Opinion
Capitol Hill’s DOGE lawmakers ready to reduce regulatory burdens for everyday Americans(The Daily Signal) – In Ronald Reagan’s stirring 1964 “A Time for Choosing” speech, he said: “No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. So governments’ programs, once launched, never disappear. Read More
Public Education
Michigan district demands $33 million to fulfill parent’s information requestA Michigan school district is under fire after demanding $33 million to grant a mother’s legal request for information. The Rochester Community School District (RCSD) lost… Read More
Opinion
Why is Congress funding the failing Department of Education?(The Daily Signal) – Since its creation in May 1980, the Left has demanded Republicans justify opposing federal intervention in U.S. education. However, with President-elect Donald Trump‘s Department of… Read More
Government
Greene to lead subcommittee taking on government spending(The Center Square) – U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., has been appointed to lead a subcommittee dedicated to working with President-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency. Known… Read More
Public Education
There’s more to universal school choice than eligibility, expert saysThe school choice movement joyfully declared 2023 the “year of universal choice,” but more can be done to make choice truly universal. That’s according to EdChoice,… Read More
Public Education
Minneapolis school district set to exhaust financial reserves, faces $84M deficit in 2025A new financial projection anticipates Minneapolis Public Schools will exhaust the remainder of its budgetary reserves and enter a multimillion-dollar deficit in the upcoming 2025-26 school… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Teachers’ Union wants $1B in city development funds to pay for teacher raisesThe Chicago Teachers’ Union (CTU) is pressuring city leadership to take $1 billion from a municipal development fund and give it to public schools. CTU released a proposal Wednesday to… Read More
Public Education
Unsustainable spending, declining student enrollment may force closure of 1 in 10 San Francisco schoolsNearly a tenth of San Francisco’s 121 public schools would close under a recent proposal, which concedes the California district cannot maintain its current fiscal trajectory. “While not unique to… Read More
Government
Gov. Mills’ admin accused of paying Maine news outlet $120K for positive coverageThe nonprofit news group that owns the Portland Press Herald received nearly $120,000 to publish what critics call flattering state-sponsored articles about the Democratic administration’s use of federal education dollars. Read More
Public Education
Education officials in NYC cheat homeless students out of trip to Disney World, take their own kidsEducation officials in New York have left homeless students out of elaborate “enrichment” trips while taking their own children and grandchildren instead. The shameful finding is just one from a… Read More
Opinion
‘Watch out taxpayers’: Race-based funding bill filed in IllinoisOn Tuesday, July 30, 2024 I attended the press conference on higher education funding led by State Senator Kimberly Lightford and State Representative Carol Ammons. They introduced SB3965, a bill… Read More
Public Education
Most Alaska students are below grade level in reading and mathTwo-thirds of Alaska students can’t read or do math at grade level, a new report reveals. Alaska’s Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) released its 2024… Read More
Public Education
WA school leaders make case for more spending despite court-ordered funding bumps(The Center Square) – The Washington Association of School Administrators launched a new website last month that makes the case for increased state spending on K-12 education, even as the… Read More
Public Education
Student test scores still falling despite hundreds of billions in pandemic aid(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Student test scores are continuing to fall four years after schools moved online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study released Tuesday by… Read More
Public Education
St. Louis joins other cities in raising school taxes while student achievement fallsShould public schools raise taxes to cover payroll, even amid failing test scores? That’s apparently what the St. Louis Public Schools district is considering: raising property taxes $6 million annually… Read More
Transportation
Transit riding a wave of record funding but ridership 28% below pre-pandemic levels(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Monday that the state will fund public transportation at $1.9 billion as part of a $5.1 billion package for transit over… Read More
Public Education
US public school closures rise as enrollment continues to declinePublic school districts nationwide are closing some schools permanently as they grapple with declining enrollment based on demographic changes and the explosion of interest in alternative education. School district staff… Read More
Public Education
Milwaukee Public Schools loses $81 million in state aid, board recall goes full steam aheadMilwaukee Public Schools will lose $81 million in state aid due to district mismanagement, and citizens are ready for new leadership. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction estimated an… Read More
Government
With a $50B deficit California Democrats ask for $20B more to fund DEI-climate change, schoolsLeaders in the California Assembly announced they have come to an agreement to put a $10 billion bond issue on the ballot to address “climate change” in communities of color. Read More
Public Education
Madison public schools to ask for $600M more from taxpayers(The Center Square) – There are questions about the plan from public schools in Madison to raise taxes by more than half-a-billion dollars this fall after the Madison Metropolitan School… Read More