Culture, Public Education
Virginia Senate passes bill allowing parents to opt children out of sexually explicit school material(Tyler Arnold | The Center Square) – The Virginia Senate narrowly passed legislation that requires schools to notify parents of sexually explicit material in the coursework and allow parents to… Read More
Public Education
Op-Ed: Mistreating children as ‘following the science’( David S. D’Amato | The Center Square) – For roughly two years, parents of small children and even toddlers have been forced to mask them, to cover the… Read More
Public Education
Flip-flop: Gov. Lamont will end Connecticut mask mandate(Brent Addleman | The Center Square) – Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said he is backing a plan that would eliminate statewide requirements that masks be worn in child care facilities… Read More
Public Education
Virginia Senate passes bill to prohibit school mask mandates(Tyler Arnold | The Center Square) – After a long debate on the Senate floor, lawmakers narrowly voted to prohibit schools from enforcing mask mandates on children whose parents have… Read More
Public Education
Hochul lifts mask mandate for New York businesses but keeps it for schools( Steve Bittenbender | The Center Square) — New York’s COVID-19 vaccination or mask mandate is ending for some entities. On Wednesday morning, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced the directive… Read More
Christian Schools
Poll: Virginians overwhelmingly support private school scholarship tax credit(Tyler Arnold | The Center Square) – Virginians overwhelmingly support a Virginia school choice policy, which currently grants tax credits to people who donate to nonprofits that give private school… Read More
Government
Illinois charter school officials push for longer contracts(Kevin Bessler | The Center Square) – Charter school officials are not happy with the current contract renewal process for the public school option. Several Illinois charter schools received contract… Read More
Government, Public Education
Sen. Darling: Break up Milwaukee schools into districts to allow for choice(Benjamin Yount | The Center Square) – The latest school choice plan in Wisconsin would break up Milwaukee’s public schools. Sen. Alberta Darling, R-River Hills, introduced the plan. Read More
Public Education
Indiana House passes bill requiring schools post curriculum online(Margaret Menge | The Center Square) – The Indiana House of Representatives passed a bill this week requiring teachers post all curricular materials on a website for parents to see, and it… Read More
Government, Public Education
Future of school choice in Wisconsin: Parents’ choice(The Center Square | Benjamin Yount) – School choice advocates in Wisconsin say the coronavirus has changed the conversation about parents having choices in their kids’ education. “We don’t… Read More
Public Education
PA school board member attacks concerned parents as “offensive and vile”A Pennsylvania school district board member, Richard Robinson, recently authored an op-ed calling concerned parents “offensive and vile.” According to critics, having heard concerned parents voice their views at board… Read More
Public Education
GOP senators solicit Biden admin inspectors general to answer for demonizing parents, claim parents deserve to know the truthA recent letter drafted by GOP Senators asks Department of Education Inspector General Sandra Bruce and U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz “to investigate the… Read More
Culture
Fractured court blocks vaccine-or-test requirement for large workplaces but green-lights vaccine mandate for health care workersWith COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations reaching a new record high as a result of the Omicron variant, the Supreme Court on Thursday put the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for large… Read More
Christian Schools
Christian preschool in California shut down for noncompliance, claims false allegationsPastor David Hoffman addresses the crowd, protesting the Cal. Social Services’ shut down of Foothills Christian Church Preschool. Foothills Christian Church Preschool in El Cajon, near San Diego, is battling… Read More
Christian Schools
3rd grade teacher goes viral with full-court shot, kids earn hot chocolate party (video)Kathleen Fitzpatrick, or Ms. Fitz as her students know her, made a deal with the kids on the playground of Holy Trinity School in Washington, D.C. just before… Read More
Public Education
Arizona joins 24-state coalition against Biden Head Start mandates( Elizabeth Troutman | The Center Square) – Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has joined 24 other states in filing a lawsuit against President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 mask and… Read More
Government
Religious freedom proponents push back on Build Back Better Act childcare languageIn late October President Joe Biden announced the framework for his “Build Back Better” legislation, which would cost taxpayers close to $5 trillion over the next decade. The bill, which… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Public Schools forcing all of its schools to adopt gender neutral bathroomsThe Chicago Public School system is now requiring its schools to adopt new signage to make their bathrooms ‘more inclusive’. The requirement allows students to use the bathroom that corresponds… Read More
Culture
Court leaves Texas’ six-week abortion ban in effect and narrows abortion providers’ challengeNearly six weeks after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases challenging a Texas law that bans almost all abortions in the state, the justices on Friday limited… Read More
Public Education
Alarming trend of teachers’ unions donating to dark money groups continuesThe 2022 midterm elections are less than a year away, and teachers’ unions are already posturing to influence the outcomes. According to new financial disclosures , the National Education… Read More