Public Education
These Kansas school districts continue to ignore state assessment law(The Sentinel) – For the third consecutive year, a review of 25 school districts’ adherence to the school needs assessment law underscores why Kansas has a deepening achievement crisis – the public… Read More
Courts
SCOTUS to decide if public officials such as school board members can block critics on social media(The Sentinel) – Free speech rights in the era of social media are on the docket in the U.S. Supreme Court as justices consider whether public officials can restrict access… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Parents are calling for entire Denver school board to resignAfter violent shootings and months of incompetent management, parents and residents are calling for the entire Denver Public School board to resign. “There’s too much dysfunction,”… Read More
Public Education
School board members can actually be hampered from doing their jobs by an entrenched education establishment. This new organization is here to helpImagine winning a school board seat in order to make a difference in education, only to find out the system doesn’t appear to want you to. That’s the position untold… Read More
Culture, Public Education
California school board keeps policy that hides students’ gender transitions from parents despite pending litigation(Daily Caller) – A California school board voted Thursday to keep a school policy which directs teachers to keep a student’s gender transition a secret, despite pending litigation over the… Read More
Culture
Grassroots education organizations pick up key school board wins in battleground states(Daily Caller) – Two grassroots organizations focused on parental rights in education saw several of their endorsed school board candidates pick up wins in key battleground states. Read More
Culture, Public Education
Parents threaten to recall Oregon school board after sex games lessonsOregon parents say they’re ready to recall the school board after allegations of sexually explicit lessons were left unaddressed. The trouble started when parents discovered an assignment that… Read More
Public Education
Missouri school board member took heat for telling the truth and asking questions, then was stripped of VP title weeks before electionWhen Springfield, Missouri residents cast their votes Tuesday in the local school board race, they will decide two of seven seats which control the district and its employed administrators. Read More
Public Education
‘Chaos’ ensues as left-wing protesters in California disrupt school board’s workshop explaining CRT banLeft-wing protesters in California crashed a workshop at a middle school organized by the school board which recently banned Critical Race Theory (CRT). The Temecula Valley Unified School… Read More
Public Education
School district poised to fire Texas Association of School Boards over ‘divisive political ideologies’The Carroll Independent School District (ISD) is considering a resolution to terminate its relationship with the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB). The resolution, which will be voted… Read More
Culture, Public Education
‘Intimidating parents into silence’: Garland’s FBI order on school meetings had ‘chilling’ effect, attorney testifies(Daily Caller) – Attorney General Merrick Garland’s order directing the FBI to “use its authority” on people who protested at school board meetings led to “intimidating parents into silence,” an… Read More
Culture
House committee finds ‘no legitimate basis’ for FBI to investigate protesting parentsA House subcommittee report revealed the Biden administration inappropriately used “federal law-enforcement and counterterrorism resources” on parents who protested controversial local school policies. The report was issued as… Read More
Christian Schools, Public Education
Christian university pushes back after local school district bans its student-teachers because of their faith(Daily Caller) – The president of a Christian university in Arizona is striking back at a local school district after its governing body voted to ban student-teachers from the institution… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Email about hiding student pronouns creates possible legal trouble for Arizona public schoolA middle school principal in Arizona is in hot water after a staff email showed the school tried to hide students’ pronoun preferences from parents. Under a recent… Read More
Public Education
Texas Rep. Brian Harrison files bill to defund state school board association(Daily Caller) – Republican Texas Rep. Brian Harrison filed HB 3559 Monday to prevent taxpayer dollars intended for school districts from being used to fund nonprofit organizations and associations that… Read More
Public Education
Ohio Senate takes another step to remove power from state school board(The Center Square) – After failing late last year, a bill that would remove power from the Ohio Board of Education and the state superintendent is moving forward in the… Read More
Public Education
School board member wearing cat ears says Christian values ‘not safe’A newly-elected elementary school board member in Arizona is drawing scrutiny over her opposition to the school’s partnership with a Christian university, calling their Biblical worldview… Read More
Legislation
School Board Member Free Speech and Transparency Act gets hearing in Kansas(The Sentinel) – HB 2382, the School District Board of Education Member Free Speech and Transparency Act, was introduced at a hearing before the Kansas House Education Budget Committee. The bill amends… Read More
Public Education
Indiana House committee approves bill allowing partisan school board elections(The Center Square) – The Indiana House Committee on Education recently voted 6-4 to approve House Bill 1428, which would allow school districts to conduct partisan elections. The bill now… Read More
Culture
FBI has until March 1 to turn over information of probe targeting parents(The Center Square) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona have until March 1 to turn over documents to the House Judiciary… Read More