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Michigan parents will be protesting outside the Huron Valley School District administration building in Oakland County on Wednesday, demanding a return to in-person learning.

A report released by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) demonstrates that 90 percent of Christian schools opened the 2020-2021 academic year with in-person instruction as planned, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Education secretary Betsy DeVos said teachers’ unions’ bid to keep schools closed during the pandemic amounts to “playing politics with children’s lives.”

A public school in San Antonio, Texas, gave a homework assignment December 1 to second graders that appeared to ask children to write the name of the current U.S. president, but only offered the name of Joe Biden as a choice, and not that of Donald Trump.

The Chicago Teachers Union deleted its tweet that stated, “The push to reopen schools is rooted in sexism, racism and misogyny.”

The East Lansing Education Association (ELEA) — a local teachers union in Michigan — blasted parents in a Facebook post on Wednesday over a desire to reopen schools.

The Texas Home School Coalition (THSC) has released a new report revealing that, over the past two decades, withdrawals from public schools in the state to homeschooling have jumped 228 percent.

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) announced Tuesday the U.S. math and reading assessments known as the “Nation’s Report Card” will be postponed until 2022 due largely to the reliance on remote learning during the coronavirus pandemic.

Parents of students who attended Superior Elementary School in Denver sued the Boulder Valley School District about transgender lessons.

Joe Biden is reportedly considering teachers’ union leaders to replace Betsy DeVos, should the former vice president be declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election.

A U.S. parents’ coalition asserts the indoctrination of students in revisionist history has led to the current battle over the 2020 presidential election.

The national teachers’ unions are gleeful that some media outlets have called the presidential election for former Vice President Joe Biden.

The family of a third grade girl has filed a federal lawsuit after her school principal ordered her to remove her mask that has the words “Jesus Loves Me” printed on it.

Joe Biden falsely claimed U.S. schools are unable to open for in-person learning during the pandemic because “they need a lot of money.”

A Tacoma teacher scolded a 10-year-old student for responding to a question about a person he admires with the answer “Donald J. Trump.”

The Mona Shores, Michigan, school board has rescinded its support for the Black Lives Matter movement after a resolution backing it drew the ire of many in the community.

Chaos and turmoil descended upon one of the largest K-12 public school systems in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York, after Williamsville Central Schools Superintendent Scott Martzloff announced Friday that virtual classes for more than 1,000 students in grades 5-12 would be delayed because 90 staff members took leaves of absence because of coronavirus and more than 100 resigned or retired.

Homeschooling is surging in the United States as many public schools have faltered in their reopening plans.

Teachers in Arizona have staged a “sickout” that has forced a Phoenix-area school district to abandon its plans to reopen due to “insufficient staffing levels.”

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Attorney General William Barr said that if you want an example of racism in the United States, “look no further than our public education system. That’s a racist system, maintained by

Education media are reporting that most of the nation’s large public school districts have opted for a totally remote learning model this fall as concerns about the Chinese coronavirus continue.

Teachers’ unions and socialist groups say they will resist school openings unless their safety and social justice funding demands are met.

State Rep. LaShawn K. Ford (D) urged the Illinois Board of Education to end U.S. history classes in the state’s public schools.

A tool being promoted to school counselors includes BLM activism materials and the NYT’ “1619 Project,” which claims America was founded on slavery.

Dr. Anthony Fauci told teachers’ union members they will be “part of the experiment” as the country learns more about the coronavirus.

The nation’s largest teachers’ union says many of its members are preparing for a return to school with “living wills and life insurance.”

A Michigan school board approved a Black Lives Matter resolution stating it is “a primarily white” district created from “racist” policies.

The New York Times is releasing a new podcast series about how white parents are preventing minority children from succeeding in schools.

NAACP CEO Derrick Johnson accused Education Secretary Betsy DeVos of “robbing from the poor to benefit the rich” as his organization joined a series of lawsuits that seek to block coronavirus relief funds from being granted to private as well as public schools.

Many parents seeking a plan for their child’s education as the coronavirus crisis continues are choosing “microschooling” and private tutors.

Parents are pushing past politics and creating their own learning environments for their children — many of which involve home education.

Children rarely transmit the Chinese coronavirus and, therefore, schools should reopen, according to a recently published study in the American Academy of Pediatrics journal, Pediatrics.

Joe Biden tweeted it’s “just plain dangerous” for schools to reopen, a statement that goes against the “science” as explained by a number of doctors.

Schools in Philadelphia will not resume full in-person learning following months of school closures,  instead choosing a hybrid schedule that will have students receiving face-to-face instruction only two times per week.

The Houston Independent School District (HISD) announced this week that it will kick off the 2020-2021 academic year with remote learning and open the doors for students in mid-to-late October.

Public schools in Richmond, Virginia, will not reopen their doors this fall following a decision from the Richmond School Board, which voted to kick off the year with an entirely virtual experience for students.