Public Education
Texas school board ignores mother’s complaints about abusive gym teacherA Texas school district is defending an educator who allegedly physically and verbally abused a young student. At Tuesday’s Edgewood Independent School District school board meeting, Carolann Reyes accused a… Read More
Public Education
Chicago Public Schools board members resign en masse(Daily Caller News Foundation) – All seven members of the Chicago School Board have agreed to resign later in October in a Friday announcement amid disagreements with the mayor over… Read More
Government
Biden admin officials planned to create ‘pretext for federal action’ against school board protests, report says(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Biden-Harris administration officials created a plan to use a letter from a third party source as a “pretext for federal action,” and stakeholders and officials… Read More
Public Education
Kansas Districts still won’t allow school boards to conduct school needs assessments(The Sentinel) – For four straight years, school districts across the state have refused to allow school board members to “conduct” needs assessments in each school,… Read More
Public Education
Rhode Island district bucks state on transgender policies, urges others to do the sameOne school district is leading the fight against the trans agenda, and others may follow suit. After the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) released a plan for pro-transgender policies… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school board fined over open meeting act violations(The Sentinel) – The Chautauqua County Board of Education has been found liable for multiple violations of the Kansas Open Meetings Act. According to a release… Read More
Public Education
Kansas school board members share ideas on improving student outcomes at 2nd annual conference(The Sentinel) – With the goal of reversing the downward trend in K-12 proficiency levels, school board members and superintendents from across Kansas gathered in Wichita for the Second Annual… Read More
Public Education
Detransitioner persuades Texas school board to get rid of ‘gender fluidity material’ by sharing firsthand experienceA school board in Texas passed an amendment to prevent “gender fluidity material from being distributed in schools” after powerful testimony from a detransitioner. “As a child, I was groomed… Read More
Politics
DeSantis-backed candidates win in over half of Florida’s school board elections(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Twelve school board candidates endorsed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won their local elections on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press. DeSantis had endorsed 23… Read More
Public Education
Ethics complaint filed in recall effort of Milwaukee school board(The Center Square) – There is now an ethics complaint to go along with the effort to recall four members of Milwaukee’s school board. The Milwaukee Teachers’ Education Association said… Read More
Public Education
Milwaukee Public Schools loses $81 million in state aid, board recall goes full steam aheadMilwaukee Public Schools will lose $81 million in state aid due to district mismanagement, and citizens are ready for new leadership. The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction estimated an… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school district tightens cellphone policy for upcoming school yearThe Loudoun County School Board in Virginia has approved a stricter cellphone policy, aiming to minimize distractions and enhance students’ focus on academics. Policy 8655 bans… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board aide, mother says proposed policy aims to shut her up about her conservative viewsThe Loudoun County, Virginia school board wants to “stifle” its aides from speaking critically against the board and district, one employee says. At its recent meeting, the Loudoun County… Read More
Opinion
Kansas school district deceives school board and parents about reading proficiency(The Sentinel) – According to the Lawrence Journal-World, USD 497 Chief Academic Officer Patrick Kelly announced at the June 10 board meeting that the Lawrence, Kansas district… Read More
Public Education
Milwaukee parents launch ‘long overdue’ recall campaign against school boardAngry Milwaukee Public Schools residents are launching a recall campaign against their school board for mismanaging the district and ignoring community concerns. The group, Recall MPS School Board Collaborative,… Read More
Public Education
‘Erroneous and abhorrent’: New York mother, teacher blasts school board for saying it’s ‘wrong’ to define gender as male and femaleA New York mother and public-school teacher lambasted her school board in a five-minute speech for allowing leftist ideology into her children’s schools. Adrienne Gummo castigated the Lancaster Central School… Read More
Public Education
Ian Prior explains why school boards get bad legal advice, what parents can do about itHaving spearheaded a highly effective parent coalition in Loudoun County, Virginia, Ian Prior knows just how hard it is to push back against the education establishment. Read More
Public Education
These state groups are redefining what it means to be a school board member(Chalkboard News) – As school board candidates run and win on more conservative-leaning platforms promising public school reforms, alternatives to traditional school board member associations have launched in states like… Read More
Public Education
Ohio school board member resigns over colleagues’ fealty to administrators; experts say it’s a nationwide problemA Ohio school board member has resigned out of frustration with the district’s policies and curriculum – as well as with her colleagues’ apparent unwillingness to stand up to them. Read More
Public Education
‘Normal annual allotment of 108 sick days’: Illinois community outraged over superintendent’s exorbitant benefitsCritics are demanding an explanation from an Illinois school board after discovering the superintendent gets 108 days of paid sick leave every year. The Edwardsville Community Unit School District #7… Read More