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One of every ten public school students may experience some form of sexual abuse from public school employees, a U. S. Department of Education (DOE) study shows.

In the latest survey by PDK International, a professional education association, shows that a majority of parents want school choice, dealing another blow to public education and the teachers’ unions.  Overall, 59 percent of parents said that they “probably send to private or religious school,” if they were offered public funds to do so. Republicans […]

The George Mason University Board of Visitors decided on Friday that to reward president Gregory Washington a small 1.5% raise in exchange for dismantling some of the school’s DEI programming according to the Washington Post. Washington, who was in danger of losing his job commented after the deal commented on the decision. “Regardless of how […]

Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) can take many forms and at UCLA it is the absolute hate and vitriol of Donald Trump after he completed and amazing political comeback by winning the presidential election in November. No sooner than Trump’s victory been declared UCLA’s campus newspaper The Daily Bruin published a hate-filled editorial calling the president-elect […]

One would think that teachers’ unions should be impartial and neutral when it comes to the divisive politics of the day. But that is far from the truth, based on comments made during the annual Teach conference for the left-wing teachers’ union, American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The conference took place last month and it was […]

The status quo in higher education is hard to penetrate, as the U.S. Department of Education was reminded about when it proposed a financial transparency plan for colleges and universities. Higher Ed Dive reported that the federal agency floated the idea of creating a financial transparency website for students, which idea was met with criticism […]

Florida has become the lightning rod of liberal media and left-wing grassroots criticism because of their education reforms, either through legislation like the Parental Rights in Education law or through bureaucratic reviews. Last week, the Florida Department of Education adopted new social studies textbooks that did not include divisive social issues. States usually review textbooks […]

The Florida legislature passed expansions to the controversial “Parental Rights in Education” law during this year’s legislative session, which upset the Democrats and LGBTQIA+ activist community. The bill passed in the Florida Senate along party lines in a 27-12 vote. The bill passed in the House of Representatives last month. It now awaits Gov. Ron […]

The mainstream media loves to cling onto false, debunked narratives. Case in point is the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law, which is officially known as the Parental Rights in Education law in Florida. As Accuracy in Academia reported previously, the parental rights law prevents teachers in kindergarten to third grade from teaching gender and sexual […]

Did you know that for the past ten years, there has been an annual “Stonewall National Education Project (SNEP) Educators’ Symposium” to celebrate LGBTQ+ history. The symposium is named after the Stonewall Riots (also known as Stonewall Uprising) of June 28, 1969, where a New York City police raid of a gay club Stonewall Inn […]

Although it is not high on the list of political priorities, the Department of Education under the Biden administration is calling for the end of corporal punishment in school. The federal agency sent a letter to governors and other education officials about their concerns. Corporal punishment may include spanking, hitting, paddling, or other forms of […]

The Republican-majority House of Representatives passed “Parents Bill of Rights” bill mostly along party lines last week. The vote passed 213-208, which included five defections from Republicans that it did not go far enough. No Democrats voted against the bill. The bill is intended to create transparency in public education, such as giving parents the […]