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North Dakota House fails to override Burgum veto over pronoun use, speed limit

(The Center Square) – The North Dakota House of Representatives did not get the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto by Gov. Doug Burgum on a bill concerning pronoun… Read More

April 4, 2023
Public Education
Chicago Teachers Union ‘breached its duty’ with political spending, complaint alleges

(Daily Caller) – Teachers filed an ethics complaint Thursday against the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) over their campaign spending ahead of the mayoral election. Hancock High School teacher… Read More

April 4, 2023
Opinion, Public Education
Chicago public education can’t get much worse

As Chicago voters prepare to elect either Brandon Johnson or Paul Vallas as the city’s next mayor, the stakes for students are, ironically, low. That's because Chicago’s K-12 education can’t… Read More

April 4, 2023
Public Education
States weigh legislation to ramp up school security following Nashville shooting

(Daily Caller) – Several states are considering legislation to increase security precautions in schools following a Nashville shooting which killed six. Oregon , … Read More

April 4, 2023
Public Education
Tennessee governor proposes armed guard at every school in state after shooting

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee will propose funding an armed guard for every school in the state in the wake of the shooting at Covenant Christian. The funding would cover direct… Read More

April 3, 2023
Culture, Public Education
Minnesota doctor who gets paid for sex changes hosts trans ‘fair’ at elementary school

A controversial doctor who is paid to perform gender-changing procedures is hosting a "gender resource fair" at a Minnesota elementary school later this month. The event will also feature a… Read More

April 3, 2023
Public Education
Public school districts from Denver to Loudoun County are failing their special education students

A Colorado investigation recently found that Denver Public Schools violated federal requirements for special education, failing over 1,000 disabled students in the process. A complaint filed with the Colorado Department… Read More

April 3, 2023
Public Education
School investigates its policies after young girl straddled by drag queen

A community college with high school programs is reviewing its “campus policies” after a sadomasochistic drag queen straddled a young girl at a school event. Forsyth Technical Community College in… Read More

April 3, 2023
Public Education
Seattle Public Schools overspent $67.5M through February

(The Center Square) – Seattle Public Schools spent $67.5 million more in expenditures than it received in revenue streams through February 2023, as school officials address a steep budget… Read More

April 3, 2023
Culture, Public Education
Ohio school district bought controversial gender books for its libraries

(The Center Square) – The Columbus Public School District purchased many controversial books on gender in 2022, including "Gender Queer," a novel at the center of a national debate on… Read More

April 3, 2023
Public Education
Nebraska teacher of the year complains about state board VP’s criticism

Kirk Penner, Nebraska’s vice president of the state board of education, has been criticizing Nebraska’s 2023 Teacher of the Year, Renee Jones, for her pro-drag show and LGBT activism in… Read More

March 31, 2023
Opinion, Public Education
Anti-school choice? What Randi Weingarten and the KKK have in common

What does the head of America’s second-largest teachers’ union have in common with the Klu Klux Klan? More than you’d think. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers,… Read More

March 31, 2023
Culture, Public Education
Hundreds of millions of COVID-19 aid never reached K-12 school districts

(Daily Caller) – More than $736 million of federal COVID-19 funds did not reach the K-12 schools and students it was meant for, with some states putting the money towards… Read More

March 31, 2023
Culture, Public Education
‘It’s not appropriate’: Parents call out school board for refusing to let students opt-out of gender identity lessons

(Daily Caller) – Maryland parents are pushing back against a school board that is refusing to let them opt their child out of lessons on gender identity and sexual orientation. Read More

March 31, 2023
Public Education
Karine Jean-Pierre refuses to say if Biden supports armed security at schools

(Daily Caller) – White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to say if President Joe Biden supported armed security at schools during Thursday’s press briefing. “I’m going to step back… Read More

March 31, 2023
Public Education
Burgum vetoes bill regulating pronoun use in schools; Senate overrides veto

(The Center Square) – North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum vetoed a bill Thursday that would have banned school districts from enacting policies about pronoun use. Later Thursday, the… Read More

March 31, 2023
Culture, Public Education
Parents threaten to recall Oregon school board after sex games lessons

Oregon parents say they’re ready to recall the school board after allegations of sexually explicit lessons were left unaddressed. The trouble started when parents discovered an assignment that asked… Read More

March 31, 2023
Public Education
Universal free school lunches sound great. In reality, they’re redundant and wasteful

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a new law Monday ensuring all K-12 students will have free meals at school, but policy experts are skeptical of such programs. Read More

March 30, 2023
Public Education
‘Chaos’ ensues as left-wing protesters in California disrupt school board’s workshop explaining CRT ban

Left-wing protesters in California crashed a workshop at a middle school organized by the school board which recently banned Critical Race Theory (CRT). The Temecula Valley Unified School District board… Read More

March 30, 2023
Public Education
After challenge, Virginia school district to remove 14 sexually explicit books from libraries to comply with state law

Fourteen books will be removed this week from libraries in Spotsylvania County Public Schools following a formal challenge process initiated by a parent. In a district memorandum obtained by… Read More

March 29, 2023