Public Education
Teachers union for Christians provides support and strong alternative to NEA & AFTChristian Educators Association International (CEAI) is an alternative to the mainstream, politically-biased teachers unions in the United States. A majority of public school teachers are contracted into the American Federation… Read More
Public Education
Recent high school graduate upsets incumbent in New Jersey school board electionLast week, as part of a string of upsets across New Jersey school board races, 19-year-old Nicholas Seppy ousted incumbent Terre Alabarda in Egg Harbor Township in Atlantic County. Seppy,… Read More
Public Education
School board & other election results across the country highlight national concern over educationVoters throughout the nation made their voices heard last week as heated school board races dominated many local elections. Deciding issues in many races included hot-button topics such as masking,… Read More
Public Education
Youngkin’s win in Virginia puts educational freedom at the forefront of national politicsThis is a pivotal moment in our nation’s politics that will have a lasting impact for years to come. The political movements of the last two decades could pale in… Read More
Public Education
Volunteer dads form ‘Dads on Duty’ to provide safe, positive presence in a Louisiana high schoolAfter a string of fights led to the arrest of 23 students, a group of concerned dads from Shreveport, La. decided to take action. Nearly 40 dads of students at… Read More
Public Education
Students walk out in protest of Loudoun County Public Schools’ handling of sexual assault case linked to transgender bathroom policyAbout 75 high schoolers from Broad Run High School in Loudoun County, Virginia stormed out of class this week to express their disapproval of how the district handled a sexual… Read More
Public Education
Kansas City parent confronts school board about sexually explicit books in school libraries, cites ‘solicitation of a minor’ chargesA father of children who attend schools in the North Kansas City School District confronted school board members about sexually graphic passages and images in a handful of… Read More
Christian Schools
Christian schools see record enrollment growth, outperform public schools during pandemicThe effects of the pandemic, combined with cultural shifts and political pressure on public school curriculum has translated into a boon for Christian schools nationwide. When Dan Decker was named… Read More
Public Education
Pennsylvania, Missouri, & Ohio School Boards Associations leave national association, 22 states distance themselves from ‘domestic terrorism’ language applied to parents(Updated 10/28 ) Last week, the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) voted to cancel its longtime membership with the National School Boards Association (NSBA). A week later, the Missouri School… Read More
Public Education
Middle school teacher endorses sexually graphic material in class of 11 and 12-year-oldsSummit Trail Middle School in Olathe, KS, recently received significant backlash when a 7th Grade teacher posted on social media that she was excited to add two controversial books with… Read More
Christian Schools
Christian school association joins lawsuit to oppose Biden administration mandate allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s sportsThe Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) has joined 20 attorneys general in a lawsuit against the Biden Administration mandate that interprets Title IX protections in such a way… Read More
Public Education
Georgia Public Schools Well-Funded, Despite Claims to the ContraryGeorgia leaders are pushing back on a recent report on education funding in Georgia. The report , from the left-leaning Georgia Budget & Policy Institute (GBPI), claims that Georgia… Read More
Public Education
Teacher’s Pro-Police Flag Deemed ‘Disruption’ and ‘Too Political’ While Other Teachers Allowed to Display Pro-LBGT and BLM MaterialsA pro-police “Thin Blue Line Flag” was deemed “a disruption in the classroom” and “too political” by a school in Washington State. The school forced the teacher to remove it. Read More
Public Education
Wisconsin Lawmakers Okay Plan To Make School Spending Numbers Transparent To Taxpayers(Benjamin Yount | The Center Square) – Parents and taxpayers in Wisconsin are one step away from having a much easier time finding out where their local schools spend their… Read More
Public Education
The Pervasiveness of Critical Race Theory in Our Schools Demonstrates Why We Need School ChoiceCritical Race Theory, or CRT, is a term that seems to have exploded onto the scene in the last couple of years, and it’s taking our schools by storm. But… Read More
Public Education
Former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe Supports Controversial Gender Policy for Schools, Says Parents Shouldn’t Be InvolvedFormer Democratic Governor of Virginia, Terry McAuliffe, who is in a race once again for governor, said on Tuesday night that he is against parental control of a child’s education:… Read More
Public Education
Mayor Calls on School Board to Resign Over Curriculum, Threatens Child Porn ChargesHudson Ohio Mayor, Craig Shubert, addressed the September 13 Hudson School Board meeting , threatening child pornography charges against board members who would not resign. At issue was a… Read More
Public Education
Connecticut teacher who resigned over racially charged curriculum sits down with The HeartlanderJennifer Tafuto, a Connecticut elementary school teacher who hails from a long line of educators, resigned her position this summer over concerns about the racially charged curriculum she… Read More
Courts
Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Teacher’s Right to Express Opposition to Gender PolicyOn May 25th, Byron Tanner Cross, a physical education teacher at Leesburg Elementary School, exercised his First Amendment right to free speech and created a firestorm when he addressed the… Read More
Public Education
Report: Only half of Tennessee education funding makes it to classrooms(Vivian Jones, The Center Square) – While Tennessee’s spending on education continues to rise, the amount of funding that gets to classrooms has not, a new report from… Read More