Culture
Library offers controversial activist $35,350 in taxpayer money for hour-long speech(Daily Caller) – New York Times Magazine writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, author of the 1619 project, has reportedly been offered $35,350 for a lecture at a local library. Public library officials… Read More
Public Education
Gov. Youngkin backs student merit notification bill for Virginia schools(The Center Square) – Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is backing a legislative proposal requiring schools to promptly inform students and parents of awards, including from the National Merit… Read More
Public Education
17 northern Virginia schools withheld Merit awards from mostly Asian students as Gov. Youngkin calls for legislation(Daily Caller) – At least 17 northern Virginia schools have admitted to withholding National Merit awards from their students as the governor calls for legislation to require that students and… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Seattle Public Schools’ diversity employees are among highest paid in the district(The Center Square) – Seattle Public Schools is focused on addressing the "legacies of racism in our education system" and has made its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion employees among the… Read More
Public Education
‘Maniacal focus on equal outcomes’: Gov. Glenn Youngkin slams liberal educators for withholding merit awards(Daily Caller) – Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin on Sunday slammed liberal educators’ “maniacal focus on equal outcomes” after a number of schools in the state withheld merit awards from… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Woke ‘implicit bias’ training for educators is a priority for national teachers’ unionThe nation’s largest teachers’ union wants educators to know they are inevitably biased, even racially biased, despite their best intentions. “Understandably, most people aren’t too eager to be that candid… Read More
Public Education
Virginia attorney general expands civil rights investigation to all of Fairfax County Public Schools(The Center Square) – Virginia’s attorney general announced Monday that he will expand his investigation into Thomas Jefferson High School to the entire Fairfax County Public Schools system, after… Read More
Culture
DeSantis admin orders Florida universities to provide information on how they’re pushing woke programming(Daily Caller) – Florida colleges and universities are required to submit information detailing how they use state resources to support diversity, equity and inclusion programming, according to a memo from… Read More
Public Education
High School for the gifted withholds notification of National Merit Scholar awards in the name of ‘equity’Parents with children attending a top-ranked Virginia high school were shocked to discover administrators withheld notifications of National Merit Scholar awards for years. Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and… Read More
Culture
Men are winning women’s athletic competitions across the nation(Daily Caller) – Dozens of athletic competitions for women and girls have been upended by the participation of males identifying as transgender women, who benefit from a host of biological… Read More
Public Education
New Jersey Republicans rip school “equity” plan(The Center Square) – New Jersey Republicans are fuming over an update to the state's "equity" plan for schools, accusing education officials of focusing too much on "identity politics" rather… Read More
Culture, Opinion, Public Education
Op-ed: School dress codes the latest target of a government agency seeking “equity”In a stunning example of bureaucratic uselessness, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) takes many pages, and presumably many dollars, to note that while most public schools have dress codes,… Read More
Biden administration
U.S. racial equity committee, its leader criticized on multiple levels(The Center Square) – A new equity committee at the U.S. Department of Treasury has sparked controversy and drawn the scrutiny of lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The Treasury Department said… Read More
Education
Taxpayer Funded: Feds pay $100K to train grad students in ‘Diversity, Equity, Inclusion’(The Center Square) — A top federal health research agency awarded more than $100K in taxpayer dollars for diversity and equity training for grad students to make them “agents of… Read More
Education
Lawmakers: COVID relief funds paid for ‘equity warriors,’ CRT lessons in public schools(The Center Square) – Top Republicans in the U.S. House are pursuing an investigation into reports that federal tax dollars designated for COVID-related learning loss were spent to promote… Read More
Opinion
COLUMN: Why Kansas City Celebrates Its Least Diverse CompanyIn Kansas City, Sept. 9 was designated “Happy Red Friday Day.” I was first made aware of the event when I drove by what is now called the… Read More
Biden administration
Treasury department policy advantages minorities in housing, taxation and finance through new racial preference protocolThe Biden administration has announced a racial preference scheme to govern the application and enforcement of the federal tax code and other aspects… Read More
Biden administration
Republicans raise alarm over new State Department ‘woke czar’(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers are calling for an inquiry into a new State Department equity position they are calling a “woke czar.” Republicans on the House Oversight Committee… Read More
State Government
Race-based grading in this Chicago-area school? News report says yes, school says noA Chicago-area high school is being accused of planning to no longer penalize students’ grades for missed assignments and classes, or for bad behavior, in order to eliminate what it… Read More
National
Study shows university diversity, equity and inclusion programs ineffective, overstaffed(The Center Square) – The promotion of diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, on college campuses has become a big focus in academia, but a study says many of the… Read More