Education, Kansas
KS Gov. Kelly vetoes additional funding for tax credit scholarship program(The Sentinel) – Governor Laura Kelly recently vetoed a bill that would have expanded the Kansas Low Income Students Tax Credit Scholarship program by $5 million. HB… Read More
Education
Texas officials propose adding Bible to school reading(The Center Square) – Texas lawmakers propose incorporating the Bible into public school reading lists, drawing support from those who say it is essential to understanding American history and criticism… Read More
Education
No basis for KSBOE claim that homeschool kids are behind public school students(The Sentinel) — At the March 10, 2026 Kansas State Board of Education meeting , Board Member Betty Arnold said homeschool students who return to public school… Read More
Education
First Lady to host 45 nations at the White House(The Center Square) – First Lady Melania Trump is holding a two-day global coalition summit, Fostering the Future Together, to empower children through education and technology. Fostering the Future Together… Read More
Education
Education department starts portal disclosing foreign funding(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education held a virtual briefing on Monday to unveil a new portal allowing American colleges and universities to disclose foreign funding. Deputy… Read More
Education
KSDE officials refuse to answer questions about SCOTUS ruling on gender notification(The Sentinel) — Last week, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in a California case that has implications for Kansas about withholding gender identity information… Read More
Education
Hard-hitting Kansas bill would publicly track school staff guilty of professional, criminal misconductA bold Kansas bill would create an education inspector general and require schools to report teacher misconduct and those responsible for the misdeeds to be listed on a statewide… Read More
Education
Trans lawmaker wants you to believe porn sites are ‘educational’ for ‘queer kids’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Democratic Minnesota state Rep. Leigh Finke claimed during a Thursday hearing that pornography could be “educational” for “queer” children while arguing against a law requiring… Read More
Education, Uncategorized
More than 30 schools cut ties with race-based program after fed crackdown(Daily Caller News Foundation) – At least 31 universities are severing their partnerships with an organization that the Trump administration has accused of illegal racial discrimination in Ph.D. programs. The Department… Read More
Education
Federal government issues guidance on prayer in schools(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education has issued guidance on prayer in public schools, outlining requirements that are tied to federal education funding. The guidance states… Read More
Education
Watch principal lay down the law to students on anti-ICE walkout(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A principal at Wilson High School in Spring Township, Pennsylvania, ordered students who walked out of class to protest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to… Read More
Education
Taxpayer-backed teacher unions receive $390M in dues(The Center Square) – National teacher unions continue to collect hundreds of millions of dollars annually in membership dues, according to new federal filings with the U.S. Department of Labor. The… Read More
Education
Ed Dept. investigates female wrestler’s sexual assault allegation against trans athlete(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education is investigating the Puyallup School District for how it handled an alleged sexual assault of a female wrestler late last year… Read More
Education
Survey: Teachers forced to un-teach things kids learn on social media(The Center Square) – Teachers across the country say social media misinformation is affecting instruction, with many spending class time correcting inaccurate details students learned online, according to a new… Read More
AI, Education
New York schools admit AI is teaching kids, insist it helps ‘foster human connection’(Daily Caller News Foundation) – New York City school superintendents are boasting that instructors use artificial intelligence (AI) to teach kids reading comprehension. In an opinion… Read More
Education
Virginia Democrats move to embed ‘transgender and queer’ history across kids’ curriculum(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Virginia Democrats have proposed a bill to permanently embed and test “inclusive history,” including racial and LGBTQ+ topics, in children’s classrooms across the state. The… Read More
Education
School choice ‘a lifeline’ for family of special-needs studentsA mother of three autistic children is calling school choice “a lifeline” that “opens the door to a life of hope, dignity and independence.” Writing in The Black Chronicle, Jennifer Cotney of New Orleans … Read More
Education
‘Get your children out’: State education board member blasts system as rotten and corrupt by design(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A member of the Utah State Board of Education (USBE) is warning parents that the education system is corrupt beyond repair and urging them to… Read More
Education
Lowering proficiency standards fails students for life after high school, commentary warns(The Heartlander) — Forget reading, writing and arithmetic – the real “R” public schools are teaching these days is “reducing (academic) rigor” by lowering proficiency standards, a commentary in The… Read More
Education, Race
Union gives teachers ‘interrupting whiteness’ classes and more in radical left training series(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Minnesota’s largest teachers union is under fire this week over its “professional development” courses on topics such as “Interrupting Whiteness” and “LGBTQ+ Training.” The “… Read More