Feds hit NYC Department of Education with subpoena as Adams admin investigations heat up

The Post reported that subpoenas have been sent to the city's Department of Education as part of a federal investigation into outgoing school principal David Banks and his brother. The recently issued legal request, first reported by Politico, involves documents related to Banks and his brother Terrence Banks, a consultant who represents companies that have […]
Walz state education appointee called for the US to be ‘overthrown’ and ‘deconstructed’

A university associate professor who was appointed to the Minnesota Department of Education by Governor Walz called for the “overthrow” and “dismantling” of the United States in a video posted more than two years ago. Dr. Brian Rozenski is an associate professor of urban and multicultural education in the School of Education at Macalester College […]
Ousted parent returns to community education council as lefty activists attempt to rescind controversial trans athlete resolution

A controversial Manhattan parent who was removed from a local school board for describing a student's anti-Israel essay as “anti-Semitic” was reinstated to the board on Wednesday after a judge ruled that her removal violated her First Amendment rights. Maude Mallon took her seat on the district's District 2 Community Education Council again and immediately […]
ABC Debate Completely Ignored Education Issues

Education was completely ignored during Tuesday's presidential debate hosted by ABC News in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as Breitbart News senior editor Joel B. Pollack noted. Ask Dr. Drew on wednesday. Pollack appeared on Dr. Drew to discuss the debate, where he said it wasn't a “disaster” for former President Donald Trump, but that Vice President Kamala […]
Exam Nation by Sammy Wright review – an essential lesson for Britain’s grade-obsessed education system | Society books

TThe back-to-school landscape is often categorised by celebrities who humble-braggingly claim that poor grades had no impact on their subsequent brilliant lives. “I think of Jeremy Clarkson,” the Headmaster author writes. Test Country“I always tweet during exam season. He said he failed his A-level exams but that it was OK.” On the one hand, we […]
Ex-principal accused of abusing 5-year-old autistic student canned from new charter gig as special education coordinator

A special education coordinator who was accused of abusing a 5-year-old autistic student at a Catholic school has been fired from her most recent job at a Bronx charter school following an inquiry by The Washington Post. Mary Ellen Sanchez, the former principal of St. Joseph School in Bronxville, was accused of beating, violent grabbing […]
House Education Committee subpoenas Walz over Minnesota nonprofit's COVID-19 fraud

The House Education and Labor Committee issued a subpoena Wednesday to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, over a Minnesota nonprofit that is accused of defrauding the government during the COVID-19 pandemic. Minnesota-based Feeding Our Future (FOF) is accused of misusing $250 million in taxpayer funds that were meant to go to […]
House committee calls for investigation into potential ethics violations by Biden’s education secretary

ExclusiveThe House Education and Labor Committee is seeking an investigation into whether Education Secretary Miguel Cardona violated the Hatch Act with emails blaming Republicans for the failure of his administration's student loan forgiveness plan. The committee sent a letter to special counsel Hampton Dellinger on Tuesday about an email Cardona allegedly sent in July 2024 […]
Supreme Court keeps new rules about sex discrimination in education on hold in half the country

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request from the Biden administration to put on hold new restrictions on sex discrimination in education in roughly half the country. The court voted 5-4, with conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch joining three liberal justices in dissent. At issue were protections for pregnant students and students who are parents, […]
Love the army, defend the motherland: how China is pushing military education on children | China

aAt the Beijing Jiaotong University Primary School, kids around age 6 or 7 line up in a rainbow-painted corridor. One boy holds a replica handgun while students behind him grip unwieldy fake assault rifles. Fake police bulletproof vests cover blue-and-white track suits, and heads bob in oversized artillery helmets. In other photos, students drill, salute […]