Homeschools
Op-Ed: Homeschooling will boom long after COVID-19(Lance Izumi | The Center Square) – Student enrollment in public schools has nosedived as parent disgust with school COVID-19 policies, student learning losses, and controversial education policies has gone through… Read More
Public Education
Debate over in-person learning concerns parents, politicians, educatorsWith the surge of the milder Omicron variant affecting the country this week, many large school districts across the nation remained closed after the holiday break. Schools either canceled classes… Read More
Culture
Let Love Be Genuine | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for January 7Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. — Romans 12:9-10 ESV… Read More
Government
New Hampshire bill would create opt-in version of education freedom account(reimaginED) – For decades, “public education funding” has carried a simple connotation: money, raised by state and local taxpayers, going to local public schools. But Rep. Kevin Verville sees that… Read More
Public Education
Vaccine mandates for student athletics and other extracurriculars increasing nationwide as some schools also go remoteAs Covid cases increase nationwide, some schools have implemented vaccine mandates for students involved in extracurricular activities, including athletics. Critics worry that the mandates will have detrimental effects on student… Read More
Culture
Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for January 6Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy. — Proverbs 27:5-6 (ESV) The book of Proverbs is a collection of… Read More
Christian Schools
KC newspaper’s Christian education guide, a generational resourceThe faith-based news site, Metro Voice, will celebrate a milestone this February – 30 years of publishing its popular K-12 Christian Education Guide & Directory . The directory is… Read More
Public Education
Classes canceled at last minute in Chicago after teachers union votes to return to remote learning(Kevin Bessler | The Center Square) – The Chicago Teachers Union voted late Tuesday to urge Chicago Public Schools to switch to remote learning because of a spike in COVID-19 cases. Read More
Culture
Familiarity Breeds Contempt | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for January 5He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard… Read More
Public Education
Pandemic policies have led to a mental health ‘emergency’ among America’s youth. As the spring semester begins, how are we going to fix it?An outbreak is sweeping the nation. And for young people, it’s far deadlier than the COVID pandemic . What’s worse: many of the policies implemented in the name… Read More
Government
School districts sue to stop Ohio school vouchers(J.D. Davidson | The Center Square) – A coalition of about 100 Ohio public school districts filed a lawsuit Tuesday, challenging the state’s growing private school voucher program. The group, Vouchers… Read More
Christian Schools, Culture
Berean Christian Academy dedicates memorial to recently fallen soldier, Ryan KnaussU. of Tenn. Army ROTC Cadet Corps raise the flag while family and friends of Sgt. Knauss look on. (via Facebook) A Christian school in East Tennessee has dedicated a… Read More
Culture
God’s Provision in Good Times and Bad | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for January 4So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife. … Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not left you this day without a redeemer, and may… Read More
Public Education
91% of Chicago Teachers Union members plan on pushing for remote learning after winter breakThe Chicago Teachers Union is expected to vote on Tuesday about whether to defy orders from Chicago Public Schools (CPS) to return to in-person instruction. The union urged… Read More
Culture
Lord Willing | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for January 3https://open.spotify.com/episode/2lRfxXDVmDPQqC6qe7TPyu Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet… Read More
Culture
The Lord is Your Guide | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for January 2And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them… Read More
Culture
New Creation, New You | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for January 1For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live… Read More
Culture
New Year’s Training | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for December 31Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it… Read More
Culture
The Proud Will Be Made Small | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for December 30Behold, I will make you small among the nations; you shall be utterly despised. The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rock, in your… Read More
Christian Schools
3rd grade teacher goes viral with full-court shot, kids earn hot chocolate party (video)Kathleen Fitzpatrick, or Ms. Fitz as her students know her, made a deal with the kids on the playground of Holy Trinity School in Washington, D.C. just before… Read More