Poorer high-ability UK children fall behind peers at school from age of 11 | Schools
A new study finds that the crucial three years between the ages of 11 and 14 are when talented children from low-income families fall behind their more affluent classmates at school. The study followed high-achieving children from the lowest and highest income families from age 5 and found that they progressed at similar rates through […]
Washington Elementary School District Settles With ACU After Discriminating Against Christians
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes A Christian university in Arizona scored a win for justice this week, ending a two-month legal battle with a local school district. On Thursday, the Arizona-based Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) announced a settlement between Arizona Christian University (ACU) and the Washington Elementary School District. The lawsuit, which was filed in […]
Video: Parents, students involved in several fights at high school graduation in New Jersey, one person hospitalized
Several fights broke out at a New Jersey high school graduation ceremony Thursday night, leaving one person hospitalized. Multiple fights broke out near the end of graduation ceremonies at Westwood Regional High School in Bergen County. video Video uploaded to X social media platforms showed several fights breaking out on the football field before school […]
NYC opening adult homeless shelter next to pre-K-5 school
New York City is planning to quietly open a homeless shelter for drug users and ex-convicts just five feet from the entrance to a Lower Manhattan elementary school, according to information obtained by The Washington Post. The city’s Department of Social Services waited until June 13 to notify local elected officials and zoning board members […]
Advocates back school board mom booted for denouncing antisemitism
Support is growing for a Manhattan mother who was kicked out of a parent-teacher association for speaking out against anti-Semitism, with more than 2,500 emails sent and numerous groups speaking out. Maude Maron was removed from the Community Education Council for District 2, which stretches from lower Manhattan to the Upper East Side, after she […]
Jewish Harvard student suing Ivy League school details antisemitism, unsafe environment on campus
Shavos Kestenbaum, a Jewish Harvard student who, along with other anonymous students, is suing the Ivy League school for anti-Semitism, spoke out about the dangerous environment at the university last week at an event hosted by former alumna Reeba Nesis. Testifying before Congress, Kestenbaum said that despite what people have heard or read about what […]
Arizona School Boards Accused of Stalking Activist Parents
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Editors’ Note: As we see the spread of “tiny tyrants” and the abuse of liberty by local officials, it is worth exploring where this attitude originated. Besides coming from the universities that have become bastions of intolerance, the attitude of the Federal Government cannot be dismissed. The constant rhetoric coming […]
New Jersey high school graduation fights break out at ceremony, one hospitalized: video
Police say several fights broke out at a New Jersey high school graduation ceremony, leaving one person sent to the hospital and several others injured. According to Washington Township Police, as graduation ceremonies at Westwood High School in Bergen County concluded Thursday night, multiple fights broke out on the school’s football field. “What should have […]
New Jersey school district apologizes for offending Muslim group with question about ISIS terror group in quiz
A New Jersey school district apologized this week after a middle school teacher angered Islamic activist groups by naming the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) as a terrorist group in a class quiz question. The Wayne Township Public Schools superintendent’s office sent a statement to the district expressing regret over an “inappropriate” […]
Condoleezza Rice says why school choice would help low-income, minority students
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice He defended the need for school choice in the United States, saying the lack of school freedom primarily harms low-income and minority students. Rice, current director of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, spoke about educational freedom at a democracy-focused fireside chat held June 6 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation […]