‘Trapped In Failing Schools’: Dem Rep. Jason Hughes Stands Up To Party, Votes For School Choice
Rep. Jason Hughes, D-Louisiana, announced his vote on school choice in the Appropriations Committee, inflicting a loss on his party, which typically votes against the issue. At Tuesday’s meeting, Hughes discussed the state’s bill, HB745, which could create Education Savings Accounts (ESAs). The ESA model has been adopted by several states to provide parents with […]
UCLA medical school’s ‘structural racism’ class featured ‘quite disturbing’ prayer to pagan god: Witness
A required “Structural Racism” class at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine led to a prayer to Mother Earth, which upset some who attended the lecture. UCLA’s Judaism Faculty Resilience Group spoke with numerous witnesses to the lecture on Friday and wrote a letter to the administration calling for an “urgent and thorough externalization of […]
Seattle public schools shuts down gifted and talented program
Seattle Public Schools is eliminating its gifted and talented program, which administrators said was oversaturated with white and Asian students, in favor of a more “inclusive, equitable and culturally sensitive” program. . The district began phasing out high-ability cohort schools and classrooms for older students in the 2021-22 school year, citing racial inequities. School district […]
Seattle public schools replacing gifted students program to be more ‘inclusive,’ citing diversity concerns
Seattle Public Schools is replacing its program for gifted students with a more “inclusive” and “equitable” program, as the state continues a trend of eliminating honors classes in the name of diversity. SPS has begun phasing out high-ability cohort (HCC) schools and advanced learner classrooms in the 2021-22 school year, claiming the program does not […]
Gov. Jim Justice kills Republican effort to grant vaccine exemptions to students at private and parochial schools
Republicans in the West Virginia General Assembly passed a bill that would effectively eliminate vaccination requirements for public school students and allow private and parochial schools to set their own policies. However, the requirements will still apply for students participating in sanctioned athletic events sponsored by the West Virginia Secondary School Athletic Commission. meanwhile House […]
Lawmakers propose legislation to allow spiritual chaplains in public schools
Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have proposed bills that would allow spiritual chaplains in public schools. Texas kicked off the movement by passing a law allowing school chaplains, leaving more than 1,200 school districts to decide whether to allow chaplains as employees or volunteers. The Florida Legislature passed a school chaplain bill, pending […]
Tristen Newton could be school’s ‘greatest’ guard: Dan Hurley
BOSTON — At the time, the addition didn’t generate much buzz. Sure, Tristen Newton averaged over 17 points and had strong rebound and assist numbers at East Carolina two years ago, but that was in a pedestrian AAC bottom-feeder program. No one at the time could have predicted what would happen to either Newton or […]
Schools in England accused of closing down debate on Israel-Gaza conflict | Israel-Gaza war
Schools in England are shutting down legitimate debate on the Israel-Gaza conflict because teachers feel unprepared and are concerned about political impartiality, the government’s report on social cohesion says. Published by an independent advisor. Dame Sarah Khan said schools risked “stoking further anger, hatred and polarization” if they continued to close debate halls. He said […]
High-profile Princeton grad and leader of school’s LGBTQ alumni group arrested for alleged possession of child porn
A Princeton University graduate and prominent figure who has been involved in various arts and entertainment organizations and banking companies around the world has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography. In January, the National Center on Missing and Exploited Children contacted prosecutors in Mercer County, New Jersey, reporting that someone in the county […]
Georgia senators again push conservative aims for schools
ATLANTA (AP) – Georgia’s Republican state senators on Tuesday banned transgender girls from playing sports with other girls in high school, limited sex education and disrupted the sex education system. The state is once again trying to impose a conservative image on the state’s public schools by passing a bill requiring them to do so. […]