Public Education
New Florida civics curriculum available for fourth graders(The Center Square) – A new civics curriculum is available for Florida fourth graders, and all Florida residents will have access to it online for free. The Florida Department of… Read More
Public Education
Rochester Schools paid $188,750 to settle lawsuit over district’s dossier of critical parents(The Center Square) – Rochester Community Schools (RCS) paid $188,750 to settle a lawsuit accusing the district of collecting a dossier of parents critical of school policies… Read More
Christian Schools, Culture
Missions Week tradition allows students to spend week serving othersHigh school students at College Heights Christian School in Joplin, Missouri took a few days away from classes this month to serve others at home and abroad, during the school’s… Read More
Public Education
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has to sue to obtain public records. What chance do ordinary citizens have?The attorney general of the Show-Me State can’t get the Missouri School Boards’ Association to show him open records. That’s the assertion in a lawsuit filed by Missouri Attorney General… Read More
Culture
On Persecution and Evangelism | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for March 18When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the… Read More
Public Education
Oregon’s woke curriculum revisions include all students, even kindergartenersOregon has set new curriculum guidelines that include making kindergarteners understand their “identity” and focusing on other issues related to race, gender and religion. The revised standards will have… Read More
Public Education
Seattle students breathing easier without mask mandate while union still pushes masks(The Center Square) – Seattle Public Schools’ (SPS) newly appointed Superintendent Brent Jones presented his first state of the district address on March 15 with no mention of the lifted… Read More
Government, Public Education
Former Miami-Dade County Public Schools superintendent brings education choice vision to nation’s second-largest school district(reimaginED) – In a letter to members of the Los Angeles Unified School District community – families, students, educators and staff – newly seated superintendent Alberto Carvalho, who took the… Read More
Government, Public Education
Georgia Senate kills school-choice bill(The Center Square) – The Georgia Senate has killed a bill that would have allowed Georgians to put taxpayer money toward the cost of private school tuition. Read More
Government
Ballot initiative would expand Colorado’s open records law to include school curriculum(The Center Square) – Colorado voters could get a chance to decide if school curriculum should be available to the public under the state’s open records law if a recently-filed… Read More
Government
Op-Ed: Let every Washington student have school choice like I did(The Center Square) – When Washington Governor Jay Inslee released a proclamation recognizing National School Choice Week, I was optimistic for the future of K-12 education in… Read More
Culture
St. Patrick: The Christian legacy behind the legendAs an immigrant to the United States, I had never heard of St. Patrick's Day until my music teacher told me she was wearing green in his honor. I shrugged… Read More
Culture
Yes, Even Your Enemies | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for March 17“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” But Jonah rose to flee to Tarshish from the presence… Read More
Government
School choice offers hope to Oklahoma students, families(reimaginED) – Oklahoma parent Kelly Shank says that if her youngest son had anything to say about it, he would not socialize at all. Now in sixth grade, her son… Read More
Public Education
South Florida mom shares how school choice scholarship offered haven to bullied daughter(reimaginED) – On this episode, reimaginED Senior Writer Lisa Buie talks with Cherie Sanders, mother of a thriving eighth-grader at a faith-based school in the Fort Lauderdale area. Sanders’ daughter… Read More
Public Education
Rochester parent sues school district for thwarting FOIA requests(The Center Square) – Rochester Community School District in Michigan has received an “incomplete” grade for its response to a Freedom of Information Act request from a parent seeking curriculum… Read More
Public Education
Despite new guidance, Biden admin still requiring toddlers in Head Start to remain maskedEnd the federal mask mandate for the Head Start program. That’s the message congressional Republicans are sending to the Biden administration. New York Rep. Elise Stefanik sent the letter… Read More
Public Education
Teachers union strike in Minneapolis enters second week as potential ‘make up days’ accumulateHundreds of Minneapolis teachers union members are on strike for a second week, demanding better wages, reduced class sizes and mental health support. And teachers are threatening to continue their… Read More
Culture
I Have Overcome the World | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for March 16I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. – John 16:33 ESV When… Read More
Public Education
Education analysts: Schools’ COVID-aid spending could send new hires off a fiscal cliff again(The Center Square) – As school districts across the country grapple with declining enrollments induced by the pandemic, many are engaged in spending sprees like those of the past, leading… Read More