Culture, Public Education
WSU professor details COVID school closures impact on students, parents(The Center Square) – Benjamin Cowan, associate professor at Washington State University’s School of Economic Sciences, delved into the impact COVID-19 school closures have had on children and parents during… Read More
Culture, Public Education
CDC may add COVID vaccine to list of required childhood vaccines despite ‘no clinical data’In an unprecedented move the CDC is expected to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the mandated child immunization schedule – despite a lack of clinical data, a respected doctor says. Read More
Culture, Opinion
Is a global program enlisting teachers to fight ‘misinformation’ really about quelling dissent?Some of the world’s most powerful health organizations have gained a major ally in their campaign to quell dissent within the medical profession and the public at large. The United… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Biden administration and special interest groups played politics instead of getting kids back to school(reimaginED) – On Sept. 1, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona claimed that the Biden administration had a plan to “focus on safely getting back to in-person learning” last year. On… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Mask mandates expose the mulishness of public education bureaucrats while others buck policyAccording to Burbio’s Mask Policy Tracker , only seven of the 500 largest school districts in the United States (1.4%) had a mask mandate in effect for students beginning… Read More
Public Education
How Saginaw Public Schools spent $27M of COVID relief money(The Center Square) – As students statewide return to the classroom, Michigan school districts have spent some of nearly $6 billion allocated to help students recover from COVID-19. Michigan schools… Read More
Public Education
Georgia Gov. Kemp releases more federal COVID relief dollars to support students(The Center Square) – Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is continuing to give away federal money. This week, the governor announced the award of more than $37.4 million in Governor’s Emergency… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Coalition of lawmakers to D.C. mayor: End ‘unreasonable and destructive’ vaccine mandate for kids(The Center Square) – A coalition of leading Republicans sent a letter to Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Thursday calling for an end to end the district’s… Read More
Culture
Washington think tank highlights consequences of pandemic-era remote learning(The Center Square) – The free market Washington Policy Center think tank on Tuesday released a study that says the state’s closure of schools… 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
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
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
Culture, Public Education
San Diego Unified School District doubles down on mask madnessAnother skirmish in the mask mandate wars began this week as the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) reinstituted an indoor mask requirement for all students, staff, and visitors. An… Read More
Public Education
Head of teachers’ union that fought to keep schools closed is now worried about students’ mental healthA national teachers’ union president is now worried about students’ mental health – after she and her union sought to keep schools closed, harming students’ mental health during the… Read More
Public Education
Louisiana House passes bill to require schools to inform parents about immunization exemptions(The Center Square) – A bill to require Louisiana schools to inform students and parents about exemptions from school immunizations cleared the House this week. " House… Read More
Culture
‘God-given rights’ are on the line: St. Louis mom unites thousands to fight for medical freedomWhen Jennifer Barker took her infant daughter to the doctor for routine vaccinations, she never dreamed it’d be an event that would change both of their lives. “She suffered encephalitis,… Read More
Government
Reeves signs bill outlawing Mississippi COVID-19 vaccine mandates, passports(The Center Square) – Mississippi residents who are not vaccinated will not be discriminated against under a new law, Gov. Tate Reeves said. The governor announced he… Read More
Public Education
California puts school COVID-19 vaccine mandate on hold(The Center Square) – California will hold off implementing plans to require the COVID-19 vaccine for school children until July 2023, state officials announced Thursday afternoon. The state’s… Read More
Public Education
Study: Masks get failing grade in keeping kids in schoolA study of the nation’s 500 largest school districts indicates that masking children in school had the opposite effect that proponents hoped — children in masked districts experienced, on… Read More