Public Education
School board votes to inform parents about student gender transitions(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A California school district voted Thursday to require that school officials notify parents if their child wants to change their gender. The Chino Valley Unified… Read More
Culture
Principal of 24 years commits suicide after being âbulliedâ at âequity sessions,â family says(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A former principal for the Toronto District School Board has committed suicide after a diversity training session in 2021 allegedly left him battling bullying accusations… Read More
Public Education
School board defies Gavin Newsom, rejects curriculum despite governorâs threats(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A California school board rejected a history curriculum Tuesday that included a biography on Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to… Read More
Public Education
Local Kansas school board member says shady attempt to alter ethics policy was behind his loss of temper(The Sentinel) â Disagreement over an attempt to remove conflict of interest language from district ethics policy prompted an Olathe, Kansas Board of Education member to storm out of a… Read More
Public Education
School board passes âequity policyâ that distributes resources based on studentsâ âmarginalizationâ(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Fairfax County Public School Board unanimously passed an equity policy on Monday that will allocate resources to students based on their level of âmarginalization.â Under… Read More
Public Education
Parents running against race-based admissions policies sweep local school board races(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Candidates backed by an organization focused on promoting merit-based admissions notched several victories in New York Cityâs recent school board elections, according to the New York… Read More
Public Education
Local news âinvestigative reportâ uses Democratic Party head to bash conservative school board, but fails to mention her jobA local station in North Carolina used the head of the local Democratic Party to bash conservative school board members, without disclosing her party or job title. In a written… Read More
Public Education
These Kansas school districts continue to ignore state assessment law(The Sentinel) â For the third consecutive year, a review of 25 school districtsâ adherence to the school needs assessment law underscores why Kansas has a deepening achievement crisis â the public… Read More
Courts
SCOTUS to decide if public officials such as school board members can block critics on social media(The Sentinel) â 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. âThereâs too much dysfunction,â… 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 doesnât appear to want you to. Thatâs 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) â A California school board voted Thursday to keep a school policy which directs teachers to keep a studentâs 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) â 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
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
Culture, Public Education
Parents threaten to recall Oregon school board after sex games lessonsOregon parents say theyâre 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
âChaosâ ensues as left-wing protesters in California disrupt school boardâs 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 âdivisive political ideologiesâThe 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) â Attorney General Merrick Garlandâs order directing the FBI to âuse its authorityâ on people who protested at school board meetings led to âintimidating parents into silence,â an… Read More
Culture
House committee finds âno legitimate basisâ for FBI to investigate protesting parentsA House subcommittee report revealed the Biden administration inappropriately used âfederal law-enforcement and counterterrorism resourcesâ on parents who protested controversial local school policies. The report was issued as… 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 studentsâ pronoun preferences from parents. Under a recent… Read More