Public Education
‘Putting the cart before the horse’: Missouri school board approves misleading bond proposalA Missouri school board is moving forward with a multi-million dollar bond, despite not knowing how the taxpayer dollars will be spent. The St. Joseph Board of Education… Read More
Culture
‘Total surrender and dedication to Jesus,’ says Hulk Hogan of baptismPerhaps the most influential professional wrestler of all time, Hulk Hogan, has made a public profession of Christ, posting a video of his baptism just before Christmas. Hogan, whose real… Read More
Public Education
Utah considers policy change to stop public schools from blocking charter school recruitmentAfter a year of growing popularity for charter schools and declining public school attendance, the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) is considering a policy change to make it easier… Read More
Culture
ESPN allegedly tried to censor former ‘SportsCenter’ anchor Sage Steele for supporting women’s sportsFormer ESPN anchor Sage Steele says the company tried to silence her heartfelt support for women’s sports to be free of biological males, but that she considered it “a hill… Read More
Courts
‘Raw retaliatory censorship’: Kansas veteran sues school board for restricting free speech, banning him from school propertyA Kansas man is suing his local school district for viewpoint discrimination after being banned from school property for over two years. It’s one of two lawsuits Justin Spiehs has… Read More
Public Education
North Carolina school districts are responding to new Parents’ Bill of RightsThe largest public school district in North Carolina has voted to create new policies to better align with the state’s newly passed Parents’ Bill of Rights. Read More
Public Education
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigns amid plagiarism scandalHarvard’s president, Claudine Gay, resigned on Tuesday, marking the end of a contentious plagiarism scandal and what was the shortest presidential tenure in school history. “This is not a decision… Read More
Public Education
Florida legislators aim to crack down on chronic absenteeism in public schoolsFlorida lawmakers preparing to return to work Jan. 9 are set to address rising rates of chronic absenteeism among public school students. Data from the Florida… Read More
Christian Schools
Christian school girls’ basketball team uses winning to raise funds for Cambodian schoolThe Bethany Christian School girls’ basketball team in Goshen, Indiana, is taking sportsmanship to a new level this season through a partnership with a school in Cambodia. Bethany Christian’s assistant… Read More
Culture
Harvard faces more fallout following Claudine Gay’s congressional testimony on antisemitismA prestigious business school in Vienna has announced it’s severing ties with Harvard University following a pattern of antisemitism on its campus. The Lauder Business School announced the end its… Read More
Public Education
Public school enrollment is declining in North Carolina, nationwide, amid alt schooling boomNew data reveals the number of North Carolina children being educated outside traditional public schools has nearly doubled over the last decade. In 2013, just 252,000 students… Read More
Culture
‘Sunlight is the best disinfectant.’ The Heartlander 2023 year in reviewEver since the 2020 pandemic, K-12 education has become almost unrecognizable to many readers of education news. Race-, gender- and sex-obsessed education bureaucrats – and sometimes teachers themselves – have… Read More
Public Education
‘Social justice warriors who push their own perversion.’ West Virginia resident calls out school board members for silence on trans bathroom usageParents and residents of a West Virginia school district voiced their discontent with the district attorney’s opinion that the school must allow students to use bathroom according to gender identity. Read More
Public Education
Cellphone restrictions are helping students improve at this Washington school districtA Washington school district is seeing positive change after implementing a policy to limit social media access and restrict cellphone use in class. The Peninsula School District near Tacoma approved… Read More
Public Education
8 in 10 voters support school choice in Mississippi, but incoming superintendent calls public school ‘only choice’A new survey of Mississippi registered voters shows that nearly 80% of respondents support allowing parents to pick the best schools for their children. But the incoming superintendent wants to… Read More
Public Education
Having low-performing elementary students repeat a grade boosts long-term success, new study showsGrade retention helps students reach higher levels of achievement, new research reveals, defying education establishment claims that repeating grades does more harm than good. Traditionally, public schools have discouraged grade… Read More
Culture
Parents mixed about AI for K-12 schools in new survey, as experts warn parental involvement is crucial for kids’ wellbeingA new survey by a parents’ group said that parents see opportunities for artificial intelligence (AI) in K-12 education, but worry they know too little about it. The… Read More
Public Education
Free online ‘affirmative therapy’ for ‘sexual and gender minority groups’ offered to Baltimore high schoolersA Maryland school district with over 32,000 students is giving those over 13 digital access to “therapy,” including so-called gender affirming care, and apparently without parental consent. Baltimore County Public… Read More
Public Education
Teachers and students skip class during Oregon school district’s strike makeup weekChristmas break started late for one Oregon school district last week, the consequence of an almost month-long teachers strike. But many students and teachers skipped class anyway. Portland Public Schools… Read More
Culture
Christian affiliation and education linked to greater generosityCharitable giving is a hallmark of the holiday season, personified by projects like Giving Tuesday, Operation Christmas Child and all the Salvation Army Santas ringing bells across the nation. But… Read More