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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
Culture, Public Education
Missouri school allows reading of LGBT book to 2nd graders despite state law requiring parental consent

(Daily Signal) – A Missouri elementary school allowed a parent to read the transgender-promoting children’s book “I Am Jazz” to a second-grade class without first informing other parents, although state… Read More

April 28, 2023
Culture, Public Education
Parental education rights movement still going strong

(The Center Square) – Amid parental concerns, heated school board meetings, and legal battles, Pennsylvania joins the list of other states drafting parental rights legislation. Republicans in both chambers say… Read More

April 28, 2023
Courts, Culture
Alliance Defending Freedom wraps up oral arguments in case on Biden’s Title IX overreach

Public school athlete Amelia Ford. (Courtesy ADF) The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) completed oral arguments in front of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday, challenging… Read More

April 26, 2023
Culture
NH committee votes on ‘parents’ bill of rights’ down split partisan lines

(The Center Square) – New Hampshire legislation proposing a “parents’ bill of rights in education” is moving out of a House panel without a recommendation because of a split vote… Read More

April 26, 2023
Legislation, Public Education
New book sounds alarm on America’s ‘failing’ public education system

Public schools are failing American children, even 40 years after a Ronald Reagan-appointed commission warned that a “rising tide of mediocrity” was eroding our “educational foundations.”… Read More

April 26, 2023
Culture, Public Education
CDC linked to progressive plan in schools to replace parents, critics warn

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been linked to a progressive group’s plan to challenge parents as the main moral authority in children’s lives, warns a… Read More

April 25, 2023
Culture
Parent, education groups protest DOE’s transgender expansion for Title IX

A coalition representing parents and education groups sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) protesting the Biden administration’s expansion of Title IX to include gender identity. Read More

April 24, 2023
Culture
Reuters photos of kids pointing guns at NRA event a ‘set up’ says grandfather

A photograph taken by a Reuters photographer of a child pointing a gun straight at the camera was a “set-up” at an NRA event to make gun owners look… Read More

April 24, 2023
Courts, Culture
Moms for Liberty receives support from 10 state attorneys general in lawsuit against school board for restricting parents’ speech

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson filed an amicus brief with nine other AGs on behalf of Moms for Liberty, which accused a Florida school board of violating the… Read More

April 20, 2023
Culture, Public Education
‘They should be worried’: Teachers union attempts to fight moms over parental rights advocacy

(The Daily Signal) – A Pennsylvania teachers union conference featured a session on fighting parental rights advocacy. The Pennsylvania State Education Association’s southern region conference last week featured a session… Read More

April 20, 2023
Culture, Public Education
Florida extends gender lessons ban from K-3 to all grades under Parental Rights law

The Florida Board of Education extended an existing ban on lessons involving gender identity and sexual orientation from K-3 to all grades in public schools. Previously the board… Read More

April 19, 2023
Culture, Public Education
Parents are calling for entire Denver school board to resign

After violent shootings and months of incompetent management, parents and residents are calling for the entire Denver Public School board to resign. “There’s too much dysfunction,”… Read More

April 19, 2023
Culture
Kirk Cameron teams up with Sheriff Mark Lamb to bring ‘hope and encouragement’ to Arizona families

Outspoken Christian actor Kirk Cameron continued his “Freedom Island” book tour in Arizona, teaming up with Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb to bring a message of “hope and encouragement”… Read More

April 19, 2023
Culture
Arkansas enacts Given Name Act. Here’s what parents of schoolchildren there – and elsewhere – need to know

(The Daily Signal) – Arkansas lawmakers delivered a clear message to parents of K-12 students this week: You have the right to know how your child is being treated in… Read More

April 19, 2023
Culture, Public Education
Parent keeps child at home after ‘kill’ list circulates at Pennsylvania school

A parent at a Pennsylvania school is keeping their son at home after the student appeared on a “kill list” circulating among 5th grade students. The parent, who… Read More

April 18, 2023
Culture
‘I’m not going to stop until I stop breathing’: Mother jailed for defying public school zoning regulations speaks out for parents’ rights and school choice

Twelve years ago, Kelley Williams-Bolar went to jail and made national news for lying so her daughters could attend a school outside their public district. Read More

April 18, 2023
Culture, Public Education
Florida school vows to investigate trans teacher who allegedly threatened violence after keeping the incident from parents

Image via Facebook. (Daily Caller) – The superintendent of Fox Chapel Middle School announced the school would be investigating an incident where a transgender teacher allegedly threatened… Read More

April 17, 2023
Culture
Washington bill allowing government to ‘hide your kid from you’ clears House

(The Center Square) – The Washington House has passed a bill allowing shelters to keep runaway juveniles from their parents to get an abortion and/or gender surgeries that include… Read More

April 14, 2023
Culture, Public Education
Arkansas Senate advances bill requiring biologically based pronouns in school

The Arkansas Senate has passed a bill prohibiting teachers from using pronouns for students other than those assigned at birth, at least without parental permission. The vote was… Read More

April 10, 2023