Culture, Public Education
Parents’ rights group rallies outside Illinois State Capitol, criticized new sex ed standards(The Center Square) – As schools across the state begin this week, a parents’ rights group rallied outside the Illinois statehouse Tuesday to call attention to issues they say are hurting… Read More
Public Education
$250K STEM education grant benefits Nebraska middle schoolersA program to build collaboration between Nebraska businesses and schools has awarded two grants of $125,000 to promote STEM education. The program, called the The Developing Youth Talent Initiative… Read More
Public Education
Final briefs filed as North Carolina Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments in school funding case(The Center Square) – Parties in North Carolina's decades-long Leandro school funding lawsuit have filed final briefs in the case ahead of oral arguments at the state Supreme Court scheduled… Read More
Culture, Public Education
As students return to school, some are facing COVID-19 vaccine mandates doctors say stunt learning and don’t substantially impact public healthMore COVID-19 mandates are in store for students in two major U.S. cities, and some doctors argue the costs outweigh the benefits. Schools in New Orleans and Washington, D.C. are… Read More
Public Education
Virginia Board of Education to hold first meeting with Youngkin appointees(The Center Square) – The Virginia Board of Education plans to meet Wednesday, the first meeting since Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s appointees took their seats and solidified a 5-4 majority for… Read More
Public Education
Spokane-area school district explores limits on CRT, general identity lessons(The Center Square) – The Mead School District will review proposals on Monday, Aug. 15, to exclude Critical Race Theory and gender identity lessons from classrooms and focus civics education… Read More
Public Education
Report: Minneapolis teachers union contract structures layoffs by race(The Center Square) – A Minneapolis Public Schools' contract with a teachers union says that white teachers will be laid off or reassigned outside of seniority order before “educators of… Read More
Public Education
Virginia schools reporting vacancies despite salary hikes(The Center Square) – Despite Virginia teacher salaries continuing to rise, many school districts are reporting teacher shortages as students return to class for the 2022-2023 school year. During the… Read More
Public Education
Some Illinois school districts facing bus driver shortages(The Center Square) – The school bus driver shortage that was prevalent during the COVID-19 pandemic is still affecting some Illinois school districts with higher costs covered by taxpayers. Read More
Culture, Public Education
Mother to Texas state Reps: ‘If my daughter is taught CRT at all, I will sue you’A fed-up mother gave Texas lawmakers a tongue-lashing over Critical Race Theory (CRT), social and emotional learning, and gender ideologies she says her kids have been indoctrinated with. “I do… Read More
Public Education
Are charter schools re-establishing racial and ethnic segregation? Not so fast!A research paper in Demography , a journal publication of Duke University Press, raises the specter of renewed racial segregation in K-12 education due to the impact of charter schools. Read More
Public Education
From $39k to $155k, teacher salaries in the U.S. are all over the map(The Center Square) – A 28-year-old teacher's video announcing he quit his job in Ohio to go work as a manager in Walmart went viral in July and his story… Read More
Public Education
$190,000 payout for Sacramento Antifa-supporting teacher to resign has critics pointing to union clout(The Center Square) – Reports that a California school teacher who was aligned with Antifa was paid $190,000 to resign this year are sparking outrage, leading critics to say it… Read More
Public Education
Study: remote learning meant younger, disabled, minorities, fell further behind(The Center Square) – Students who were younger, disabled, Black, Hispanic or economically disadvantaged experienced the most significant effects of lost instructional time during the pandemic, a study commissioned… Read More
Courts, Public Education
Judge dismisses mask and exclusion lawsuit against most schools, state dismissed, saying cases are moot(The Center Square) – Sangamon County Judge Raylene Grischow on Friday dismissed most defendants from a large lawsuit parents brought over mask and exclusion mandates. The attorney that brought… Read More
Public Education
Columbus City Schools plan remote learning if teachers strike(The Center Square) – Ohio’s largest school district continues to move forward with plans to open the school year for students Aug. 24, despite the system’s teachers union getting closer… Read More
Public Education
Oklahoma lawmaker wants pandemic relief money allocated to teacher bonuses(The Center Square) – Oklahoma still has more than a billion dollars of pandemic relief money meant for education unallocated. One lawmaker said he’d like to see some of it… Read More
Public Education
Hutchinson said Legislature didn’t support spending surplus on teacher raises(The Center Square) – Arkansas legislators designated a $1.6 billion surplus for tax breaks and school safety grants but did not take up teacher pay raises in a special session… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Virginia to soon release guidelines on ‘sexually explicit’ material in education law(The Center Square) – Now that the public comment period has come to a close, the Virginia Department of Education will soon finalize its guidance on a new law that… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Motions to dismiss challenges to COVID-19 school mandates under advisement(The Center Square) – As schools prepare to start a new year, whether the case challenging broad COVID-19 mandates on schools is dismissed is still up in the air. Earlier… Read More