Culture, Public Education
Parental rights org files complaints alleging schools created race-based student groups(Daily Caller) – Parents Defending Education (PDE), a group focused on parental rights in education, filed three complaints on Tuesday to the Department of Education’s (DOE) Office of Civil Rights… Read More
Public Education
After major declines in academic performance, Indiana launches student-success dashboard for students, teachers(The Center Square) – Indiana Department of Education launched a student-success dashboard to give students and educators a clearer view of each student’s progress toward graduation. The Indiana Graduates Prepared… Read More
Culture
Menstruation is the new discrimination, civil rights activists argueCivil rights activists argue female students are being discriminated against – by their period. The Department of Education is expected to weigh in on whether period products should be… Read More
Government, Public Education
Senate push to protect charter schools from Biden admin rule dies on the floor in 49-49 tieA joint resolution aimed at protecting charter schools failed to attain majority support in a vote ending a 49-49 tie on Wednesday. S.J. Res. 60 , led by… Read More
Public Education
Biden admin to disband parent council staffed with left-wing activists(Daily Caller) – The Biden administration is disbanding a council aimed at improving family relationships with schools following a lawsuit by several parental rights in education groups who alleged the… Read More
Education
Christian ed group joins suit against Biden admin’s Title IX expansion some say threatens fairness in girls’ sportsOne of the nation’s largest Christian education associations will be allowed to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the Biden Administration’s attempt to expand Title IX protections. Last week, a federal… Read More
Biden administration
Group sues U.S. Department of Education over Biden’s student loan cancellation plan(The Center Square) – A nonprofit legal group filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. Department of Education to block its move to cancel up to $20,000 in student… Read More
Local News
OTC receives significant national grant to help veteransSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The U.S. Department of Education has renewed Ozarks Technical Community College’s federal TRIO grant for an additional five years to expand the nationwide Veterans Upward… Read More
National
Oversight Republicans investigate why DOE hasn’t spent COVID relief funds, role of teachers unions(The Center Square) – Oversight Republicans have launched an investigation into how the U.S. Department of Education has handled billions of COVID-19 relief dollars, raising the alarm about the major… Read More
Crime, Education
Crisis: More than 180 educators, one a day, arrested for child sex crimes in first half of 2022A “serious child sex abuse problem” in the nation’s schools confirms the problem is real – and the numbers of victims are rising. Through May 13 of this year, 135… Read More
Courts
Federal Judge blocks Biden transgender rules from taking effect(The Sentinel) – In at least a temporary victory, a federal judge last week temporarily blocked a Biden administration rule forcing businesses and schools to allow transgender students and… Read More