Culture
A short, essential guide to parents’ rights in schoolsAs confidence in public schools falls near all-time lows , parents should know their rights, especially when negotiating with school staff to address any challenges. Consider this quick list… Read More
Education
This state’s public education achievement crisis, and needed solutions, are documented in a new call-to-action bookWith one in three students testing below grade level in reading and math, Kansas public education is embroiled in a chronic achievement crisis – one the system only… Read More
State Government
Whitmer administration to hire ‘sexual orientation’ and ‘expression’ consultant for foster kids(Daily Caller) – The administration of Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer proposed a contract for a child foster care consultant on gender identity and sexual orientation, according to documents made… Read More
Crime
DEA, Florida AG: Cartels targeting young Americans with rainbow fentanyl pills that can kill them(The Center Square) – U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody are warning Americans about the dangers of fentanyl, especially as Halloween approaches and… Read More
State Government
‘Parents Bill of Rights’ introduced in Ohio House(The Center Square) – Ohio school districts would not be able to discourage or prohibit parental involvement in decisions about their child’s mental health if the General Assembly passes a… Read More
State Government
Newsom signs bill allowing state to revoke out-of-state parent’s rights over trans kids(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Thursday allowing California to take “temporary emergency jurisdiction” over a child that traveled to the state for transgender drugs… Read More
Education
Parents say their son’s school tricked him into taking a U.S. history class based on radical CRT theoryParents allege their son was tricked by his school into taking a U.S. History class that is based on radical left-wing Critical Race Theory, according to a report by… 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, Public Education
In settlement, siblings allowed to return to Florida school after it forced them to transfer ‘to spite the mother’A Florida school district will amend its student reassignment policy to include an appeal procedure as part of the negotiated settlement from a lawsuit brought by the parents of two… Read More
Culture
5 Ways to educate your kids, even if you don’t homeschoolFrom co-curriculars such as clubs and athletics to conflicting schedules and the work we all take home, finding time to engage well with our children during the school year can… Read More
Opinion
Op-Ed: Public education is doing worse with more money, so let’s give parents more optionsIf an educational option costs less and produces better results, wouldn’t it be foolish not to fund it? Yet the opposite is happening. As a nation, the U.S. is spending an… Read More
Education
Iowa judge rules against parents’ request to block school district’s new transgender policyA district judge has denied a request to block an Iowa school district from enforcing its new transgender policy. The lawsuit was brought against the Linn-Mar School District by Parents… Read More
Education
Parents enraged over email instructing 6th-12th grade teachers not to tell them about their children’s pronounsA school board meeting in Ohio became heated over an email telling teachers they were not obligated to tell parents when their children change gender pronouns. An Aug. 31 email… Read More
Culture
7 ways to teach your children financial skills amid inflationAs inflation continues to impact American families, many are trying to find creative ways to stretch their spending power. Why not include children in that discussion and help them develop… Read More
Culture
Virginia DOE shifts control of transgender issues back to parents(The Center Square) – Virginia public schools will no longer be allowed to provide gender affirming counseling services to students without first consulting with their parents, per new guidelines from… Read More
Courts, Public Education
Parents group files lawsuit against Wisconsin school district over gender identity training policyA federal lawsuit against a Wisconsin school district alleges violations of parenting rights and religious freedom in the wake of controversy over the school’s new gender identity policy. Last year,… Read More
Culture, Government
Education bill would provide scholarships to improve child learning(The Center Square) – A bill that would empower parents to help their children recover learning losses has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-MS, has… Read More
Public Education
‘Wow, I can be smarter!’ Students see intelligence gains when they learn to apply themselves, study showsStudents who fall behind their peers in early adolescence tend to remain academic underachievers for the remainder of their school years, with many dropping out without earning a high school… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school superintendent, board president silence parents upset by transgender issue(The Sentinel) – USD 491 Eudora superintendent Stu Moeckel and school board president Mark Chrislip denied parents’ requests to address the board about mistreating a student at a recent … Read More
Culture, Public Education
Virginia rally against “racist and divisive ideologies” to include prominent speakers and local stakeholdersThree Loudon County, Virginia parent advocacy groups will host a rally on Tuesday to demand “an end to the racist and divisive ideologies” in public education. The “eRACEd… Read More