The Indiana House of Representatives passed a bill that is aligned with Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law, which law sparked inaccurate media coverage and an oft-repeated false nickname of “the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.”…
Topic: public education
Following DeSantis? Virginia to review AP black history course
After the back-and-forth statements between Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and The College Board, four other states announced plans to review the Advanced Placement (AP) African American History course. Fox News reported that Virginia Gov….
LGBTQ activists show up in force on debate on gender identity in schools
The Indiana state legislature is considering a bill that would prohibit classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity. WDRB reported that House Bill 1608 passed out of the state’s House Education Committee by a…
Teachers’ union promotes Black Lives Matter propaganda
The Black Lives Matter movement has been exposed as a political, radical movement that has created unsafe living conditions in many urban areas, raised crime rates, discouraged police officers from doing their job, and promoted…
Wall Street Journal praises Iowa Gov. Reynolds over school choice
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, has made school choice a centerpiece of her administration and garnered high praise from a leading center-right news outlet. The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board praised the two-term governor…
Chicago Public Schools watchdog issues troubling sexual misconduct report
The inspector general’s office (OIG) in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced that its Sexual Allegations Unit closed over 600 cases of reported allegations of sexual misconduct by school staff, contractors, teachers, and administrators this year,…
2022 saw ‘red wave’ school board elections
Due to the lengthy vote-counting after Election Day, the school board election results are finalized and confirmed: A red wave impacted school boards across the country. Candidates endorsed by Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis did…
Report finds a large exodus of school superintendents since the pandemic
According to a recent report, half of the country’s 500-largest school districts have or will change their superintendent since the pandemic. The 74 reported that the churn worries education bureaucrats because forty-seven of the five-hundred…
Government issues confusing guidance on relief funding
Leave it to the federal government to mess up or create more confusion, especially when it comes to pandemic relief funding. The Department of Education, run by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, recently issued guidance on…
Kentucky Supreme Court rules against school choice tax credit program
The Kentucky Supreme Court dealt a blow to the school choice movement in the Commonwealth by ruling against the state’s Education Opportunity Account Program that would provide dollar-for-dollar tax credits to private school tuition. Before…