State Government
School board elections taking place across nine Missouri school districts in April 2022A total of 18 school board seats across nine Missouri school districts covered by Ballotpedia are up for nonpartisan general election on April 5, 2022, one of which is up for… Read More
State Government
SPS Board of Education candidates emphasize need for transparency, disavow Critical Race TheorySPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Two Springfield Board of Education candidates are pushing back against mainstream education ideology, vowing to increase transparency between the district and parents and focus on… Read More
Public Education
School board doesn’t want to hear parent read illicit passage from a book in its own school libraryA concerned mother read the school board a sexually explicit excerpt from a book available in a Georgia school’s library, in order to object to its inclusion there. But… Read More
Public Education
Michigan parents demand resignation of school board and administrators(The Center Square) – A group of parents in Rochester, Mich., are demanding a dramatic change in school leadership. Parents expressed their anger at Rochester Community Public Schools administrators and… Read More
Public Education
Emporia school board member sends police after parentsA member of the Emporia Board of Education allegedly attempted to have a member of the public arrested after disagreements over her votes on school mask policies. The issue exploded… Read More
Public Education
Voters in California and Nebraska approve school board recall elections(The Center Square) – The San Francisco Unified School District in California and the Giltner school district in Nebraska held recall elections against a total of four school board members on… Read More
Public Education
San Francisco school board members recalled for putting political agendas above educationOne of the most liberal cities in America recalled three school board members this week for prioritizing “wokeness” over educating children. The election resulted in the removal of school board… Read More
Public Education
PA school board member attacks concerned parents as “offensive and vile”A Pennsylvania school district board member, Richard Robinson, recently authored an op-ed calling concerned parents “offensive and vile.” According to critics, having heard concerned parents voice their views at board… Read More
Public Education
Local educator mocks Evangelical parents as ‘kooks’ and ‘bigots’ in TX school board meetingParents from the Leander Independent and Round Rock Independent School Districts in Austin, TX, have had enough after a local educator and parent mocked them with a Dr. Read More
Public Education
National education foundation offers free online courses on running for school boardThe Noah Webster Educational Foundation has helped put together free online courses to teach ordinary citizens how to run for a local school board seat. The courses are designed… Read More
National
FBI ‘tagging’ parents fuels debate over school boards, parental rights(The Center Square) – The FBI has sparked nationwide controversy after a report emerged showing that the federal law enforcement agency has been “tagging” parents who have allegedly harassed school… 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
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
Government
White House “Weaponizing” DOJ to Silence Parents at School Board Meetings in Response to NSBA RequestCritics are pushing back against Attorney General Merrick Garland’s effort to mobilize federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies against uncited ‘threats of violence’ against public school administrators, board… 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