Culture, Public Education
52 books pulled and 32 more under review at Utah’s largest school districtAfter parents’ complaints about inappropriate sexual content, a school district in Utah has removed 52 books from the school library and will conduct an internal audit of the material. Another… Read More
Public Education
Foundations destroying American public education (part 4): Youth activismThe following is the fourth of a five part series from Luke Rosiak on the problems plaguing public education (see Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3). (Capital Research… Read More
Public Education
Minnesota elementary school principal promotes transgender book to kindergarteners, later apologizesA Minnesota elementary school principal was forced to issue a public apology after promoting the gender-bending book “Jack (Not Jackie)” to students as young as five. In a video posted… Read More
Public Education
Report: Texas lags behind other states in public school open enrollment(The Center Square) – Texas lags behind other states in public school open enrollment, a new report by the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Reason Foundation found. It focuses on… Read More
Public Education
K-12 education is part of NYC’s overall decline from glory days(reimaginED) – Geography lies at the heart of New York’s success almost as much as it does for the United States as a whole. With the completion of the Erie… Read More
Public Education
Kansas mom delivers scathing indictment of her large school district’s dyslexia services(The Sentinel) – Olathe mom Amanda Thompson, frustrated by what she saw as the Olathe School District ’s inability to improve her children’s dyslexia and achievement in the classroom,… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Iowa news organizations sue Bettendorf School District, board(The Center Square) – The Iowa Freedom of Information Council, Quad-City Times, KWQC, WQAD and WHBF on Monday sued Bettendorf Community School District and its board of directors in Scott… Read More
Public Education
Nearly $50 million going to Ohio schools for safety(The Center Square) – More than 1,000 Ohio schools in 81 of 88 counties will share $47 million in the state’s push to promote school safety, part of a response… Read More
Public Education
How Niles Community Schools spent $4 million in COVID funds(The Center Square) – Michigan's more than 800 school districts received about $6 billion of federal taxpayer money to recover from COVID. However, some digging revealed some of the largest… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas’ Ed department wants to divert classroom dollars to lobbying efforts by the Kansas Association of School Boards(The Sentinel) – The Kansas Department of Education purports to be a “dedicated service agency” that provides leadership, resources, and support. But like its claim to “prepare all students… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Public education has made the West less religious, making room for the woke agendaThe most plausible explanation for the increasing secularization of society is the growth of public education. This, according to economists Raphael Franck and Laurence Iannaccone in their seminal 2014 paper “Religious… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school districts (mostly) ignore school safety questions in wake of Uvalde report(The Sentinel) – In the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the Texas Legislature issued a damning report which found “systemic failures” across both the… Read More
Public Education
Florida offering military veterans education certification(The Center Square) – In another effort to provide job opportunities to military veterans and address a teacher shortage, Florida is making it easier for qualified veterans to receive an… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board members back firing of teacher over pronoun dispute(The Center Square) – Eight school board members from five school divisions filed a brief with the Virginia Supreme Court in support of West Point Public Schools after the district… Read More
Public Education
Georgia officials unable to determine total amount spent on school supply program for teachers(The Center Square) – Georgia plans to give a $125 supplement to teachers in the state to offset the cost of classroom materials and ostensibly help students rebound from learning… Read More
Public Education
Arkansas Senate Democrats want $600 million of surplus for teacher pay(The Center Square) – Arkansas Senate Democrats want to use $600 million of the state's $1.6 billion surplus to increase teacher salaries. The Raise Act introduced Friday would raise the… Read More
Public Education
Accreditation of Missouri pubic schools won’t include test scores until 2023-24(The Center Square) – The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) annually reviews several benchmarks in evaluating Missouri’s public schools, but test scores won’t enter the mix until the… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Self-described ‘leftist’ teacher says woke policies in schools have gone too farA devastating critique of the debauched state of public schools in America was just delivered, and it didn’t come from the right. Essayist and critic Wesley Yang published an… Read More
Public Education
Pennsylvania has more teachers, fewer students, and there’s still a teacher shortage(The Center Square) – Teachers unions, public school officials and the Pennsylvania's Department of Education say the state has a teacher shortage. Data analyzed by The Center Square, however, shows… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Teacher on TikTok claims entire second-grade class ‘switched’ pronounsAn elementary teacher claims her entire class of second graders "switched” pronouns after one child revealed his new pronouns to her in class. The shocking claim came in a video shared… Read More