Courts, Public Education
Female high school athletes still fighting Connecticut’s ‘unfair’ policy allowing biological males in girls’ sportsFemale athletes are continuing their pushback against Connecticut’s policy allowing biological males to compete against them in high school sports. Track athletes Selina Soule, Alanna Smith, Chelsea Mitchell and Ashley… Read More
Government
Opponents fall short in effort to block landmark Arizona school choice lawAn Arizona anti-school choice organization’s attempt to overturn Arizona's new universal scholarship program has officially failed. Save Our Schools Arizona fell short of the 118,823 valid signatures required to challenge the… Read More
Public Education
Colorado school board proposes toolkit suggesting educators hide student transitions from parents(Daily Caller) – A Colorado school board proposed a “gender expansive” toolkit that directs educators on how to address transgender and non-binary students, including keeping gender transitions a secret from… Read More
Public Education
Kansans give the public school system a ‘C’; biggest concern is ‘indoctrination’(The Sentinel) – Not quite a year ago, Kansans gave the public school system in their district a pre-pandemic grade of ‘B’ (GPA 2.8) in a statewide public opinion… Read More
Public Education
Whistleblower leaks guidebook showing ‘radical gender theory’ curriculum in San Francisco school districtA California school district released a guidebook urging teachers to keep quiet about student “gender transitions” and to affirm the preferred pronoun “it" as part of its radical gender theory… Read More
Public Education
Virginia governor defends draft policies on gender, emphasizes parental rightsGov. Glenn Youngkin is defending his draft education policies that make Virginian parents the primary decision-makers for their kids, especially regarding gender issues. The governor’s proposed “2022 Model Policies on… 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
Public Education
Seattle Public Schools expect about $100M deficits over next 4 years(The Center Square) – The teachers strike in Seattle is over, but Seattle Public Schools now face a bigger challenge: high budget deficits over the next four years. 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
Public Education
TransTape, chest binders and packers: The ‘gender-affirming’ gear public schools are stocking up on(Daily Caller) – In a push to create a “safer and more inclusive” environment, K-12 school districts are creating gender-affirming closets, giving students access to chest binders, stand-to-pee devices and… Read More
Public Education
Federal bill would let schools use unspent relief funds to combat fentanyl(The Center Square) – A bill introduced Monday by two Colorado congressmen would allow schools to use unspent COVID-19 relief funds to combat fentanyl. Under the … Read More
Public Education
Pittsburgh schools to partner with nonprofit with ties to Obamas on student-led voting initiative(The Center Square) – Pittsburgh Public Schools is looking to partner with a nonprofit headed by high-level former Obama administration officials to implement a program created by former First Lady… Read More
Public Education
Blame flies among Minnesota government agencies over $250 million fraud scheme(The Center Square) – After taxpayers lost $250 million in what federal officials deemed “the largest pandemic fraud" in the nation, the government agencies involved are blaming… 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
Public Education
Virginia’s high accreditation numbers don’t reflect huge learning losses, says Gov. Youngkin(The Center Square) – Although almost nine in 10 public schools in Virginia earned full accreditation with the state Board of Education, Gov. Glenn Youngkin is warning that those numbers… Read More
Public Education
Oregon Department of Education pays out tens of millions for severely under-enrolled Preschool Promise programThe Oregon Department of Education spent $90 million over the last two years in preschool grants even while the program was vastly under-enrolled, according to a report by Fox… Read More
Public Education
Woke politics, gender ideology frustrating Wisconsin parents(The Center Square) – Tim Michels says Wisconsin’s State of Education speech was more of a political stump speech than a report card on the state’s schools. Michels,… Read More
Culture, Public Education
US Military Educational Summit Pushed Gender Ideology Using A ‘Genderbread Person,’ Report Finds(Daily Caller) – The U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) hosted an “Equity and Access” summit in 2021 that featured presentations on gender ideology and anti-racism, according to a… Read More
Opinion
Neo-Marxism floods Advanced Placement courses in the USSome of America’s most popular college-credit history classes for high schoolers are littered with anti-Western ideas, identity politics and other neo-Marxist concepts, national scholars say. The College Board is the… Read More
Public Education
Republican lawmakers not expecting much from Wisconsin’s State of Education speech(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin haven’t been given a preview of the state superintendent’s State of Education speech, but they have some guesses as to what… Read More