Public Education
Pittsburgh schools to partner with nonprofit with ties to Obamas on student-led voting initiative(The Center Square) â Pittsburgh Public Schools is looking to partner with a nonprofit headed by high-level former Obama administration officials to implement a program created by former First Lady… Read More
Public Education
Blame flies among Minnesota government agencies over $250 million fraud scheme(The Center Square) â After taxpayers lost $250 million in what federal officials deemed âthe largest pandemic fraud” in the nation, the government agencies involved are blaming each other. Read More
Public Education
Virginia’s high accreditation numbers don’t reflect huge learning losses, says Gov. Youngkin(The Center Square) â Although almost nine in 10 public schools in Virginia earned full accreditation with the state Board of Education, Gov. Glenn Youngkin is warning that those numbers… Read More
Public Education
Oregon Department of Education pays out tens of millions for severely under-enrolled Preschool Promise programThe Oregon Department of Education spent $90 million over the last two years in preschool grants even while the program was vastly under-enrolled, according to a report… Read More
Public Education
Woke politics, gender ideology frustrating Wisconsin parents(The Center Square) â Tim Michels says Wisconsinâs State of Education speech was more of a political stump speech than a report card on the stateâs schools. Michels,… Read More
Culture, Public Education
US Military Educational Summit Pushed Gender Ideology Using A âGenderbread Person,â Report Finds(Daily Caller) â The U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) hosted an âEquity and Accessâ summit in 2021 that featured presentations on gender ideology and anti-racism, according to a… Read More
Opinion
Neo-Marxism floods Advanced Placement courses in the USSome of Americaâs most popular college-credit history classes for high schoolers are littered with anti-Western ideas, identity politics and other neo-Marxist concepts, national scholars say.  The College… Read More
Public Education
Republican lawmakers not expecting much from Wisconsinâs State of Education speech(The Center Square) â Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin havenât been given a preview of the state superintendentâs State of Education speech, but they have some guesses as to what… Read More
Public Education
Teachers’ union resources discuss âsadomasochism,â âbondage,â and other sex actsThe National Education Association, the nationâs largest teachers union, as well as the Hilliard, Ohio branch, are under social media fire after it was revealed that resources from the unionâs… Read More
Public Education
Ohio school board delays vote on resolution against Title IX changes for LBGTQ students(The Center Square) â After a meeting that lasted several hours, the Ohio Board of Education now plans to vote in October on an amendment that says biological sex is… Read More
Culture
New Virginia DOE transgender guidelines affirm parental rights(The Center Square) â The Virginia Department of Education updated its guidelines to shift the control of transgender issues back to parents, which has yielded mixed reactions from interest groups,… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
NEA offers master class in Critical Race Theory without naming itDespite repeated denials of supporting the teaching of Critical Race Theory in public schools, resources from Americaâs largest teachersâ union suggest otherwise. The agenda at the National… Read More
Public Education
Teachers’ union ad accuses politicians of trying to ‘whitewash’ history; critics say the ad uses race to divide(The Center Square) â The Washington Education Association (WEA) has been advertising a petition to support “honesty in education” by giving students “honest, updated lessons that reckon with our past.” Opponents… Read More
Public Education
Cost and demand for program unclear as Gov. Wolf feeds breakfast to Pennsylvania schools(The Center Square) â With some extra cash in the education budget, Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf announced a program to expand universal breakfast programs for public and private school… Read More
Courts, Public Education
Iowa judge rules against parentsâ request to block school districtâs new transgender policyA district judge has denied a request to block an Iowa school district from enforcing its new transgender policy. The lawsuit was brought against the Linn-Mar School… Read More
Public Education
Amid teacher shortage, 850 more unvaccinated New York City school workers fired, total nearing 2,000ÂHundreds of New York City school employees were just fired for failing to comply with an 11-month-old COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The New York City Department of Education… Read More
Public Education
Parents enraged over email instructing 6th-12th grade teachers not to tell them about their childrenâs pronounsA school board meeting in Ohio became heated over an email telling teachers they were not obligated to tell parents when their children change gender pronouns. An… Read More
Culture
Lawmakers: COVID relief funds paid for âequity warriors,â CRT lessons in public schools(The Center Square) â Top Republicans in the U.S. House are pursuing an investigation into reports that federal tax dollars designated for COVID-related learning loss were spent to promote… Read More
Courts, Public Education
Parents group files lawsuit against Wisconsin school district over gender identity training policyA federal lawsuit against a Wisconsin school district alleges violations of parenting rights and religious freedom in the wake of controversy over the schoolâs new gender identity… Read More
Public Education
Missouri school district walks back controversial transgender policy after backlashA Missouri school board voted unanimously on Tuesday to rescind its controversial transgender policy after a published letter raised suspicions about how it got passed in the first place. Read More