, bigotry and even… Read More

March 24, 2023
Culture
U.S. House passes ‘Parents Bill of Rights’

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the “Parents Bill of Rights” along a mostly party line vote in what promises to be one of the themes of the 2024… Read More

March 24, 2023
Culture
NC Governor solicits donations, slandering conservative lawmakers as ‘bigoted, anti-LGBTQ+ extremists’

(The Center Square) – North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is soliciting donations to fight the “bigoted, anti-LGBTQ+ extremists” in the General Assembly who want parents to have a say… Read More

February 28, 2023
Legislation
Wyoming House Speaker fails parents on school choice and parents’ rights, critics say

The Republican House Speaker in Wyoming is facing charges from his own party that he sold out parental rights and school choice in favor of the state’s teachers’ union. Read More

February 27, 2023
Culture
Virginia Senate panel defeats slew of education bills, including on parents’ rights

(The Center Square) – A panel of Virginia state Senate lawmakers defeated a torrent of Republican-backed education bills Thursday, including measures to require schools to maintain a catalog and… Read More

February 17, 2023
Culture
Pivotal parental rights bill to face an uphill battle in the Virginia Senate

(Daily Caller) – Republicans are facing an uphill battle in the Virginia Senate getting Sage’s Law, a bill which requires parental notification of a child’s sex transition, to the governor’s… Read More

February 13, 2023
Culture, Public Education
Community ousts school board members for backing policy to hide kids’ gender transitions

(Daily Caller) – Residents of Paris, Maine, recalled two school board members on Tuesday who pushed a gender identity policy that would hide student gender transitions from parents, according to… Read More

January 11, 2023
Culture
Ahead of Texas legislative session, most viewed bills filed relate to parental rights, child abuse

(The Center Square) – Ahead of Texas’ 88th legislative session, at least 1,635 bills have been filed as of Jan. 9, according to state prefiling legislative data. The Texas legislature… Read More

January 10, 2023
Legislation
Several school choice bills pre-filed in Virginia legislature

(The Center Square) – Proposed education bills having to do with “parental choice” and “parental rights” could spark debate among lawmakers after the Virginia General Assembly convenes the 2023… Read More

January 6, 2023
Culture
California declares itself the rightful parent of all transgender children, critics say

As of Jan. 1, California is a so-called sanctuary state for transgender health. SB 107 – authored by Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco… Read More

January 5, 2023
Culture
18 AGs, others file briefs in case supporting parental rights in schools

(The Center Square) – Eighteen attorneys general led by Montana’s Austin Knudsen filed an amicus brief with an appeals court in support of parental rights in school in a case… Read More

December 15, 2022
Public Education
Parental rights candidate wins Loudoun School Board race, signals changes on board

(The Center Square) – A parental rights candidate who narrowly secured a spot on the Loudoun County School Board could influence how the school system handles transgender issues and parental… Read More

November 16, 2022
Public Education
Op-ed: Biden’s Education Week proclamation fawns over public schools, forgets parents

Education Week cannot pass without presidential recognition, no matter how mediocre the state of America’s public schools may be. As a political exercise, these statements serve to bolster… Read More

November 11, 2022