Public Education
Conservative school board members recalled in Oregon for vote to lift COVID-19 mask requirementsVoters in an Oregon school district voted to recall three conservative board members who voted to lift the COVID-19 mask mandate last year. Each of the members were recalled by… Read More
COVID-19, Schools
Inquiry into teachers unions’ influence over school COVID closures ramps up(The Center Square) – The U.S. House Committee tasked with reviewing the federal pandemic response is ramping up its investigation into what influence teachers unions had over federal rules that… Read More
Public Education
Inquiry into teachers unions influence over school COVID closures ramps up(The Center Square) – The U.S. House Committee tasked with reviewing the federal pandemic response is ramping up its investigation into what influence teachers unions had over federal rules that… Read More
COVID-19, Crime
Fraudsters likely stole $200 billion from pandemic funding meant for small businesses(The Center Square) – Taxpayers lost nearly $200 billion to fraudsters that was meant for struggling small businesses, according to a new watchdog report on the Small Business Administration’ COVID-era… Read More
Courts
University of Delaware settles class-action suit over campus shutdownThe University of Delaware has agreed to pay over $6 million to settle a lawsuit over the 2020 campus shutdown that ended in person classes because of Covid-19. The settlement… Read More
COVID-19
Kansas schools received $1.25 billion in COVID relief funds(The Sentinel) — The amount of money Congress borrowed to give away in the name of COVID relief was mind-boggling. Eventually, $190 billion was appropriated by Congress and signed into… Read More
Banks, Crime
Chiefs tickets, new SUV: Former KC bank manager indicted in multimillion-dollar COVID, unemployment benefits fraudFrom the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri: JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A former bank branch manager in Kansas City, Mo., has been indicted by a… Read More
Courts
Washington bar exam lifts mask mandate after newspaper reportBar exam takers will no longer be required to wear masks during the 12-hour test in Washington, D.C. after a flurry of negative coverage when a newspaper reported on the… Read More
Public Education
A staggeringly low number of Philadelphia students are proficient in math(Daily Caller) – Only 17% of third through eighth grade students in Philadelphia School District met math grade level expectations in the 2021-2022 school year, according to a Monday district… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Union president grilled by GOP over ‘unconscionable’ school lockdownsThe head of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Randi Weingarten, testified in front of Republican lawmakers over school lockdowns pushed by her teachers’ union. Appearing before the House Select… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Michigan spent $6.2M on COVID advertising to target students(The Center Square) – Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services spent $6.2 million on COVID advertising, which targeted K-12 students between October 2022 and July 2023. The campaign budgeted… Read More
Culture, Public Education
DC Public Schools require negative COVID-19 tests after spring breakThe District of Columbia Public Schools system will require staff and students to submit a negative COVID-19 test when they return from spring break. This will mark the fourth time… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Pandemic relief funds finding laborers more than students(The Center Square) – Recent research is raising the alarm about states spending federal COVID-19 relief funding intended for learning loss on labor, setting the stage for a painful fiscal… Read More
Culture
Teachers union president to testify on school closures at COVID-19 house hearing(Daily Caller) – The president of the nation’s second largest teachers union will testify at a U.S. House Select Subcommittee’s hearing on school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Select… Read More
Culture
Judge halts Biden admin program requiring 2-year-olds to wear masks(Daily Caller) – A Texas federal judge halted the U.S. Health and Human Services Department (HHS) program that required children as young as 2 years old to wear masks. Judge… Read More
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
Biden administration, Health
Governors cite Medicaid costs in asking Biden to end COVID public health emergency(The Center Square) – Twenty-five governors signed a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to end the federal public health emergency in April, saying Medicaid costs are costing their… Read More
Courts, Culture
Federal court declines to take up Maine religious freedom case(The Center Square) – A federal appeals court has declined to take up a lawsuit filed by a Maine church alleging that the state's COVID-19 restrictions on worship services during the… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Bailey demands apology from Pritzker over COVID school closures(The Center Square) – In the final days of the campaign for Illinois governor, the major party candidates are taking jabs at each other for closing schools during the pandemic. Read More
Culture, Public Education
Many Washington state students lost almost a year of math under COVID policies, per Harvard study(The Center Square) – Research from a collaboration between Stanford University and Harvard University reveals that Washington State lost multiple months of learning in math and reading since 2019. Read More