Public Education
Michigan school district to close 10 schools after falling enrollmentA Michigan public school district announced several of its schools will be closing due to low enrollment, leaving the district at around half of its capacity. Grand Rapids Public Schools… Read More
Public Education
Iowa school district in hot water after elementary teacherâs joke about forcing kids to be gay lands flat with parentsAn Iowa elementary teacher is facing backlash after joking on social media about indoctrinating children in her classroom. âEvery day is another opportunity to force kids in public schools to… Read More
Public Education
Texas school districts fight accountability measure implemented by the Texas Education AgencyThe Texas Education Agency (TEA) has appealed a courtâs decision to block its release of its new school accountability ratings for the last school year after school districts sued. The… Read More
Public Education
Washington elementary school replaces Veterans Day with International Day for ToleranceÂA Washington state elementary school decided to replace Veterans Day celebrations with the International Day for Tolerance â and parents arenât happy about it. In the past, Benjamin Rush Elementary… Read More
Legislation, Opinion
Supers in this Kansas district want more money, higher property tax, no accountability(The Sentinel) â The 2024 legislative agenda that Leavenworth County superintendents are proposing for adoption by their school boards is loaded with demands for legislators to increase funding, allow school boards… Read More
Culture
Rise of adolescent fentanyl overdoses forces schools to stock up on NarcanChildren under 14 are dying from fentanyl overdoses at the highest rate of any age group in the nation, leading schools to keep plenty of Narcan… Read More
Public Education
Virginia judge says lawsuit of teacher shot by student will go forward as school district argues workerâs comp shieldA $40 million lawsuit in the notorious case where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher in Virginia is going forward, a local judge in the case… Read More
Public Education
âCondom huntâ activity reportedly part of curriculum used in many school districtsParents may be surprised to learn that a âcondom huntâ is part of a commonly used health curriculum in schools around the country, according to a whistle-blowing teacher. Ramona Bessinger,… Read More
Culture
Female field hockey player hospitalized after teeth knocked out by male opponent, leading to calls for policy changeA biological male playing on a girlâs varsity field hockey team severely injured a female opponent during a high school tournament Thursday in Massachusetts. The female athlete for… Read More
Public Education
Denver students protest district leadership after more school violenceDroves of Denver students skipped class to protest what they say has been the districtâs inadequate response to school violence. Students of Martin Luther King, Jr. Early College, a public… Read More
Public Education
Montana receives first round of charter school applicationsThe Montana Board of Public Education has officially received its first-ever charter school applications. Montana is one of the few states with no public charter schools. Read More
Public Education
Nearly 50,000 students forced to stay home while Portland teachers strike for 20% pay hikePortland teachers walked the picket lines forcing school closures Wednesday, leaving thousands of families of students scrambling for arrangements. Portland Public Schools closed the doors of 81 schools this week… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school district is under fire after 9 high school students overdosed on fentanyl and parents werenât notifiedLoudoun County Public Schools is in hot water again, this time for withholding information from parents about multiple students overdosing on fentanyl. Nine students overdosed in the past month at… Read More
Public Education
âI will not stand for itâ: Oklahomaâs top ed official condemns school district suspected of dodging parental notice policyOklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters voiced strong criticism of a school district he suspects is trying to bypass a state policy requiring parental notification for kidsâ gender and… Read More
Public Education
Loudoun County students walk out of school over policy allowing boys in girls locker rooms(Daily Caller News Foundation) â High school students in Loudoun County, Virginia, protested a school policy Wednesday that allows biological males into girlâs locker rooms and restrooms. The protest was… Read More
Public Education
Arizona teacher under investigation for allegedly dressing in devil costume and greeting students with ‘hail Satan’A high school teacher in Arizona wore a devil costume, waived a pitchfork over his studentsâ heads and greeted them with âhail Satanâ as they entered his classroom last week,… Read More
Public Education
Historic gains in parentsâ rights are at risk in these Kansas school board elections on TuesdayHard-won, even historic, gains for parentsâ rights are at risk in Tuesdayâs Nov. 7 elections in the Lansing, Kansas, school district, warns a school board member there. The election for… Read More
Public Education
New analysis considers impact of Tennessee rejecting federal K-12 education funding(The Center Square) â No state has ever rejected federal funding for K-12 education, so when Tennessee looks at potentially doing that in a committee over the next few weeks… Read More
Public Education
School busts 2nd teacher in less than a month for selling porn on OnlyFans(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A second teacher at a Missouri school has been placed on leave after administrators learned she was selling adult content on OnlyFans, the Post Dispatch… Read More
Public Education
Antisemitism on college campuses is so bad, even the Biden admin is stepping in(The Daily Signal) â President Joe Bidenâs administration unveiled a new plan Monday to combat the âalarmingâ rise in antisemitic rhetoric and violence on college campuses since the… Read More