Culture, Public Education
Iowa news organizations sue Bettendorf School District, board(The Center Square) – The Iowa Freedom of Information Council, Quad-City Times, KWQC, WQAD and WHBF on Monday sued Bettendorf Community School District and its board of directors in Scott… Read More
Public Education
How Niles Community Schools spent $4 million in COVID funds(The Center Square) – Michigan's more than 800 school districts received about $6 billion of federal taxpayer money to recover from COVID. However, some digging revealed some of the largest… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Kansas’ Ed department wants to divert classroom dollars to lobbying efforts by the Kansas Association of School Boards(The Sentinel) – The Kansas Department of Education purports to be a “dedicated service agency” that provides leadership, resources, and support. But like its claim to “prepare all students… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Public education has made the West less religious, making room for the woke agendaThe most plausible explanation for the increasing secularization of society is the growth of public education. This, according to economists Raphael Franck and Laurence Iannaccone in their seminal 2014 paper “Religious… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board members back firing of teacher over pronoun dispute(The Center Square) – Eight school board members from five school divisions filed a brief with the Virginia Supreme Court in support of West Point Public Schools after the district… Read More
Public Education
Georgia officials unable to determine total amount spent on school supply program for teachers(The Center Square) – Georgia plans to give a $125 supplement to teachers in the state to offset the cost of classroom materials and ostensibly help students rebound from learning… Read More
Opinion, Public Education
Self-described ‘leftist’ teacher says woke policies in schools have gone too farA devastating critique of the debauched state of public schools in America was just delivered, and it didn’t come from the right. Essayist and critic Wesley Yang published an… Read More
Public Education
Pennsylvania has more teachers, fewer students, and there’s still a teacher shortage(The Center Square) – Teachers unions, public school officials and the Pennsylvania's Department of Education say the state has a teacher shortage. Data analyzed by The Center Square, however, shows… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Teacher on TikTok claims entire second-grade class ‘switched’ pronounsAn elementary teacher claims her entire class of second graders "switched” pronouns after one child revealed his new pronouns to her in class. The shocking claim came in a video shared… Read More
Public Education
Foundations destroying American public education (part 3): EducationThe following is the third of a five part series from Luke Rosiak on the problems plaguing public education (see Part 1 | Part 2). (Capital Research Center) –… Read More
Public Education
Three challengers take on incumbents in Kansas State Board of Education primaries(The Sentinel) – The August primary will feature three Republican incumbent members of the Kansas State Board of Education squaring off against opponents. There are no Democratic candidates in any… Read More
Public Education
Judge overturns public school board’s ban of Maine father it ‘disagreed’ withA father in Maine who'd been barred from events at his daughters’ school for speaking against sexually explicit reading material has won the right to show up. The U.S. District… Read More
Public Education
Report questions accounting practices of Oklahoma State Department of Education( The Center Square) – Oklahoma’s Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency found $5.8 million of questionable expenditures coded as instruction during an audit of the school’s K-12 spending, according… Read More
Public Education
New report questions higher education spending in Arizona(The Center Square) – School spending surged in Arizona from 2018 to 2021. While teacher pay increased in that span, it didn’t expand at the rate that the state upped… Read More
Public Education
Foundations destroying American public education (part 2): Equity initiativesThe following is the second of a five part series from Luke Rosiak on the problems plaguing public education (Part 1). (Capital Research Center) – Much of what you… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Kentucky’s largest school district brings back mask mandate(The Center Square) – Kentucky’s most populous county is back in the COVID-19 red zone, which means the state’s largest public school district has reinstated a mandatory mask policy, effective… Read More
Culture, Public Education
Bill for face masks for Austin school district’s athletes nears $64,000(The Center Square) – Debate has raged across the country over mask requirements for school students, but new spending records show how much masks have cost taxpayers for a particular… Read More
Culture, Public Education
San Diego Unified School District doubles down on mask madnessAnother skirmish in the mask mandate wars began this week as the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) reinstituted an indoor mask requirement for all students, staff, and visitors. An… Read More
Public Education
Foundations Destroying American Public Education: The HydraThe following is the first of a five part series from Luke Rosiak on the problems plaguing public education (read Part 2). (Capital Research Center) – The world of… Read More
Public Education
Washington superintendent, think tank tangle over ed testing ‘exit’ remarks(The Center Square) – Is Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal trying to cancel some state assessments of student learning? That's what the Washington Policy Center think tank is… Read More