Education
Teen, family sue school district after boy suspended for calling immigrants ‘aliens’(The Center Square) – North Carolina parents withdrew their teen from school and sued a school district it says unfairly issued a suspension and “injected race” into a question of… Read More
Education, Missouri
School board member Lanning fired from Missouri nonprofit after harassment charges, viral video(The Heartlander) — A Missouri school board member was fired from her nonprofit job weeks after criminal charges for harassment were filed against her and following calls for her resignation. Read More
Education, Missouri
Board members accuse superintendent of ‘manipulating’ Missouri school district as finances implode(The Heartlander) — Two school board members spoke out against the reinstatement of a superintendent in Missouri, accusing the administrator of multiple acts of bad faith as the district’s financial… Read More
Education
‘Coddled’ college students falling prey to ‘cultural Marxism’ in campuses’ takeover by anti-Jewish mobs, Missouri senators Hawley, Schmitt argueUniversities across America have “totally failed this country” in creating a climate of “cultural Marxism” resulting in the anti-Israel mobs on campuses, say Missouri Senators Josh Hawley and… Read More
Education, Kansas
Grades for Kansas schools show continued decline in 2023(The Sentinel) — The new “A-F Grading for Kansas Schools,” based on 2023 state assessment scores , shows nearly half of Kansas public schools earned a “D” or “F”… Read More
Education, Illinois
Illinois taxpayers about to be asked to pay for climate education mandates(The Center Square) – Every Illinois public high school would be required to offer a unit of instruction in climate change beginning with the 2025-26 school year, under a bill… Read More
Education
Bronx school administrators were silent on illegal weapon placed in student backpack(Chalkboard) — A former after-school program employee brought metal knuckles to a New York City public school and placed them in a student backpack. He later retrieved the illegal… Read More
Education
Report: American colleges failing to fight antisemitism on campus(The Center Square) – American colleges and universities are failing to fight antisemitism on campus, according to a new report published by the Anti-Defamation League. ADL’s first Campus… Read More
Education
Florida to teach public school students ‘the truth’ about communism(The Center Square) — Florida school students will receive instruction on the history of communism after a bill was signed into law on Wednesday. The law Gov. Ron DeSantis signed… Read More
Education, Missouri
21 F-bombs: New audio reveals extent of hostility, profanity, in St. Joseph, Missouri school board member’s attacks on colleaguesNew audio for the first time exposes the naked ferocity of a profanity-laced verbal assault by a St. Joseph, Missouri school board member on a colleague, for which… Read More
Education
Judge’s ruling leaves thousands of homeschooled Alaskans in uncertainty(The Center Square) – A ruling that struck down state-funded allotments for Alaska’s correspondence education programs has some confused as to what it means for the state’s more than 24,000… Read More
Education, Kansas
Kansas Blueprint for Literacy requires ‘science of reading’ in comprehensive education reform(The Sentinel) – Using the science of reading to teach literacy will soon be required in Kansas schools — and to train new educators in Kansas teacher’s college programs. Read More
Education, Kansas
Kansas school district refuses to answer questions about alleged ‘murder list’(The Sentinel) — More than a year after an alleged “incident” involving an alleged “murder list” at Wolf Springs Elementary School , questions remain about the Blue… Read More
Education
Michigan school charges $482 for documents on students identifying as animals(The Center Square) – One Michigan school district has about 700 documents about therians – students identifying as “a species of non-human animal on every level except physical.” Utica Community… Read More
Education
Missouri Southern State University cooking up new Food Science and Nutrition programJOPLIN, Mo. – Missouri Southern State University will soon have a Food Science and Nutrition program, thanks to unanimous approval from the university’s Board of Governors. Read More
Education, Uncategorized
Kansas bill would create tax credit for private and home school families(The Sentinel) — A bill that would provide a tax credit to families whose children are in either private school or are homeschooled passed an important procedural hurdle last week… Read More
Education
‘This behavior is unacceptable’: Missouri school board member Whitney Lanning charged with harassment of fellow board member, called on to resign from nonprofit(The Heartlander) — A Missouri school board member is facing a harassment charge, as well as calls to resign from her nonprofit day job where she’s been accused of creating… Read More
Education, Kansas
Niche, Wichita Eagle push student achievement deception(The Sentinel) – A false sense of high achievement is one of the greatest barriers to students getting the education they need. Many education officials go out of their way… Read More
Education
Jewish college students in the U.S. face antisemitism, little help from officials(The Center Square) – Pro-Palestinian protests on U.S. university campuses often feature calls for violence against Jews, leaving Jewish students feeling unsafe and frustrated by the lack of response from… Read More
Education, Kansas
Kansas school district defends sending flier from progressive group fighting for ‘menstrual equity’(The Sentinel) — Leavenworth Unified School District 453 distributed a flier to parents recently announcing a day-long event at the State Capitol ostensibly to introduce students to… Read More