How the private school landscape could change with more religious public schools
As Republicans seek to bring more religion into public schools, the situation for private schools could change. Republican-leaning states are adding chaplains to district health programs, mandating the Ten Commandments in every classroom, mandating Bible teaching in lesson plans, and increasingly offering Christian education at public school prices. The new measures are being challenged in […]
St. Paul school retirees caught up in HealthPartners, UnitedHealthcare dispute – Star Tribune
About 2,300 St. Paul Public Schools retirees will be directly affected by HealthPartners’ decision next year to drop out of UnitedHealthCare’s network of Medicare Advantage plans for seniors. In a statement to the Star Tribune, the school district said it was working with its insurance company to “identify potential next steps” but did not elaborate […]
North Carolina high school teacher Britney Vernon arrested for sex with students
A North Carolina high school teacher was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sexually abusing a student, police said. According to the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, Brittney Marie Vernon, 39, was charged with three felony counts of lewd acts with a student and three felony counts of sexual battery with a student. The shocking assault allegation […]
Disgraced Uvalde school officer faces teary-eyed families of victims as he pleads not guilty: ‘Say you’re sorry!’
A former Uvalde, Texas, police officer involved in the devastating law enforcement response to a 2022 elementary school shooting that left 19 students dead pleaded not guilty Thursday before a tearful crowd of victims’ families pleading with them to “apologize” and “remember their names.” Adrian Gonzalez, 51, one of the first officers to respond to […]
Delaware Catholic school teacher allegedly sent erotic video
A Catholic school teacher in Delaware sent sexually explicit videos and photos of himself to a 14-year-old student, New Castle County police confirmed to The Blaze-News on Wednesday. Detectives discovered that Alanis Pinion, 24, an eighth-grade teacher at St. Mary Magdalene School in Wilmington, was frequently communicating with students on Snapchat and sending sexually explicit […]
Pennsylvania dad takes on school district over strict COVID policies: ‘You’re hurting my kids’
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. — Chad Williams is waging a fight against COVID-era tyranny in his children’s school district in southeastern Pennsylvania. “If I don’t fight this fight, no one else will,” Williams told the Post. “What happened was wrong.” Williams, a business lawyer and father of four, began questioning whether the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District […]
Dem Resigns After Calling to Abort Kids with Disabilities to Avoid Using Up School Budgets
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes As the late Pope John Paul II once said, we are living in an era where most countries promote a “culture of death.” One of the most obvious examples of this is the zealous, almost religious support of so many for abortion; even many people who understand that abortion is […]
Bryce Young looked like literal child on first day of school at Panthers training camp
It’s not always easy being a short king. Carolina Panthers Quarterback Bryce Young knows that better than anyone. The Panthers bet on their future by moving up to select the 5-foot-9 quarterback in the 2023 NFL Draft, but his rookie year was a disaster and Carolina used him again with the No. 1 overall pick […]
Looming NYC school phone ban could force kids to store phones in $30 pouches paid for by taxpayers: report
A long-promised cell phone ban is coming to New York City public schools, but students may end up hiding their phones in $30 pouches purchased by cash-strapped schools. According to an outline of the plan, students will be banned from using mobile phones at school from February. First reported By Chalkbeat. The ban would require […]
The New GOP Litmus Test on School Choice
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Party platforms are a way of signaling to voters the policies that politicians are likely to pursue if they’re elected to office. But platforms also send a message to a party’s candidates about what policy positions the party expects them to support. If elected officials go against their own party’s […]