St. Louis Public Schools suspends credit cards after spending more than $1.6 million – St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Charges to 21 SLPS-issued credit card accounts from July 2023 to July 2024 totaled approximately $1.6 million, according to records released to the Post-Dispatch on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024. ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Public Schools leaders have suspended all district-issued credit cards after faculty members spent $1.6 million during former Superintendent Keisha Scarlett's one-year […]
Parents Defending Education founder calls Biden admin’s spending spree on DEI in schools a ‘slap in the face’
Nikki Neily, founder of Parents Defending Education, criticized the Biden administration's decision to spend more than $1 billion on diversity, equity and inclusion. [DEI] Programming and training in American schools is “heartbreaking” and a disservice to American students. “At a time when 40% of American students are illiterate, the Biden-Harris administration has chosen to waste […]
With Ivies fading, here are the new elite schools
A special section of the post about the journey to university. Over the past four years, the Ivy League has weathered some major blows, from bombshell statements about bias during affirmative action hearings to allegations of widespread anti-Semitism and free speech violations. Although these schools remain some of the most prestigious and competitive in the […]
CA school stops disciplining students for shirts protesting trans athlete as movement spreads to more schools
At a California high school, hundreds of students showed up wearing T-shirts that read “Save Girls' Sports” to protest a trans athlete on the cross country team, defying the school's latest dress code. succumbed to the uprising. The school previously detained students for wearing the shirt. But officials told Fox News Digital that the school […]
Traditional Christian schools thriving in liberal bastion of San Francisco
As public school enrollment continues to decline across the country, traditional Christian schools in the deep blue city of San Francisco are gaining attention, according to a new report. Three religious schools have opened across the Bay Area in the past five years, offering students a traditional liberal arts education, according to the San Francisco […]
Biden Admin Cut Big Check To Activists Using Schools As Recruiting Grounds For LGBT ‘Family Therapy’ Program
A Michigan group received federal funding for a “family therapy” program that teaches parents to affirm their child's gender confusion, and public school districts joined the effort. Approximately $1.3 million in federal grants Award Provide resources to Arbor Circle in early 2024 center The organization, which provides counseling and support to youth between the ages […]
Elite NYC private schools may offer financial aid to parents earning up to $800,000: Report
Wealthy parents whose children attend New York City's elite private schools can still receive some form of scholarship. financial aid Despite their high incomes, according to a new report. According to the New York Times, According to a graph from Leman Manhattan Preparatory School, households with incomes up to $600,000 may be eligible for financial […]
Hochul reverses call to cut funding to shrinking schools as she faces potentially tough re-election bid
Gov. Cathy Hochul has now said she opposes cutting funding to some schools with declining enrollment, a move she made earlier this year in a budget that called for spending restraints. This is a significant change from the previous year. Hochul's representatives said in a statement to the Post on Tuesday that the governor no […]
Alabama A&M football player death confirmed days after school’s erroneous statement
Medrick Barnett Jr., first-year linebacker Alabama A&M Bulldogs, He tragically passed away on Wednesday, just one month after sustaining a severe head injury during an Oct. 26 game against Alabama State. he was 20 years old. News of Barnett's death came days after the school issued a false statement that the young player had died […]
NYC reverts to pandemic-era budget policy for public schools — slammed by critics as ‘rewarding failure’
New York City public schools, which have fewer students than expected this fall, will not have their budgets cut and will revert to controversial pandemic-era policies, officials announced Wednesday. If mid-year budget adjustments had gone as planned, about half of the 1,600 schools covered by the program would have seen a total reduction of $157 […]