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 […]
Minnesota education plummeted under Democratic VP pick, former teacher Tim Walz’s leadership: critics
Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz touted his background as a former public school teacher during the campaign, but critics told The Washington Post that the state’s education record has worsened under his leadership. Since Walz took office in 2019, students across the state have seen their reading and math achievement plummet, […]
How PragerU Is Fixing Our Broken Education System
The following article is Plugger U Writer Plugger U Co-founder Allen Estrin. Unless you’re an executive at a major teachers union, a university administrator, or a left-leaning professor, you know that the American education system is broken. How we got to this shameful state of affairs is a story for another time. For now, I […]
Tim Walz’s Dept. of Education Let Somali Migrant Fraudsters Steal $250 Million from Needy Kids
Democratic vice presidential nominee Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) failed to steer federal food assistance programs, allowing dozens of Somali immigrants to steal $250 million intended for children in need. In September 2022, the Department of Justice indicted 47 Somali immigrants living in Minnesota for stealing $250 million from a coronavirus relief program meant to feed […]
BOB EHRLICH: Here’s How To Fix A Broken Education System
Recent history shows that Republican governors have spearheaded many school choice initiatives.Sincerely, Although the Deep Blue Party sponsored and signed Maryland’s first public charter school bill in 2003, most Republicans still view education as a local issue and an afterthought, so why include it on the party’s national agenda? This is Common phrases “Abolish the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz Demands Investigation Into Education Sec Over ‘Overtly Political’ Student Loan Letter
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has asked the inspector general to investigate whether Education Secretary Miguel Cardona engaged in illegal political activity, according to a letter sent Wednesday. According to Sen. Cruz’s letter, obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, Cruz argued that the message Cardona sent on July 15 to students benefiting from President […]