Culture, Public Education
Oregon school board fires unvaccinated teachers amid teacher shortage(Daily Caller) – An Oregon school board terminated the employment of three unvaccinated teachers on Tuesday amid a statewide teacher shortage. Bend-La Pine School Board in Bend, Oregon, … Read More
Public Education
Washington schools superintendent wants $100M to expand dual credit programs(The Center Square) – Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal said on Wednesday afternoon that his office is proposing a $100 million ask of the state Legislature next… Read More
Public Education
Accrediting agency coaches member schools in ‘wokeness,’ not student achievement(The Sentinel) – The National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), with five member institutions in Kansas and six in Kansas City, MO, is targeted by critics for emphasizing Diversity, Equity,… Read More
Public Education
Report: New York has increased education spending, still needs accountability(The Center Square) – A study by a nonpartisan watchdog group released Monday found that education spending has risen substantially in New York in recent years and that the state still… Read More
Government
Arkansas lawmakers haggle over teacher pay(The Center Square) – Lawmakers on the Senate and House Education Committees agree Arkansas teachers should get a pay raise, but just how much remains up for discussion. The education committees… Read More
Christian Schools
Maryland nonpublic schools given funds to reopen(The Center Square) – Maryland doled out $1.6 million in unspent funds to help the state’s nonpublic schools ramp up to come back online and reopen this fall. Leftover funding… Read More
Culture
Michigan mother sues school board over COVID-19 policy ‘retaliation’(The Center Square) – After Sandra Hernden voiced her opinion to the Chippewa Valley School District school board, she says the district retaliated. Now she’s suing the district with help… Read More
Homeschools
U.S. homeschool population exceeds 3 million for 2021-2022 school yearThe number of families homeschooling is above 3 million, according to estimates released this month by the National Home Education Research Institute. Researchers used data from the U.S. Census… Read More
Christian Schools
This week in Christian education (Sept. 26-30)Christian school rallies together to support teacher battling cancer – Mrs. Main, a teacher at Evansville Christian School, is fighting breast cancer. Her fellow teachers and students showed their support… Read More
Culture
OK lawmakers approve prohibition on ARPA funds for children’s gender reassignment(The Center Square) – Democrats and Republicans voted against a bill that would allocate nearly $109 million for health care after lawmakers inserted a provision that would have banned… Read More
Government
Opponents fall short in effort to block landmark Arizona school choice lawAn Arizona anti-school choice organization’s attempt to overturn Arizona's new universal scholarship program has officially failed. Save Our Schools Arizona fell short of the 118,823 valid signatures required to challenge the… Read More
Christian Schools
Federal court rules for Wisconsin Catholic school in split busing decision(The Center Square) – Parents at the St. Augustine School in Colgate could soon be putting their kids on the school bus after a federal judge ended a long-simmering… Read More
Public Education
Colorado school board proposes toolkit suggesting educators hide student transitions from parents(Daily Caller) – A Colorado school board proposed a “gender expansive” toolkit that directs educators on how to address transgender and non-binary students, including keeping gender transitions a secret from… Read More
Public Education
Wisconsin test scores show slight bump in math, drop-off in reading(The Center Square) – The latest snapshot of Wisconsin schools shows that kids are still not back to where they were before the coronavirus closed some schools for more than… Read More
Public Education
Kansans give the public school system a ‘C’; biggest concern is ‘indoctrination’(The Sentinel) – Not quite a year ago, Kansans gave the public school system in their district a pre-pandemic grade of ‘B’ (GPA 2.8) in a statewide public opinion… Read More
Culture
Birth of the abortion industrial complex (part 6): Marie Stopes InternationalMarie Stopes International, abortion queen (Capital Research) – Population Services International, DKT International, and Adam & Eve reveal how the population control movement has changed since the 1960s yet remains… Read More
Public Education
Whistleblower leaks guidebook showing ‘radical gender theory’ curriculum in San Francisco school districtA California school district released a guidebook urging teachers to keep quiet about student “gender transitions” and to affirm the preferred pronoun “it" as part of its radical gender theory… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Parent group challenges school district’s planned ‘Transgender Awareness Week’(Dailey Caller) – A grassroots initiative is sounding the alarm on a Michigan school district that plans to host a transgender awareness week in November. Bloomfield Hills School District in… Read More
Culture
Newsom signs package of abortion bills into law, opponents accuse the state of “infanticide”(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed over a dozen new abortion bills, including new privacy protections and bans on law enforcement providing information to out-of-state… Read More
Culture
Birth of the abortion industrial complex (part 5): An empire run on sex(Capital Research) – Marie Stopes died of breast cancer in 1958; her clinics went bankrupt in 1975. A year later, two men—British-born Tim Black (2014–1937) and Phil Harvey (1938–2021),… Read More