A federal jury on Thursday found a former University of Kansas professor guilty of hiding his employment with a Chinese state-run university while conducting research funded by the U.S. government. Feng “Franklin” Tao, 50, was convicted of three counts of wire fraud and one count of false statements out of the eight counts brought against…
US Jury Convicts University of Kansas Professor for Hiding China Ties
April 8, 2022
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OC Board of Education Reduces Pay of Superintendent
April 7, 2022
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After years of discussion, the Orange County Board of Education voted to lower the pay of county Superintendent Al Mijares on April 6. The board voted 4–1, with Trustee Beckie Gomez voting against, to lower the pay of the superintendent from $467,000 per year to $425,000 per year. The new base pay is $300,000 per…
Proposed Tennessee Legislation Would Ban ‘Obscene Material’ in K–12 Schools
April 7, 2022
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The question of what constitutes obscenity as it applies to material found in K–12 libraries faces conflicting opinions as the Tennessee Senate considers legislation proposing to tackle the issue. Senate Bill 1944 (pdf) would remove the former exclusion of schools from an obscenity law that prohibits showing obscene material to minors, while also holding schools…
LA Unified Hired 1,700 Teachers Without Full Credentials This School Year
April 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—More than three-quarters of the teachers hired by the Los Angeles Unified District (LAUSD) this school year were not fully credentialed, according to a quarterly report by the LAUSD Board of Education. The LAUSD hired 2,336 new teachers during the 2021–22 school year, among whom only 607 teachers, or 26 percent, were fully credentialed…
‘Woke’ Transgender and LGBTQ+ Policies Under Fire in Oregon School District
Republican gubernatorial candidate and mayor of Sandy, Oregon, Stan Pulliam has called out what he describes as a “radical agenda” in the second-largest school district in the state. Salem-Keizer’s Public School’s new LGBTQ+ policies “encourage teachers to embrace the brilliance of the LGBTQ+ community.” Its K-12 curriculum will “work to include gender and sexuality diversity…
Oregon to Require Ethnic Studies for Students in K-12
Oregon’s youngest students will experience a new emphasis on race, identity, and equity as the state incorporates ethnic studies requirements into the social studies curriculum for all students in K-12. It will be the first state to do so. The new focus stems from an Oregon law passed in 2017 that directed the Oregon Department…
Praise and Prick: Pennsylvania Pays Churches to Convince Members to Get Vaccinated
April 6, 2022
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Many who have chosen not to get the COVID-19 shots have cited religious objections. Now Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf’s administration wants church leaders to bring vaccination events into churches. Pennsylvania’s public health leaders want to “harness the power of community trust in statewide faith-based organizations” to convince folks to get a COVID-19 shot. That is…
Biden Extends Pause on Student Loan Payments Through August
April 6, 2022
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President Joe Biden is once again extending the pause on federal student debt repayments, this time through Aug. 31. The pause was initiated with the passage of the CARES Act in March of 2020 under then-President Donald Trump and Biden has maintained the pause throughout his time in office. In total it has saved roughly…
CRT Ideology Used in Schools Degrades the Individual: NYC High School Teacher
Paul Rossi says some level of societal indoctrination is inevitable in education, but when students are taught an explicit political ideology and prohibited from questioning those teachings, the results are damaging, the former teacher said. Rossi, who taught high school mathematics and persuasion at Grace Church School in Manhattan for 10 years, left the school…
New Mexico Announces Tuition-Free Education in Public Colleges
New Mexico has passed a law that allows public university students to receive education without any tuition fees starting from July 1. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, signed the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship Act on March 4 allocating millions of dollars in state funding toward free college education. Reportedly the most wide-reaching free-of-cost college…
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