Public Education
Montana’s public schools still have 1,000 unfilled teaching positions. Easing licensing requirements may helpMontana still needs nearly 1,000 public school teachers for the upcoming year, State Superintendent Elsie Arntzen told the Board of Public Education last week. Even in… Read More
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School district axed advanced math in the name of ‘equity’. Parents say it made things worse(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Parents are saying that a Massachusetts school district’s decision to axe advanced math in the name of equity has caused more harm to students, and… Read More
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Pennsylvania slashes fees on educational savings plan(The Center Square) – Recently slashed fees on Pennsylvania’s educational savings program could save taxpayers more than half a million over the next year. Treasurer Stacy Garrity said the 1.25… Read More
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Seattle school clinics to offer free sex-change treatments to kids as young as 11Two Seattle public schools are offering children as young as 11 free “gender affirming care,” while instructing staff to hide the gender dysphoria from parents. Alex Nester, an investigative fellow… Read More
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Wisconsin ‘teacher activist’ fired for flaunting rainbows despite school policy against politically charged imageryA self-described “teacher activist” was fired Wednesday after waging a lengthy, politically charged battle against the school district over LGBT advocacy in her 1st-grade class. The controversy started when Melissa… Read More
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A Tennessee public school district is giving students credit for religious coursesA Tennessee public school district has approved a policy allowing high school students to receive graduation credit for religious classes taken outside of school. The board of Knox County Schools… Read More
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Utah State Board of Education member under investigation for criticizing public education indoctrination on social mediaA member of the Utah State Board of Education is under investigation by the board for social media posts critical of public education. The USBE is basing its investigation of… Read More
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Biden admin plans to wipe $39 billion in student debt for thousands of borrowers despite SCOTUS ruling(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Department of Education (DOE) announced Friday that it will automatically forgive $39 billion of student loan debt for more than 804,000 borrowers, following a… Read More
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Newsom defends book with ‘pedophile’ Harvey Milk, defying local, elected school boardCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom ratcheted up the heat in a dispute with a local school board via Twitter. In June, the Temecula Valley Unified School Board (TVSB) voted 3-2 to… Read More
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Sanders appoints LEARNS supporter to state education board(The Center Square) – Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ first appointee to the Arkansas Board of Education is a former Republican lawmaker who helped get the LEARNS Act through, according to… Read More
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Former Arizona school counselor says she was advised to keep student’s transgender status from parents(Daily Caller News Foundation) – An Arizona school district’s administrators advised social workers to conceal students’ gender transitions from their parents, a former school social worker told the Daily Caller… Read More
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‘More government does not fix bad government’: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer expands Department of Education in restructure questioned by criticsMichigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order to expand the state’s Department of Education into a new Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential… Read More
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Indiana superintendent who resigned over $1.2 million in fraud payments gets special role in district(The Center Square) – The former superintendent of Manchester Community Schools in Manchester, Indiana mistakenly paid over $1 million to fraudsters posing as a legitimate construction company resigned yesterday and… Read More
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Chicago’s new mayor replaces Board of Education with social justice warriorsMayor Brandon Johnson appointed six new members to the seven-member Chicago Board of Education last week, each of whom share a common progressive ideology focused on race and equity. “It’s… Read More
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Children’s hospital agreed to pay employee to give ‘drag performance’ to school kids(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Chicago children’s hospital agreed to pay one of its employees to give a drag performance at a public school event for students, according to… Read More
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Indiana assessment scores show schools ‘have more work to do’(The Center Square) – Results from this year’s educational assessment tests for Indiana elementary and middle school students show mixed results as children continue their learning recovery as the state… Read More
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More teachers are skipping school post-COVID than ever beforeMany education officials are concerned with the rise of chronic absenteeism among students. After all, schools can’t teach if students don’t attend. But an equally pressing, though less publicized, issue… Read More
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New York middle school principal charged with attempted rape of high school girl, in latest case of alleged predation by school officialsA New York middle school principal has been charged with luring and the attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl after he was caught with condoms, chicken nuggets and a milkshake… Read More
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‘Evidence of backsliding’: Students’ math and reading scores aren’t bouncing back from school closures(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Students’ academic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic has stalled despite efforts to make up for the learning loss, according to a Tuesday report. Students on… Read More
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Support for school choice shot up following COVID-19 pandemic, poll reveals(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Voter support for school choice programs jumped 7% since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Tuesday RealClear Opinion Research poll. At least 71% of… Read More