Public Education
Virginia Board of Education to hold first meeting with Youngkin appointees(The Center Square) â The Virginia Board of Education plans to meet Wednesday, the first meeting since Gov. Glenn Youngkinâs appointees took their seats and solidified a 5-4 majority for… Read More
Public Education
Burgum calls for legislation to allow Pledge of Allegiance in all North Dakota schools(The Center Square) â Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum said he wants legislation to allow the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited in every public school and during meetings… Read More
Public Education
Spokane-area school district explores limits on CRT, general identity lessons(The Center Square) â The Mead School District will review proposals on Monday, Aug. 15, to exclude Critical Race Theory and gender identity lessons from classrooms and focus civics education… Read More
Public Education
Report: Minneapolis teachers union contract structures layoffs by race(The Center Square) â A Minneapolis Public Schools’ contract with a teachers union says that white teachers will be laid off or reassigned outside of seniority order before âeducators of… Read More
Public Education
Virginia schools reporting vacancies despite salary hikes(The Center Square) â Despite Virginia teacher salaries continuing to rise, many school districts are reporting teacher shortages as students return to class for the 2022-2023 school year. During the… Read More
Public Education
Some Illinois school districts facing bus driver shortages(The Center Square) â The school bus driver shortage that was prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic is still affecting some Illinois school districts with higher costs covered by taxpayers. Read More
Culture, Public Education
Mother to Texas state Reps: âIf my daughter is taught CRT at all, I will sue youâA fed-up mother gave Texas lawmakers a tongue-lashing over Critical Race Theory (CRT), social and emotional learning, and gender ideologies she says her kids have been indoctrinated with. … Read More
Public Education
Are charter schools re-establishing racial and ethnic segregation? Not so fast!A research paper in Demography, a journal publication of Duke University Press, raises the specter of renewed racial segregation in K-12 education due to the impact of… Read More
Public Education
From $39k to $155k, teacher salaries in the U.S. are all over the map(The Center Square) â A 28-year-old teacher’s video announcing he quit his job in Ohio to go work as a manager in Walmart went viral in July and his story… Read More
Public Education
$190,000 payout for Sacramento Antifa-supporting teacher to resign has critics pointing to union clout(The Center Square) â Reports that a California school teacher who was aligned with Antifa was paid $190,000 to resign this year are sparking outrage, leading critics to say it… Read More
Courts, Public Education
Judge dismisses mask and exclusion lawsuit against most schools, state dismissed, saying cases are moot(The Center Square) â Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow on Friday dismissed most defendants from a large lawsuit parents brought over mask and exclusion mandates. The attorney that brought… Read More
Public Education
School board turns tail, votes to permit satanic clothing a week after banning itA school board that only a week ago chose to prohibit satanic clothing in schools voted Friday to do the opposite and permit it. … Read More
Public Education
Columbus City Schools plan remote learning if teachers strike(The Center Square) â Ohioâs largest school district continues to move forward with plans to open the school year for students Aug. 24, despite the systemâs teachers union getting closer… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma lawmaker wants pandemic relief money allocated to teacher bonuses(The Center Square) â Oklahoma still has more than a billion dollars of pandemic relief money meant for education unallocated. One lawmaker said heâd like to see some of it… Read More
Public Education
Hutchinson said Legislature didn’t support spending surplus on teacher raises(The Center Square) â Arkansas legislators designated a $1.6 billion surplus for tax breaks and school safety grants but did not take up teacher pay raises in a special session… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Motions to dismiss challenges to COVID-19 school mandates under advisement(The Center Square) â As schools prepare to start a new year, whether the case challenging broad COVID-19 mandates on schools is dismissed is still up in the air. Earlier… Read More
Public Education
Fargo school board scraps Pledge of Allegiance over âunder Godâ in the name of diversityWhy did a North Dakota school board drop the Pledge of Allegiance six months after voting to start each meeting with it? Because the phrase “under Godâ… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Maryland teacher shortage worsened ‘because during the pandemic people left’(The Center Square) â The Maryland Board of Education and teachersâ organizations expected the current teacher shortage as much as 10 years ago, the head of the Maryland State Education… Read More
Public Education
Parents sue Iowa school district over transgender policy that keeps them in the darkAn Iowa school district is violating the constitutional rights of students and their parents through a new transgender policy, according to a recent lawsuit. Parents Defending Education (PDE) filed… Read More
Culture, Public Education
From the penitentiary to the public school: Restorative Justice warps disciplineA criminal sentencing reform strategy with a dismal record of success has oddly been embraced by K-12 schools attempting to manage growing behavioral disruptions in the learning environment.  … Read More