Tag: Education & Family News

Conservatives and Union Members Battle For Control of Town’s Schools

Conservatives and a teachers union have squared off over a small Colorado town’s schools. After years with no contested school board election, a conservative slate last November took four of five seats on the Woodland Park School Board in Teller County outside Colorado Springs. They started delivering on campaign promises quickly but just as quickly…


LA Unified Scales Back Indoor Masking, Weekly COVID Testing for Upcoming School Year

The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will scale back most of its COVID-19 measures—including the mask mandate and weekly testing—for the upcoming school year. The LAUSD announced these changes just two weeks before the start of the fall semester on Aug 15. “As we have entered into a new phase of this virus where…


Oklahoma Schools Require ‘Biological Sex Affidavit’ for Student-Athletes

Oklahoma public schools now require a sworn statement to verify a student’s sex assigned at birth to determine their eligibility to compete in school sports, enforcing a state law passed earlier this year. Last week, a photo of an affidavit issued by Woodall Public Schools went viral after a Twitter user shared it online. The…


Caltech Applicants Won’t Need SAT, ACT Until 2025

California Technology Institute (Caltech) announced on July 27 that the school will not require first-year applicants to submit their SAT and ACT scores through 2025. The prestigious private research institution in Pasadena announced a two-year moratorium on SAT and ACT requirements in June 2020, saying the action was a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jared Leadbetter,…


Analysis: Deep-Rooted Marxism in American Education Corrupting Youth—With Sheri Few

We explore the deep root of Marxism in American education. At the same time, is a deep transformation taking place in American education? Parents are fighting back against critical race theory (CRT) being taught in classrooms. But it’s worth exploring where this all started, of communism in education: where teachers are either tools of brainwashing…


Up to 20,000 Students Missing From LA Unified Enrollment Rosters

Between 10,000 and 20,000 students are missing from the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) enrollment rosters—just two weeks before the start of the 2022–23 school year. District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho said last week at a press conference the number of students unaccounted for is likely due to obstacles that block them from attending school,…


California Private Universities Can Now Expel or Punish Trespassers

A bill Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed into law on July 19 grants private universities the same state authority public schools enjoy to expel or punish trespassers. The law was enacted as an urgency statute, meaning it took effect immediately. “This bill recognizes that the nonprofit sector of higher education has similar responsibilities and is…


Schmitt Wins Hotly Contested US Senate Primary in Missouri

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the Republican Senate primary race on Aug. 2, bringing the expensive, hard-fought race to a conclusion. Polls closed in the race at 7 p.m. CST. The outcome was announced shortly after 8 PM CST, with Schmitt receiving 41.6 percent of the vote with 6.3 percent counted, according to AP….


Schmitt Wins Hotly Contested US Senate Primary in Missouri, Will Face Valentine

Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the Republican Senate primary race on Aug. 2, bringing the expensive, hard-fought race to a conclusion. Polls closed in the race at 7 p.m. CST. Decision Desk HQ called the race for Schmitt roughly an hour later. Schmitt will be facing the winner of the Democratic primary, Trudy Busch…


Republican Senators Question Biden Admin’s Title IX Revisions: ‘Unsafe and Unfair’ for Women, Girls

Six Republican senators are contesting Education Secretary Miguel Cardona on proposed changes to Title IX regulations, citing a “disturbing likelihood” that his department’s reinterpretation of those rules would force radical sex and gender ideologies upon K-12 schools across the nation. The Education Department in June announced an overhaul of Title IX, the federal law that…