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Ohio Bill Lowering Training Requirements for Armed Teachers Moves Forward

The Ohio state legislature is considering a bill that would dramatically lower training requirements for teachers who wish to carry guns at school. Under current Ohio law, individual school districts are able decide whether teachers and staff members can arm themselves. In June 2021, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled 4–3 that any school employee who…


Parents Distressed Due to Mandatory Child Vaccination in California Schools

Numerous parents and students in California are distressed due to school vaccine mandates and their inability to refuse the potentially dangerous shots. Mary Kelly Sutton, MD is a doctor who like many others questioned the mandatory vaccination policies and was punished by state health authorities as a result. Dr. Sutton has been providing medical care…


US Military Base Cancels ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ for Kids After Pressure from Senator

An overseas U.S. Air Force Base has canceled a children’s storytime hour program featuring a drag queen after a Republican congressman demanded the show be dropped. The Ramstein U.S. Air Force Base in Germany canceled the event initially planned for June 2 called “Drag Queen Story Time” after Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) sent a letter…


Despite Hormone Therapy, Transgender Athletes Have Unfair Advantage Over Biological Women: Doctors

Male-born transgender athletes retain their physical advantages over biological female opponents, even after taking testosterone suppressants, doctors said. In an interview with The New York Times, a Mayo Clinic doctor, an international physiologist, and a Harvard University evolutionary biologist offered their take on the performance of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who competed as a woman…


Failing Grades Jump at San Francisco’s Top High School After Merit-Based Admissions Replaced by Lottery

San Francisco’s Lowell High School, one of the top-performing public schools on the West Coast, has reported a spike in failing grades among students after replacing its academics-based admissions system with a lottery. Lowell used to be the only school in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) where admissions were determined by a student’s…


Candidate for California Schools Superintendent Wants to Add Great Chinese Famine to Curriculum

George Yang is a Chinese immigrant. As a candidate running for California Superintendent of Public Instructions, he wants to ensure that all students in the public schools will learn about the Great Chinese Famine. “We, right now in the United States, only talk about the Holocaust,” said Yang during a phone interview with The Epoch…


California State Superintendent Candidate Proposes to Include the Great Chinese Famine in School Curriculum

George Yang is a Chinese immigrant. As a candidate running for California Superintendent of Public Instructions, he wants to ensure that all students in the public schools will learn about the Great Chinese Famine. “We, right now in the United States, only talk about the Holocaust,” said Yang during a phone interview with The Epoch…


Lawsuit Would Restore Parental Rights: Candidate for Congress Tommy Altman

Tommy Altman, an Air Force veteran running for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for Virginia’s 2nd district, recently filed a lawsuit over a sexually explicit book that has made its way into some Virginia public schools. Altman believes that parents have the right to decide if their child views a book that…


Genius Move? NYC’s Black Mayor Bucks Progressives on the Racial Chessboard of ‘Gifted’ Education

Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to save accelerated education in New York City from progressive critics begins with students like Cassy Thime’s daughter: a black second-grader who would thrive in a gifted classroom that today includes few kids of color. “She’s a top student and a gifted program will give her a more rigorous education and…


Education Secretary Refuses to Say If School Should Hide Child’s Gender Transition From Parents

As parents nationwide call for greater transparency in public schools, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona repeatedly dodged a question about whether parents should be informed if their child is undergoing a gender transition at school. During a virtual hearing on May 26, Cardona testified before the House Education Committee on his department’s budget request…