Protesters and cancel culture mafia are not new for conservatives, but sometimes it gets too close to comfort. That is what two female conservative authors discovered when several screaming protesters crashed their book launch event…
Topic: public schools
Indiana House passes bill barring gender identity in K-3 classes
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.”…
Arizona governor struggles to explain anti-school voucher stance despite her private school education
Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, who narrowly defeated Republican nominee Kari Lake last fall, made it clear in her first State of the State address that public education will be her primary focus during her…
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…
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…
Sarah Huckabee Sanders nominates Florida education official to reform education
Newly-elected Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and former Trump White House press secretary, announced plans to hire a Florida education official to reform education in Arkansas. Jacob…
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,…
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…