Courts
Lawsuit over Texas law restricting gender treatments for minors gets court hearingA two-day hearing in a lawsuit challenging the Texas law banning gender treatments for minors began Tuesday. The new law prohibits minors from receiving treatments such as puberty blockers and… Read More
Public Education
Texas school considers allying with NGOs to aid illegal foreign national students(The Center Square) â Fredericksburg Independent School District board members are considering partnering with nongovernmental organizations to provide health care services to âa pretty large population of undocumented students,â proposed… Read More
Courts
Judge sides with father who school board removed from meeting(The Daily Signal) â A U.S. district court judge in Texas upheld a fatherâs claims that school board members and police violated his constitutional rights when they forcibly… Read More
Public Education
Texas school district organizes shuttles and t-shirts for staff, students and families to attend ‘Pride Parade’The Austin Independent School District in Texas has arranged shuttles to take âstaff, students and their familiesâ to the annual Austin Pride Parade on Saturday, apparently on the taxpayersâ dime. Read More
Public Education
Texas elementary teacher ousted for posting âalarming, racist statementsâ on social media, despite claiming to be fire-proofA Texas elementary teacher was fired Tuesday after a series of âalarming, racist statementsâ was found on her social media account. Danielle Allen, whose online alias was Claire Kyle, was… Read More
Courts
Texas teacher, three others, arrested in child sex trafficking investigationÂA north Texas teacher and three others were arrested by a joint task force last week in connection with a child sex-trafficking case in Dallas. Gershon Caston, 36, is charged… Read More
Public Education
Texas charter school requires boys be boys, girls be girls, in its two renowned choirsA Fort Worth public charter school has banned boys from the girls’ choir, and vice versa. The Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts voted 4-2 recently to require unaltered birth… Read More
Legislation
Texas Gov. Abbott to call third special session for school choice, promising more until it passesTexas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will likely call a third special legislative session in October on school choice, says one of his aides. Dave Carney, the governorâs chief political strategist,… Read More
Christian Schools
âI am so grateful I could go to a private Christian school.â Valedictorians talk about the impact of their faith-based education, future plansÂUnique educational and extra-curricular offerings, strong Christian relationships, and an emphasis on faith are among the most impactful qualities of a Christian education, say three students who graduated at the… Read More
Legislation
Abbott praises legislature for passing historic tax cuts bills, including school property tax rate(The Center Square ) â Gov. Greg Abbott Thursday night praised the Texas legislature for passing historic property tax legislation â four days after the two chambers reached an agreement… Read More
Culture
Texas county votes to restrict sexually explicit content for children within local libraries(Daily Caller News Foundation) â Commissioners of a Texas county voted Tuesday to restrict childrenâs access to sexually explicit content within several local libraries after community pushback, according to the… Read More
Public Education
Texas school district restricts bathroom use to biological sex, won’t require staff to use preferred pronounsA Texas school district unanimously passed two gender policies, keeping bathroom and locker room use based on birth sex, and preventing faculty from being forced to use students preferred pronouns. The… Read More
Culture
Repentant former abortion doctorâs new book explains his conversion to pro-life(The Daily Signal) â Dr. Haywood Robinson and his now-deceased wife Dr. Noreen Johnson started their relationship as a married couple performing abortions. Together, they went through a conversion and became… Read More
Legislation
Abbott calls second special legislative session to address school property taxes(The Center Square) â Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday called a second special legislative session, bringing the House back to Austin to work with the Senate to pass property… Read More
Legislation
Support for school choice in Texas jumps 38% in 6 yearsÂA recent poll reveals 58% of registered Texas voters support school choice, a significant increase from just 6 years ago. The University of Texas at Austin released the… Read More
Homeschools
Nonprofit fights discrimination against diplomas issued to homeschool high school graduatesA substitute public school teacher in Missouri and a correctional officer in Texas recently experienced discrimination in their careers on account of being homeschooled. Both graduated with homeschool high school… Read More
Legislation
Abbott signs ‘Save Womenâs Sports Act’ into law(The Center Square) â Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed the Save Womenâs Sports Act into law Thursday, a day after the state filed its 50th lawsuit against the Biden administration… Read More
Legislation
Abbott signs bills banning DEI in public higher education, reforms tenure(The Center Square) â Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed two bills into law designed to reform public higher education institutions in Texas. One bans them from implementing DEI policies… Read More
Legislation
Gov. Abbott signs parental rights, education bills into law(The Center Square) â Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed four parental rights and education bills into law on Monday and separately expanded virtual learning programs statewide. He did so less… Read More
Public Education
Utah school district removes Bible from elementary and middle schools following complaintA Utah school district is removing the Bible from elementary and middle school libraries after receiving a complaint from a parent about its contents. It follows the passage of a… Read More