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Missouri school board adopts gender identity policy, rejects freedom of religion languageBoard members of Missouri’s largest school district voted 4-3 to adopt a “gender identity and sexual orientation” policy, while rejecting ability to opt out under freedom of religion protections. Members… Read More
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Clean Sweep: Every leader involved in botched response to Loudoun girls’ room rape is now gone(Daily Signal) – A reckoning has come for Virginia’s Loudoun County, where the school board had a father arrested after he demanded answers regarding the rape of his daughter in… Read More
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‘Most Improved’: Iowa governor explains how Hawkeye State won school choice revolution(Daily Signal) – “I truly believe that school choice will make the most consequential change for our education system in decades,” Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds says. The Heritage Foundation feted… Read More
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Tennessee Department of Education details federal grants to committee(The Center Square) – Tennessee’s Department of Education broke down how $1.3 billion in federal grants are spent, recorded and details related to those grants during the fourth day of… Read More
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Iowa school district in hot water after elementary teacher’s joke about forcing kids to be gay lands flat with parentsAn Iowa elementary teacher is facing backlash after joking on social media about indoctrinating children in her classroom. “Every day is another opportunity to force kids in public schools to… Read More
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Education reformers question whether Wisconsin public schools are actually meeting expectations, despite district report cards(The Center Square) – Despite test scores that show nearly 60% of students in Wisconsin schools cannot read or do math at grade level, more than 90% of school districts… Read More
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Texas school districts fight accountability measure implemented by the Texas Education AgencyThe Texas Education Agency (TEA) has appealed a court’s decision to block its release of its new school accountability ratings for the last school year after school districts sued. The… Read More
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Blue state students hit with significant grade inflation during pandemic, study shows(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Washington state K-12 students suffered significant grade inflation during the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns that learning loss may have had a larger effect in the… Read More
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Audit: Most West Virginia school districts violated federal rules for $1.2B in grants(The Center Square) – Thirty-seven of West Virginia’s 54 county school districts were noncompliant spending more than $1.2 billion in federal COVID-19 funds, according to a new report. A… Read More
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Students walk out over Ohio school district’s transgender bathroom policyOhio high school students walked out of class last week to protest a school’s new transgender bathroom policy. The policy at Elida High School allows transgender and non-binary students to… Read More
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Iowa leads way on education freedom(The Daily Signal) – In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, families bear the twin burdens of inflation and indoctrination. Parents continue to witness their children being taught divisive,… Read More
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California middle-schooler suspended, banned from sporting events after school claims eye black is blackfaceA California middle school student was suspended for wearing eye black to a football game after school officials claimed it was blackface. An 8th-grader identified only as J.A. attended… Read More
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Washington elementary school replaces Veterans Day with International Day for ToleranceA Washington state elementary school decided to replace Veterans Day celebrations with the International Day for Tolerance – and parents aren’t happy about it. In the past, Benjamin Rush… Read More
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NJ teachers union calls for ending basic skills test requirement(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A New Jersey teachers union is pushing to eliminate a basic skills test for teachers, according to a statement issued Wednesday. The New Jersey Education… Read More
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Stanford sit-in demands university condemns Israel and supports terrorist organizationAbout 20 Stanford students are three weeks into an anti-Israel sit-in, having sent a list of demands to the administration. On Oct. 20, an estimated 1,000 students attended an… Read More
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Oregon trains teachers to promote ‘equitable math,’ dismantle ‘systemic inequities’ in the classroom(The Daily Signal) – The Oregon Department of Education is instructing teachers on the keys to dismantling “systemic inequities” in the math classroom. High school math teachers should “support equitable… Read More
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Yet another MCPS teacher arrested for sexually assaulting a studentA former Maryland teacher was charged Tuesday with sexually abusing a middle school student in 2015, one of dozens of employees in the same district arrested for such crimes in… Read More
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US House bill to crack down on teachers’ union receives national support as over 30 organizations endorseThe STUDENT Act, a congressional bill seeking to reform and depoliticize the nation’s largest teachers’ union, has accumulated a supportive coalition of over 30 policy organizations… Read More
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U.S. Department of Education declines to meet with Tennessee committee(The Center Square) – The third day of presentations for Tennessee’s committee to examine rejecting federal funding for its K-12 schools did not include a presentation from the U.S. Department… Read More
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New report outlines advantages of Oklahoma’s universal education tax credit programOklahoma is taking education freedom to a new level by reimagining universal school choice as a tax credit, and a new report explains the advantages. The… Read More