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'Patently absurd': School district demands $1.2M to see contracts before voters consider budget
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (1244+ words) The taxpayer who asked for the information will have to pay over $440,000 up front just for the district to start compiling it. A Rhode Island taxpayer asked to see contracts between her local schools and the regional authority on matters…...
DOJ probes three Michigan schools over gender instruction, bathroom policies
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (692+ words) The probes target Detroit Public Schools Community District, Godfrey-Lee Public Schools and Lansing School District, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Wednesday. Investigators from the Justice Department's federal civil rights division have opened inquiries into three Michigan public school districts over…...
Parents win $1.5 million from school district rebuked by SCOTUS for secret LGBTQ lessons: lawyers
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (287+ words) Suburban D.C. district makes several concessions on parental notification, opt-out and transparency in curriculum to resolve litigation following Supreme Court victory for parents. Suburban D.C.'s Montgomery County Public Schools will pay $1.5 million to parents who prevailed at the Supreme Court in…...
Former officers warn of Future Farmers of America alleged foray into DEI compromises core mission
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (253+ words) Former officers raise allegations that the organization that supports the education of future farmers has adopted DEI practices. More than 100 former officers of Future Farmers of America sent a joint letter this week to the organization's CEO, raising concerns the…...
Department of Education issues guidance on prayer in schools, outlining requirements
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (652+ words) The U.S. Department of Education has issued guidance on prayer in public schools, outlining requirements that are tied to federal education funding. The guidance states that no public school, teacher or school official "should ever coerce or pressure a student to…...
Over 300 students suspended in Virginia over anti-ICE walkout
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (305+ words) Prince William County Public Schools in Virginia said Thursday that 303 students have been suspended for leaving school grounds last week during a staged walkout in protest of federal immigration enforcement operations. The event took place last Friday morning but required…...
Accreditation for medical schools emerges as weak spot for youth gender transition industry
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (1135+ words) Board of Governors of the State University System of Florida grills accreditor on how it let a practice with so little evidence, and irreversible consequences, become so entrenched in med schools, teaching hospitals. The pipeline for practitioners who provide puberty…...
Okla Gov Stitt praises suspension of 122 students over anti-ICE classroom walkout
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (107+ words) "Young Oklahomans: Free speech is sacred, but truancy robs your future," Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said Oklahoma GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt is praising the suspension of 122 students for participating in an anti-ICE classroom walkout. Mustang Public Schools suspended the students…...
Education Department opens civil rights probe into Portland Public Schools
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (312+ words) Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Tuesday that the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights is opening an investigation into Portland Public Schools and allegations that its Center for Black Student Excellence discriminates on the basis of race. The nonprofit…...
While school spending rises nationally, enrollment continues to decline
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (698+ words) Total annual public school spending is nearing $1 trillion nationally. Public school enrollment has declined by roughly 750,000 students since 2014. In that same time, public school employment has grown by more than 600,000 positions. Public school enrollment has declined in recent years even…...