The District of Columbia school teachers officially approved their new contract, which is the first contract they have had since 2019. The Washington Teachers’ Union (WTU) held a contract vote among their members and it…
Topic: Accuracy in Academia
DC schools, teachers union reach tentative agreement on pay
District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and the Washington Teachers Union (WTU) reached a tentative agreement last month, which has been months in the making and was a result of constant sniping between DCPS, WTU,…
Missouri education agency proposes teacher salary raise from budget surplus
Missouri’s education department announced it plans on proposing a salary increase for teachers through the state by using the state’s surplus to fund the proposal. Fox 2 News in Missouri reported the Department of Elementary…
Teachers union attacks tenure reform in Florida
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) is unafraid of wading into political and partisan issues, and is doing so in Florida. The left-wing union is attacking tenure reform as unfair, while conservative politicians say tenure…
Nevada’s higher education body adopts anti-Semitism definition
The Silver State’s higher education body officially adopted a definition of anti-Semitism, in an attempt to combat rising anti-Semitism on college campuses. Local news outlet News 4 reported that the Nevada System of Higher Education…
Graduate student strike ‘brings stress’ to students at University of California
The University of California’s ten campuses are frozen, in a way, as graduate student workers continue their strike into the fifth week. Even the Associated Press (AP) reported that students are stressed because of the…
About 100 colleges plan to cut tuition due to low enrollment
Small, private colleges and universities have turned to slashing tuition prices in order to convince potential applicants to apply and eventually attend. The Washington Post reported that several private colleges and universities cut their tuition…
BYU declines to renew several faculty contracts
Two online faculty members at Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) told the media that their contracts were not renewed, which was puzzling because they had received positive endorsements from their local lay clergy. BYU-I, located in…
Six more law schools withdraw from scandal-plagued college rankings
The U.S. News and World Report college rankings are losing law schools as schools protest the ranking’s integrity. The rankings are plagued by a major scandal, which came about when a Columbia University professor alleged…
The Left’s ‘States Newsroom’ pushes left-wing politics in red states
Trust in the mainstream media continues to dip as scandal after scandal go unreported, when it comes to the Left, the Democratic Party, and other affiliated groups or figures. Most prominently, the media’s suppression of…