Culture, Opinion, Public Education
Op-ed: School dress codes the latest target of a government agency seeking “equity”In a stunning example of bureaucratic uselessness, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) takes many pages, and presumably many dollars, to note that while most public schools have dress codes,… Read More
Public Education
Nebraska students’ test scores continue their decline, but not as swiftly as some other statesNebraska 4th and 8th grade students fared better on standardized math and reading tests last year than students in many other states, but celebrating the fact may be shortsighted. The… Read More
Public Education
State-funded education website accused of promoting ‘erroneous left-wing, woke narrative’ in NebraskaNebraska’s education department was rebuked this week by state senators for using a taxpayer-funded website to promote Critical Race Theory. The Launch Nebraska website was envisioned as a resource for… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Model bills promise to rein in the radical ideologues in charge of training teachersThree model legislative bills intended for state legislatures would hamper the use of teacher licensing power as a cudgel to enforce ideological conformity. The example legislation, drafted by the National… Read More
National
University of Nebraska Medical Center performs organ harvesting from living donors, resulting in their deathOMAHA, Ne. – Physicians at the University of Nebraska Medical Center appear to be skirting the laws governing the harvesting of human organs for transplant. Using… Read More