Culture
Tennessee university student group outraged faculty wonât call divisive concepts laws âWhite SupremacistâA student advocacy group condemned their faculty senate for postponing a resolution declaring two education laws to be âwhite supremacist.” The University of Tennessee Martin group, People… Read More
Public Education
Virginians to offer feedback on history standards(The Center Square) â The Virginia Board of Education this week is beginning a series of public hearings on the most recent draft of the stateâs history and social… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Virginiaâs teachersâ union sneaks CRT, Marxism into classrooms despite banThe Virginia Education Association is finding ways to introduce Critical Race Theory (CRT) materials into classrooms, despite a statewide ban. In February, as a part of its Black… Read More
Culture
Youngkin fields questions on CRT, history standards(The Center Square) â Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin outlined and defended his stance on a range of education topics, including Critical Race Theory and transgender students in sports, during… Read More
Culture, Public Education
‘Parents need to wake up’: Advocates sound alarm about Satanist after-school clubs sprouting across the country(Daily Caller) â The Satanic Temple (TST) made headlines in 2022 for fighting for the right to create after-school clubs for students and has recently been launching new groups across… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Virginia Dems, teachersâ union accused of âhypocrisyâ over opposition to anti-Communist billHung Cao, a retired Navy Captain, who supports the VA anti-communist bill. The education establishment in Virginia continues to turn a tin ear to voters, opposing a… Read More
Culture
Virginia House committee defeats effort to enshrine abortion in Constitution(The Center Square) â Efforts by Virginia Democrats to advance a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow voters to decide whether to place reproductive health protections in the state constitution,… Read More
Public Education
Loudoun County district continues withholding information about sexual assaults in schoolsThe reputation of Loudoun County Public School District (LCPS) took another hit after its board voted not to release a sexual assault report compiled by school attorneys. LCPS… Read More
Culture
Virginia Senate panel defeats slew of education bills, including on parents’ rights(The Center Square) â A panel of Virginia state Senate lawmakers defeated a torrent of Republican-backed education bills Thursday, including measures to require schools to maintain a catalog and… Read More
Culture, Public Education
After School Satan Club might pay the price for being controversial â literallyA Virginia school board is considering revising its policies on after-school clubs following conflict over a new âAfter School Satan Club.â The Chesapeake Public School Board previously allowed… Read More
Culture
Pivotal parental rights bill to face an uphill battle in the Virginia Senate(Daily Caller) â Republicans are facing an uphill battle in the Virginia Senate getting Sageâs Law, a bill which requires parental notification of a childâs sex transition, to the governorâs… Read More
Public Education
Racially-targeted Asian mom, engineer, sacked from Virginiaâs BOE as ânot qualifiedâ by liberal lawmakersVirginia Democrats voted along party lines to oust a parent who was appointed to the Virginia Board of Education (BOE), claiming she wasnât qualified. âThey voted to remove… Read More
Courts, Public Education
Students return to Virginia school after shooting; injured teacher to sueStudents are returning to class Monday at a Virginia elementary school where a teacher was shot by a 6-year-old student. That teacher intends to sue. Abby Zwerner, a… Read More
Culture
School officialsâ maniacal focus on equity should shift to academic preparation(The Sentinel) â Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin recently blasted Fairfax County school officials for their maniacal focus on equity after they withheld national merit award information from students until scholarship… Read More
Culture
Library offers controversial activist $35,350 in taxpayer money for hour-long speech(Daily Caller) â New York Times Magazine writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of the 1619 project, has reportedly been offered $35,350 for a lecture at a local library. Public library officials… Read More
Public Education
Former teachers’ union president charged with embezzling $400,000(Daily Caller) â The former president of a Virginia teachers’ union was arrested and charged with embezzlement from the organization on Monday, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Ingrid… Read More
Legislation
As school choice advances elsewhere, progress is slow in Virginia House(The Center Square) â The Senate Committee on Education and Health voted to âpass by indefinitelyâ on three school choice bills by Republican lawmakers Thursday â a signal other… Read More
Culture, Public Education
The shocking true story of how school and state officials took a girl from her parents, allowing her to be trafficked twice and relentlessly abused in the name of gender ideologySchool and child welfare officials in Virginia, blinded by radical gender ideology, allowed a 14-year-old girl to be sex trafficked twice and horrifically abused in an unfathomable chain of events. Read More
Public Education
School district claims ‘oversight’ led to delay of National Merit notifications(The Center Square) â Stafford County Public Schools is the latest to join a growing list of Virginia school districts who have acknowledged providing delayed notification of National Merit commendations… Read More
Public Education
Gov. Youngkin backs student merit notification bill for Virginia schools(The Center Square) â Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is backing a legislative proposal requiring schools to promptly inform students and parents of awards, including from the National Merit… Read More