New York State and city together have paid drag performers over $200,000 for appearances in New York City public schools since 2018, a report says. Drag Story Hour NYC, an organization previously known as Drag Queen Story Hour NYC, has received $50,000 from the state’s Council on the Arts, as well as $157,000 from the…
New York State, City Paid $200,000 for Drag Queens Reading to Kids at Public Schools, Records Show
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Lied About CRT Content Collaboration: Watchdog Group
An education watchdog group is calling for an audit of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) after obtaining emails indicating that, despite its denial of such awareness, the department might have known about critical race theory (CRT) content incorporated in a professional development program for pre-kindergarten teachers of disabled children. The $7 million…
Republican 2023 Budget Proposal Calls for Critical Race Theory Ban in Education, Military
June 12, 2022
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For the first time, House Republicans have included in their annual budget proposal a ban on federal money being used to promote critical race theory (CRT) in schools and the military. The budget for fiscal year 2023, titled “Blueprint to Save America,” was released Thursday by the Republican Study Committee (RSC), a group of over…
Oregonians Say Education on Wrong Track, Overwhelmingly Support School Choice, Poll Finds
A new poll suggests that Oregon voters are extremely dissatisfied with the state’s K-12 education system and would overwhelmingly support school choice. Of 727 registered voters polled on June 1, just 25 percent of Democrats, 9.7 percent of Republicans, and 14.1 percent of independents believe that Oregon’s public K-12 education system is on the right…
Keeping Schools Open During Pandemic Helped Swedish Children Avoid Learning Loss: Study
There’s no evidence that Sweden’s youngest schoolchildren, who have never had to miss a single day in school because of the COVID pandemic, suffered any drop in their reading skills, a new study suggests. When the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus first hit Sweden, the country’s public health authorities made it clear that daycare centers…
Worry Over Student Surveying Leads Missouri Attorney General to Subpoena Seven School Districts
School surveys that collect information from students and create a perceived need for Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum have caught the attention of Missouri authorities. Attorney General Eric Schmitt issued subpoenas this week to seven school districts that allegedly employ student surveys—created by education companies Panorama and Project Wayfinder—to gather data about parents’ political…
Connecticut Families Challenge ‘Arbitrary’ Religious Exemption Ban for School Vaccines
June 9, 2022
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A lawsuit filed in Connecticut Superior Court is challenging the state’s removal of the religious exemption from mandatory school vaccinations, which families say is not only absurd but also unconstitutional. The lawsuit involves two families, with each of them having one child currently in school under previously granted vaccine exemptions and a younger child unable…
LA Unified Needs to Fill Thousands of Staff, Teacher Vacancies in 2 Months
June 9, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is looking to fill up to 1,000 staff positions and 1,500 teaching positions for the upcoming 2022–23 school year. Open positions are in various areas, including clerical and administration, janitorial services, food services, school safety, transportation, early education, and special education. All applicants must be U.S….
Senate Republicans Push to Reallocate Unused School COVID Relief Funds to Security After Shootings
June 9, 2022
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Republican lawmakers are pushing to reallocate $150 billion of unused COVID relief funds for schools to strengthen physical campus security measures in the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) has partnered with a number of Republican lawmakers on the legislation titled the Safe Schools Act. “While we made some…
Harvard University President Says He Will Step Down in 2023
Harvard President Lawrence Bacow said on Wednesday that he would leave his post in June 2023 after helping shepherd the nation’s oldest university through the COVID pandemic. Bacow, 70, did not give a reason for his decision to step down but said he and his wife, Adele, would be spending more time with their grandchildren….
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