Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has sided in a lawsuit with a high school French teacher who was fired for not using male pronouns for a female student. In a brief filed on May 24, Miyares said the public school district “transgresses Virginia’s longstanding constitutional protections” when it punished a teacher for “refusing to express…
Virginia AG Sides With High School Teacher Fired for Rejecting Transgender Pronoun Demands
‘No to Gender Politics:’ Virginia Fairfax County Parents Protest Pro-Transgender Elementary School Push
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—Parents protested on Thursday Fairfax County Public Schools’ latest pro-transgender push to include gender identity topics in elementary school sex education and new rules to discipline students who don’t refer to a transgender person by the person’s preferred name or gender, whether accidentally or intentionally. These changes may be up for a school…
More Corporations Removed From ‘GenderCool’ Website Following State Farm Exit
A day after insurance company State Farm ended its partnership with an organization aimed at promoting transgender ideology among children, multiple corporations and a federal agency have been deleted from the project’s partner page. State Farm announced May 24 that it had withdrawn support for the “philanthropic” program GenderCool, which pushed for distributing books on…
‘Knowledge is Power’: Constitutional Scholar Strives to Educate the Public and Rein in the Federal Government
Christin McMasters’ strategy for teaching about the U.S. Constitution is first to establish a foundation by answering why we have a government, and from there, why we have a constitution. McMasters, also known as The Liberty Belle via her blog, has initiated a North Carolina-based constitutional-advocacy crusade to answer those questions in classes, speaking engagements,…
San Francisco School District Drops ‘Chief’ From Job Titles, Cites Native American Concerns
San Francisco’s public school district, which not too long ago underwent a recall election fueled by its controversial priorities, said it will remove the word “chief” from all job titles to avoid offending the Native American community. Gentle Blythe, a spokesperson for San Francisco Unified Schools District (SFUSD) told the San Francisco Chronicle that the…
New York Calls Off US History Test, Says Content May Trigger ‘Trauma’ Related to Buffalo Shooting
New York State’s standardized exam for U.S. history has been canceled because of content that could potentially “compound student trauma caused by the recent violence in Buffalo,” education officials announced on Tuesday. Originally scheduled for June 1, the New York State U.S. History Regents Exam had already been printed and packaged for shipment to individual…
Judge Tosses Racial Justice Activists’ Bid to End NYC Gifted & Talented Program
New York State Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit seeking to end New York City’s Gifted & Talented (G&T) programs for young children, which a racial justice advocacy group accused of exacerbating racial segregation in the city. The March 2021 suit was brought against New York City in March 2021 by youth group IntegrateNYC on…
North Carolina Republicans Push Parents’ Bill of Rights That Bans K-3 Sex, Gender curriculum
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have pushed forward a bill to protect parents’ rights to direct their children’s upbringing, including the right to be informed of conversations the school has with their child about sex and gender. The bill, similar to one that recently became law in Florida, would ban public school curricula for grades…
US Schools Facing Mass Exodus of Teachers Who Won’t Return This Fall
With the end of the academic year in sight, an overwhelming number of educators are planning to close the book on their teaching careers. Much of this stems from post-pandemic classroom behavioral challenges with students and ongoing staff shortages that create excessive workloads for teachers. Many educators who have 25 years or more under their…
Tell-All Report Leads the Texas Association of School Boards to Quit National Body
A nonprofit that serves local school boards in Texas joins 22 other states in withdrawing from the National School Boards Association (NSBA) after a Sept. 29, 2021 letter sent to U.S. President Joe Biden was thoroughly analyzed. Funding for the Texas Association of Schools Boards (TASB) membership renewal for the upcoming year would have been…
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