Members of Washington State’s Edmonds School Board voted unanimously to end contracts with law enforcement agencies, thereby removing police presence from three schools in the district, deeming officers a “real risk” to students.
Jeffco Public Schools in Jefferson County, Colorado, is planning to open schools for in-person learning in the upcoming academic year following months of nationwide school closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Two Wall Street Journal reporters write that the national experiment in remote learning, courtesy of the coronavirus pandemic, has failed.
A new poll released by USA Today/Ipsos found that one in five, or 20 percent, of teachers say they are not likely to return to their schools should they reopen in the fall.
The president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) said she does not agree with President Donald Trump’s view that schools should reopen as soon as possible.
Harvard law professor Elizabeth Bartholet doubled down on her attacks against homeschooling parents, underscoring her view that they are primarily “right-wing Christian conservatives” who may be abusing their children.
A RealClear Opinion Research poll found 40 percent of families are more likely to homeschool or engage in virtual learning once the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
The chairman of the Democratic National Committee urged members of his party to blame President Donald Trump if public schools fail as they reopen in the fall.
Teachers’ union heads are condemning Trump’s suggestion that schools in some areas of the nation consider reopening prior to summer.
A study reveals a historic drop in U.S. student reading and math scores since the adoption of the Common Core standards more than a decade ago.
U.S. eighth graders’ scores in U.S. history and geography plummeted on the Nation’s Report Card assessment, with no improvement in civics.
Harvard Magazine published an interview with a law professor who released a paper that calls for a “presumptive ban” on homeschooling.
Maryland’s superintendent of schools said she is “not sure” school will look the same for students “going forward” after the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
Pennsylvania schools will stay closed for the remainder of the academic year, Gov. Tom Wolf (D) announced on Thursday.
Teachers’ unions and other stakeholders in government-run K-12 schools are seeking billions of dollars in funding in coronavirus relief.
Teachers’ unions and their public school allies are pushing states to clamp down on charter schools during the coronavirus school closures.
A Washington Post op-ed says children learning at home with “iPads and parents” during the coronavirus crisis will suffer “damaging” effects.
Actress and radio host Sam Sorbo said the coronavirus crisis has inadvertently become the “impetus” for Americans to rethink education.
The National Education Association (NEA), the nation’s largest labor union, has endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for president.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has released resources for K-12 teachers and local officials on managing student privacy and ensuring disabled students receive required services during school closures due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Many school districts across the country are unprepared to implement online learning should the coronavirus force more school closures.
An 18-year-old Wisconsin high school student was arrested Thursday for fourth-degree sexual assault, child enticement, and exposing his genitals to a child in the school’s gender-neutral bathroom.
Parents in Madison, Wisconsin are suing the school district over a policy that lets children change gender identity without parental consent.
Texas A&M University hosted a sold-out drag queen show at the MSC Town Hall event that was co-sponsored by the A&M LGBTQ+ Pride Center.
A national parents’ organization is releasing a film that seeks to expose the “lies and government schemes” of federally-run education.
A federal appeals court sided with a school district’s “student safety plan” that allows students to use bathrooms corresponding to gender identity.
School vouchers have proven to bring about a win-win situation for education, improving both private and public school outcomes, a new study reveals.
A Boston teacher’s union president has come under fire this week after encouraging Boston public school teachers to wear “Black Lives Matter” apparel to school. The Boston Police Union condemned the teacher demonstration, arguing that “Black Lives Matter” activists make police work “more dangerous than ever.”
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos will personally provide the scholarship that will allow Philadelphia fourth-grade student Janiyah Davis, who attended the State of the Union (SOTU) address, to enroll at the school of her choice.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren told attendees at a town hall in Cedar Rapids, Iowa Sunday that, if she is elected president, her education secretary will have to be approved by a transgender child.
The largest Minnesota teachers’ union is condemning a proposed amendment to the state Constitution that would make a quality public school education for all students a civil right.
New Jersey parents expressed outrage Wednesday over a new state law requiring public school students to learn about LGBT history and rights.
Rep. John Fillmore, a Republican Arizona state senator, is introducing bills to secure the practice of using biological pronouns in schools.
Former Vice President Joe Biden appeared to reverse course on charter schools during Saturday’s MSNBC Public Education Forum 2020 in Pittsburgh.
Arizona students may soon be required to recite the Pledge of Allegiance daily at school it was reported Thursday, as detailed in a bill proposed November 19 by state Rep. John Fillmore (R-AZ).
Warren spent decades stealing the privileges and promotions that came with her false claim of being a Cherokee Indian, and she’s lying about her children’s background.
An Angel Mom is urging black Americans to stand with Trump, whose school choice policies offer low-income black families an opportunity to change the trajectory from poverty to success.
A transgender Super PAC influenced the election of Chicago school board members who approved a radical policy allowing students who claim to be transgender unrestricted access to locker rooms regardless of their biological sex.
A new study affirms what many public policy analysts say is intuitive — that unstable family structure, including chaotic households and single-parent homes, is a primary factor in racial disparities in school behavior and suspensions.
A Colorado English teacher created controversy by assigning the sexually explicit poem Howl to his high school students without obtaining the approval of parents.
