States directed millions of federal pandemic relief funds intended for private schools toward Minecraft programs, public schools, higher education or other unrelated programs...
About 420,000 students will not be able to attend school for a few days next week if a planned strike at the Los Angeles Unified School District occurs....
The state of Texas is taking control of the Houston Independent School District, citing poor academic accountability, violations of the law and the expiration of an injunction that had previously prevented the state from acting....
Teachers at a San Diego area public charter school have again petitioned to hold a vote in order to remove a teachers union from their school after facing years of hurdles....
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used federal pandemic relief funds to create virtual courses for teachers about anti-racism and social justice, which encouraged teachers to engage with sources espousing critical race theory....
Social emotional learning has been criticized by parents around the country who argue that it teaches children a value system that is different from theirs or that it allows teachers to clandestinely sneak in ideologies....
Principals in the Chicago School District now have the ability to unionize because of a law signed by Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. While principals are in the beginning stages of becoming certified, opponents have raised concerns about what effects the law could have for students and taxpayers. ...
The law creates educational freedom accounts for all students by 2025 and raises teacher salaries to $50,000 a year. It would also explicitly ban the “indoctrination” of critical race theory and similar ideas in classrooms....
In late February, a video of a student violently attacking a teacher’s aide in a Florida high school garnered widespread attention online. The teachers’ aide was hospitalized for her injuries and continues to recover....
Think tank researchers surveyed over 1,500 Americans between the ages of 18 and 20 about their experience learning or hearing about critical race theory and radical gender ideology in class or from adults at school. ...
Ian Rowe says instead of looking at a student’s race or economic status, educators should look at every child’s individual performance and equip them with skills to make decisions about their lives....
The Pennsylvania School Boards Association released its annual State of Education report last week highlighting the challenges facing public school districts in the state based on a survey of administrators, school districts as well as public data....
Idaho’s superintendent of public instruction introduced legislation to the state’s House of Representatives that would create a parental bill of rights for those with students in the state’s K-12 schools....
Charter schools that received grants from the Department of Education generally experienced higher rates of student enrollment growth than similar schools who did not receive a grant....
