Public Education
Report: Wisconsin public schools has become heavily bureaucratic(The Center Square) â A law firm in Milwaukee says Wisconsinâs public schools have declining enrollment and increasing numbers of administrators. âWisconsin has become heavily bureaucratic,â says the report released… Read More
Public Education
Colorado teacher wants to âburn things downâ and teach students about the âterrible things white people didâA public school teacher in Colorado said he wants to âburn things downâ and teach 8th grade students about âsome terrible things white people did.â Casey Menninger, a diversity teacher… Read More
Public Education
Some GOP candidates want to eliminate the Department of Education. Here’s what it would take(The Center Square) â Republican presidential candidates have put the U.S. Department of Education on notice. Several candidates said at last week’s debate that they want to get rid of the… Read More
Public Education
‘Funding cuts and teacher shortage myths.’ Data analysis reframes PA education issues(The Center Square) â As Pennsylvaniaâs legislators prepare to return to Harrisburg to sort out the stateâs education system and budget, a new report challenges what they call âfunding cuts… Read More
Courts
CA attorney general sues school district to stop policy that informs parents of student gender transitions(Daily Caller News Foundation) â California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit Monday against the Chino Valley Unified School District for approving a policy that requires school officials to… Read More
Public Education
Philadelphia School District offers $300 a month to parents to drive their kids to schoolThe School District of Philadelphia is expanding a program that pays parents up to $300 a month to drive their kids to school. Itâs hoped that the âParent Flat Rate… Read More
Public Education
âLeftists are doubling down on gaslighting parents.â DeAngelis fires back at professorâs claim parental rights concerns are based on a âmade-up crisisâA round table panel on education sparked controversy when a professor argued that parents having no say in schools is âa made-up crisis.â The panel was… Read More
Public Education
Blue state school district shelled out thousands to create ‘equity dashboard’ to track students by race(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A Pennsylvania school district that has pushed diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives spent thousands of dollars to create an âequity dashboardâ that broke down… Read More
Opinion
The economic benefits of school choice(The Daily Signal) â Itâs back to school this week for Florida students and many others across the country. The first days and weeks of a new school… Read More
Public Education
Marxist teacher chose by select Democrat committee insiders for seat for Colorado General AssemblyTim HernĂĄndez, the teachersâ union activist in Colorado who advocated for an anti-capitalist plank, was picked to fill a vacancy in the Colorado Legislature. HernĂĄndez, who is an avowed Marxist,… Read More
Public Education
Geography of school choice part III: Small towns and Friday night lightsIn rural towns, schools are geographic landmarks, major employers and, most importantly, the hub of high school football, which may help explain school choice deserts in less-populated Western states. Read More
Public Education
Speech control? Massachusetts elementary schools ban students from talking about weapons(Daily Caller News Foundation) â When school starts in Somerset, Massachusetts next week, elementary students will face a new rule that bans any talk or gestures of weapons, according to… Read More
Public Education
Voters express dissatisfaction with quality of public school education, poll reveals(The Center Square) â At the Republican primary debate last week, presidential hopefuls disparaged the state of education in the nation, with some candidates advocating for the abolition of the… Read More
Public Education
Parents sue Tennessee school board for keeping explicit books in school libraries despite new lawParents are suing a Tennessee school board, claiming it violated the Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022. The lawsuit, filed by state Rep. Gino Bulso, R-Brentwood, on the parentsâ behalf, alleges… 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
Public Education
Indiana teachers are only paid 23% of their per-classroom funding. Where does the rest of the money go?The average 20-student K-12 classroom in Indiana receives more than $234,000 in local, state and federal funding, local media reported. However, the… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma 3rd grade teacher arrested for allegedly drinking on the jobA video released by police appears to show 3rd grade teacher Kimberly Coates blowing into a breathalyzer at three times the Oklahoma legal limit after being pulled from class. âI… Read More
Public Education
Exclusive: South Carolina dad who gave chicken feed to his school board refutes harassment claims, says teachers are trying to indoctrinate his kidsA South Carolina father is now a villain to his school district and the local media, all for trying to be involved in his childrenâs education, he says. After several… Read More
Public Education
Over 1,000 school districts hide studentsâ gender identities from parents(The Daily Signal) â A new report sounds the alarm on the growing number of schools embracing transgender ideology and keeping parents in the dark. According to Parents Defending Education,… Read More
Public Education
Intel expert backs up California pastorâs claim that school boards are using communist playbook to weaken parents, prop up stateAn education advocacy group warned in a blog posting that todayâs school boards are âeerily more similarâ to the government in communist Romania in 1985. âCommunist ideology is already in… Read More