Parents urge chess be included as a sport in NYC public schools
NYC parents are seeking leveling of the arena between chess kids and student-athletes. The high school citywide council on Wednesday called on public school athletic leagues to recognize chess as a sport. PSAL currently oversees 25 sports at city high schools, ranging from soccer, basketball and baseball to soccer, table tennis and double Holland. Mariangel […]
NYC public schools boss says mammoth $41.2B budget ask still isn’t enough — wants ‘hundreds of millions’ more
The Department of Education's huge $41.2 billion budget plan for next year is one-third of the entire city, but that's not enough, school officials argued Thursday. School Prime Minister Melissa Aviles Ramos told the city council that the DOE needs “more than hundreds of millions more” to enact a new, controversial law, as well as […]
USDA halts more than $1B in funding for local food banks, schools
The USDA says it has raised funding for local food banks and schools over $1 billion by ending two programs that support the purchase of food for state, tribal and territorial governments. The Bi-Local Program supports the purchase and distribution of products produced within the state. The move comes amid wider efforts by the Trump […]
Trump’s Ed Dept Warns Dozens Of Schools About ‘Potential Enforcement Actions’ For Failing To Protect Jewish Students
The Ministry of Education sent a letter to 60 universities on Monday about the outcomes of failing to protect Jewish students on campus. The letter was sent to universities, including Yale, Harvard University, and the University of Michigan, currently investigating anti-Semitic events and possible Title VI violations. According to In a press release for the […]
EXCLUSIVE: GOP Lawmakers File SCOTUS Brief Supporting Parents’ Lawsuit Against Schools Forcing Gender Ideology On Kids
Dozens of Congressional Republicans will present an Amicus summary to the Supreme Court Tuesday morning to support the constitutional rights of parents to select children from the school's left-wing gender ideology and sexuality content. 66 lawmakers signed the Amicus outline in support of parents' legal challenges to Maryland school district policies. It effectively forced pre-kindergarten […]
‘This Is Going To Stop’: Leo Terrell Warns Elite Schools Over Anti-Semitic Protests
Justice Department Leo Terrell said Fox News host Harris Faulkner on Monday that the Trump administration will read “riot laws” to 10 major universities over Pro Hama protests. Columbia University has been hit by cancellations of more than $400 million in federal grants from four federal agencies after failing to respond to the joint task […]
EXCLUSIVE: Medical Schools Press Ahead Answering ‘Clarion Call’ To Wokeness
The Medical School Mission statement is increasingly stacked in the language of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and social justice, a report released Monday found. Do No Harm, a medical advocacy organization working to protect DEIs and other political topics from medicine, reviewing mission statements from 158 medical schools and found that in 2024 77% […]
Mike Pompeo vows to help represent new views at Columbia — despite school’s ‘shortcomings’ with protests
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the decision to accept Columbia University's troubled campus appointment. Pompeo served as CIA director during President Trump's first term before becoming the top cabinet secretary (the only person holding both posts), but began stints for a year as the undergraduate Institute for Global Politics in International Public Service […]
Trans activists storm NYC schools meeting, dance ‘Macarena’ to protest support of female athletes
A mob of trans rights activists has repeatedly hijacked Community Education Council meetings in Manhattan. And last week they danced “Macarena” to disrupt the meeting and protest against people who opposed the boys playing girls' sports. A group of approximately 100 demonstrators fell each month Meeting Within the District Education Council, the bubbles are interrupted, […]
Federal judge blocks Denver Public Schools from stopping ICE raids at schools
A federal judge has opposed attempts to stop immigration officials from the Denver Public Schools System from blocking attacks on school grounds, marking the Trump administration's victory, which appears to intensify deportation efforts. US District Judge Daniel Domenico said Denver public schools were unable to prove that the recent decline in student attendance at schools […]