America’s education system has failed, according to a teacher and charter school enthusiast. And now parents search for new schools, surveys show. “The goal of the education system today is no longer to educate. It’s to do everything but that,” Dan Fisher told the Epoch Times. Fisher teaches 10th grade at a high school whose…
School System Failing And Is No Longer There to Educate, Says Teacher
Los Angeles Unified Attendance for Acceleration Days Lower Than Expected: Report
January 19, 2023
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A new report on Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) so-called acceleration days show that while thousands of students attended the bonus days over winter break, the numbers were lower than initially reported by the district. The districts first of several acceleration days, held on Dec. 19 and 20, are a part of Superintendent Alberto…
Florida’s New All-Republican Cabinet Helps DeSantis Advance Anti-Woke Agenda
January 19, 2023
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News Analysis On Jan. 17, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met with the Florida cabinet for the first time in his second term, he experienced something he hadn’t known during the entirety of his first term. There were no Democrats in the cabinet to challenge his anti-woke agenda. So without opposition, DeSantis and the Board…
Shapiro Talks Abortion Access in Pennsylvania With Planned Parenthood
January 19, 2023
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In his first week as Pennsylvania’s governor, Josh Shapiro has put abortion on the front burner. He highlighted abortion in his inauguration speech, and on the third day of his administration, he hosted Planned Parenthood leadership for a conversation on expanding abortion access. “Planned Parenthood PA’s executive director and the CEOs of all three Planned…
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee Introduces Bill Criminalizing Speech Deemed ‘White Supremacist’
January 19, 2023
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Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) has introduced the Leading Against White Supremacy (LAWS) Act of 2023, a bill that would criminalize speech around certain topics and label it “hate speech.” The Texas Democrat filed HR 61 “to expand the scope of hate crimes” and “to prevent and prosecute white supremacy inspired hate crime and conspiracy…
US ‘Most Permissive’ for Children’s Gender Transition While Europe Pulls Back, Study Shows
January 19, 2023
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The United States is the “most permissive country” for legal and medical gender transition of children, according to a new study. The report, released on Monday by Do No Harm, a group that seeks to insulate the health care profession from “radical, diverse, and discriminatory ideology,” compared the United States with 11 Northern and Western…
Nebraska’s ‘Let Them Grow Bill’ Would Ban Childhood Gender Treatments
January 18, 2023
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Nebraska lawmakers are considering two gender-related bills; one that bans gender change treatments for minors and another that prevents different biological genders from commingling in sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms. The “Let Them Grow Act” prohibits gender-altering procedures for individuals younger than 19, including surgical and hormone treatments such as puberty-blocking drugs. “The state has…
The Great Dropout: Why 1.4 Million Children Left Public Schools in 2020 and Where They Went
Over a million children left public schools in 2020, a migration that came on the heels of school lockdowns and masking requirements, and was hastened by increased parental dissatisfaction with K-12 education. Enrollment in U.S. public schools declined by 1.4 million students between fall 2019 and fall 2020, dipping to 49.4 million, a loss of…
Deaf Student Neglected by Michigan Schools Should Be Able to Sue Under Anti-Discrimination Law, SCOTUS Hears
January 18, 2023
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A public school system in Michigan wronged a deaf student by failing to properly educate him, and the student was justified in suing the system under two federal laws, the Supreme Court heard on Jan. 18. The hearing came as parents nationwide have become increasingly protective of the rights of their children and are taking…
Gov. Youngkin Announces Proposal to Protect Student Achievement Against Merit Withholders
Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that he had requested Republican state legislators to introduce a new bill to “require Virginia schools to inform students and their parents about National Merit Scholarships and other awards.” “We now know that at least 16 schools across three different school divisions in Northern Virginia withheld notification of accolades…
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