Government
Pennsylvania Republicans champion food dye ban, whole milk in schoolsPennsylvania lawmakers are reviving efforts to overhaul school nutrition rules, introducing new legislation that would ban artificial food dyes in public schools and allow districts to… Read More
Courts
Obama-appointed judge blocks Trump admin from banning discriminatory practices in schools(Daily Caller News Foundation) â A federal judge Thursday temporarily blocked the Trump administrationâs memo prohibiting race-based preferences and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs in schools. The National Education… Read More
Government
Iowa bill allowing chaplains in public schools moves to SenateThe Iowa Senate will consider a bill giving public- and charter-school students access to chaplains as part of overall âservicesâ provided to their communities. House File 884… Read More
Public Education
âWhere can we sneak things in?â Kansas City school staff quietly advance DEI, LGBT agenda without parentsâ knowledgeStaff and union leaders at a large Kansas school district have been caught on a video call strategizing how to secretly advance LGBT agendas in classrooms under a rebranded DEI… Read More
Public Education
Books banned in prison but allowed in schools? Texas mom wants them out(The Daily Signal) â A Texas mother is looking to pass several bills through the state legislature this session after discovering what she calls âvulgar,â âprofane,â and âindecentâ… Read More
Government
Tennessee won’t offer ESAs to illegal immigrants under new programÂIllegal immigrants wonât be able to benefit from Tennesseeâs recently enacted universal education scholarship program. Gov. Bill Lee signed a bill into law last week that will make $447 million… Read More
Christian Schools
Christian schools in Kansas outperform similarly-sized public schools once againKansasâ Christian schools are performing better in reading and math than even the best public schools on average. David Dorsey, senior education policy fellow at the Kansas Policy Institute,… Read More
Government
âNo exceptionsâ: Pentagon schools defy Hegseth by renaming DEI efforts(The Daily Signal) â In preparation for Donald Trumpâs second presidency, the Pentagonâs school system attempted to conceal its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts under a different name. … Read More
Government
Wisconsin bills call for transparency, fairness in school referendums(The Center Square) â A pair of Wisconsin legislators are pushing for more transparency in the school referendum process in the state. The proposal comes after 169… Read More
Government
Biden admin spent millions on DEI grants for K-12 schools(The Center Square) â A new report details millions of taxpayer dollars spent on funding diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at K-12 schools around the country. Critics say such spending… Read More
Culture
Classic Learning Test launches Teaching Corps for college graduatesAmerica is entering an era of unprecedented education entrepreneurship, and one trailblazer is working to bring truth, goodness and beauty back to the classroom. His name is Jeremy Tate, who… Read More
Public Education
Beloved NC teacher among two dozen missing educators in wake of Hurricane HeleneThe search continues for a North Carolina middle school teacher after her home was swept away by flood waters in the wake of Hurricane Helene. Kim Ashby, a math teacher… Read More
Christian Schools
âSteward it wellâ: Christian tech entrepreneur says AI is inevitable, Christians and schools must engage faithfullyAI is a powerful tool that can be used for great good and great evil. Despite the pitfalls, Christians should embrace and learn to use artificial intelligence, not avoid it… Read More
Public Education
North Carolina’s focus on K-3 literacy paying off(The Center Square) â From kindergarten through third grade, North Carolina public school students scored higher than the national average on literary assessments at the end of last school year,… Read More
Government
Child sexual abuse material update lapses into law in PA(The Center Square) â Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Saturday he allowed an incomplete bill to pass without his signature that replaces the term âchild pornographyâ with âchild sexual abuse… Read More
Public Education
Executive order paves way for cellphone-free schools in Virginia(The Center Square) â Virginia is joining a growing number of states seeking to limit cellphone usage in public schools. Gov. Glenn Youngkin issued Executive Order 33 on Tuesday, which… Read More
Culture
Apologies for government response to COVID-19 not good enough, witnesses say(The Daily Signal) â America canât move on from what happened during the mass government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. That was the message Tuesday at a House Judiciary Committee subcommittee… Read More
Public Education
âStudents were finding needles on their lunch tablesâ: California city council approves plan to ban homeless camps within 150 feet of schoolsÂA California city council is taking action to ban homeless encampments near schools after students and staff reported feeling unsafe. The San Jose City Council voted… Read More
Public Education
FBI: Schools were third most common location for hate crimes in 2018-2022A new report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shows that schools, colleges, and universities have become the third most common location for hate crimes… Read More
Public Education
States scramble to publish ‘human-centered’ artificial intelligence guidelines for schoolsA growing number of states are producing guidelines for the usage of artificial intelligence (AI) technology in their public school systems. Arizona State Universityâs research entity, The Center on Reinventing… Read More
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