Public Education
Kansas mom delivers scathing indictment of her large school district’s dyslexia services(The Sentinel) â Olathe mom Amanda Thompson, frustrated by what she saw as the Olathe School Districtâs inability to improve her childrenâs dyslexia and achievement in the classroom,… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Iowa news organizations sue Bettendorf School District, board(The Center Square) â The Iowa Freedom of Information Council, Quad-City Times, KWQC, WQAD and WHBF on Monday sued Bettendorf Community School District and its board of directors in Scott… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Public school districts accused of using intimidation to conceal controversial curriculaParents in Arizona have reportedly been harassed after their names were made public following requests for information on curriculum. According to a report by… Read More
Public Education
How Niles Community Schools spent $4 million in COVID funds(The Center Square) â Michigan’s more than 800 school districts received about $6 billion of federal taxpayer money to recover from COVID. However, some digging revealed some of the largest… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas’ Ed department wants to divert classroom dollars to lobbying efforts by the Kansas Association of School Boards(The Sentinel) â The Kansas Department of Education purports to be a âdedicated service agencyâ that provides leadership, resources, and support. But like its claim to âprepare all students… Read More
Public Education
Crisis: More than 180 educators, one a day, arrested for child sex crimes in first half of 2022A âserious child sex abuse problemâ in the nationâs schools confirms the problem is real â and the numbers of victims are rising. Through May 13 of… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Public education has made the West less religious, making room for the woke agendaThe most plausible explanation for the increasing secularization of society is the growth of public education. This, according to economists Raphael FranckâŻand LaurenceâŻIannaccone in their seminal 2014… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board members back firing of teacher over pronoun dispute(The Center Square) â Eight school board members from five school divisions filed a brief with the Virginia Supreme Court in support of West Point Public Schools after the district… Read More
Public Education
Georgia officials unable to determine total amount spent on school supply program for teachers(The Center Square) â Georgia plans to give a $125 supplement to teachers in the state to offset the cost of classroom materials and ostensibly help students rebound from learning… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Missouri attorney general wants more information on invasive student surveys by Merrick Garland-connected firmAfter vowing back in May to investigate invasive student surveys used in at least one school district, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has officially sent a civil… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Self-described âleftistâ teacher says woke policies in schools have gone too farA devastating critique of the debauched state of public schools in America was just delivered, and it didnât come from the right. Essayist and critic Wesley Yang… Read More
Public Education
Pennsylvania has more teachers, fewer students, and there’s still a teacher shortage(The Center Square) â Teachers unions, public school officials and the Pennsylvania’s Department of Education say the state has a teacher shortage. Data analyzed by The Center Square, however, shows… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Teacher on TikTok claims entire second-grade class ‘switched’ pronounsAn elementary teacher claims her entire class of second graders “switchedâ pronouns after one child revealed his new pronouns to her in class. The shocking claim came in a… Read More
Public Education
Schools encouraged to spy on parents concerned about privacy in Zuckerberg-funded K-12 learning platformA digital education platform funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative told schools using its services to monitor parents’ online activity for signs of opposition after some expressed privacy concerns. Read More
Public Education
Foundations destroying American public education (part 3): EducationThe following is the third of a five part series from Luke Rosiak on the problems plaguing public education (see Part 1Â | Part 2). (Capital Research Center) â… Read More
Culture
Americans feeling pain of inflation as they begin back-to-school shopping(The Center Square) â Inflation has soared in the past year, and parents are feeling the difference as they start back-to-school shopping this year. A new Morning Consult … Read More
Public Education
Three challengers take on incumbents in Kansas State Board of Education primaries(The Sentinel) â The August primary will feature three Republican incumbent members of the Kansas State Board of Education squaring off against opponents. There are no Democratic candidates in any… Read More
Public Education
Judge overturns public school board’s ban of Maine father it ‘disagreed’ withA father in Maine who’d been barred from events at his daughtersâ school for speaking against sexually explicit reading material has won the right to show up. … Read More
Public Education
Report questions accounting practices of Oklahoma State Department of Education(The Center Square) â Oklahoma’s Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency found $5.8 million of questionable expenditures coded as instruction during an audit of the school’s K-12 spending, according to… Read More
Public Education
New report questions higher education spending in Arizona(The Center Square) â School spending surged in Arizona from 2018 to 2021. While teacher pay increased in that span, it didnât expand at the rate that the state upped… Read More