South Dakota is a politically-red and conservative state, and yet it is having its own problems when it comes to revising the state’s social studies standards. Critics of the proposed revisions claimed that Hillsdale College,…
Monthly Archives For November 2022
Black students leave public schools, head to pods
After seemingly decades of failed public education, some black families are using pods and microschools to ensure that their children receive a quality education. The emergence of education alternatives from the pandemic may be here…
Data: School shutdowns negatively affected low-performing students
It is well-established fact that shutting down schools during the coronavirus pandemic caused learning loss, but the question was if the existing learning gap would widen between different ethnic groups. Recent data confirmed the latter…
Substitute teacher shortage disappears with $40 stipend
A common complaint from school administrators, whether it be principals, assistant principals, or superintendents, is that substitute teachers are hard to find for tough, “under-resourced,” or “under-performing” schools. But the silver bullet was simple: Add…
Harvard, Yale withdraw from scandal-plagued college rankings
The U.S. News and World Report college rankings take another huge hit when Harvard Law School and Yale Law School announced their withdrawal from the rankings last Wednesday. The rankings were under fire when a…
Gettysburg College, after outcry, postpones event about ‘White cis men’ exhaustion
After much outcry, Gettysburg College officially postponed an event which was meant for participants to complain about being “Tired of White cis men.” For context, cis men in layman’s terms is defined as heterosexual, straight…
Unionized University of California workers strike for higher pay
This week, unionized teaching assistants, graduate students, academic researchers, academic student employees and other related employees chose to go on strike at the University of California system. Ten campuses underneath the state university system are…
California teachers union spent $2.8 million to fund over 200 school board candidates
The Golden State increasingly moves to the Left politically and the state’s teachers’ union is a large part of this partisan shift. As Americans for Fair Treatment (AFFT) noted, the California Teachers Association (CTA) spent…
Biden administration approves $50 million subsidy for Lebanese students, refugees
The Biden administration announced that it will subsidize students in Lebanon to attend several universities in the country. U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power said that the U.S. government will “provide $50…
Despite criticism, DeSantis’s school board picks won elections
The rise of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis confounds the mainstream media, teachers’ unions, and the Left. One of his major accomplishments was reshaping school board candidates in Florida. The 74 Million reported that all six…