Virginia is trying to join the nearly dozen states that have implemented school choice programs to allow taxpayer funds to follow the families via education savings accounts by allowing parents to use an annual fund for the education package of their choice, with the ultimate goal being to improve students’ education outcomes. At the start…
Virginia Delegates All Want Improved Education Outcomes, but Not School Choice
January 13, 2023
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Public School Enrollment Drops By 1.4 Million Students Posing Financial Challenges For Big Cities
Enrollment in U.S. public schools saw a one-year drop of 1.4 million in the fall of 2020, hitting a 10-year low of 49.4 million students. The sudden decline followed annual growth averaging 3 percent for more than a decade. Although enrollment rebounded slightly in 2021, it remains at its lowest level since 2010 prompting some…
Washington Community Divided Over Gay Pride Flag in Schools
Washington state’s Kennewick School District Board will hold a final vote this month on a policy limiting the size, number, and placement of all flags except the U.S. flag in school classrooms. The action was prompted by parent and student complaints about the prominent display of the gay pride flag in some classrooms and has…
‘A Free Speech Victory’ in a ‘Very Dark World’: Loudoun County Father Arrested at 2021 School Board Meeting Reacts to Acquittal
January 12, 2023
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Jon Tigges, the Loudoun County father arrested at a heated school board meeting in June 2021, was found not guilty of trespassing. On Jan. 4, a judge at the Loudoun County Circuit Court ruled so, overturning a guilty determination by a lower court. Tigges was arrested and charged with trespassing for refusing to leave the…
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Signs Executive Order Banning the Word ‘Latinx’ From Government Documents
January 12, 2023
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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order on Tuesday prohibiting the word “Latinx” from official use in the state government. The order (pdf), which was among several Sanders signed, came just hours after she was sworn in as the new governor. The order states that ethnically insensitive and pejorative language “has no place in official government…
Arkansas Gov. Sanders Bans ‘Latinx’ From Government Documents
January 12, 2023
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Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order on Tuesday prohibiting the word “Latinx” from official use in the state government. The order (pdf), which was among several Sanders signed, came just hours after she was sworn in as the new governor. The order states that ethnically insensitive and pejorative language “has no place in official government…
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Signs Executive Order Banning CRT
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order banning indoctrination and critical race theory (CRT) in the state after being sworn in as governor. Schools must “educate, not indoctrinate” students and that the state’s education policies need to “protect children and prepare them to enter the workforce,” according to the executive order, obtained by…
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders Signs Executive Order Banning CRT in Arkansas
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed an executive order banning indoctrination and critical race theory (CRT) in the state after being sworn in as governor. Schools must “educate, not indoctrinate” students and that the state’s education policies need to “protect children and prepare them to enter the workforce,” according to the executive order, obtained by…
School Choice a Matter of State Lines for Tennessee and Kentucky
School choice, the policy debate surrounding using public education funds to allow students to attend a range of alternatives to traditional public schools, has become more widespread in the United States over the past few years. While 18 states have taken no action on school choice, according to school choice nonprofit EdChoice, other states have…
Virginia Parents Demand Accountability Over Delayed National Merit Award Notifications
MCLEAN, Va.—Fairfax County parents demanded accountability and transparency on Tuesday at a meeting with the division superintendent regarding delayed award notifications at Langley High School, ranked No. 2 in the Commonwealth. Many of them saw the delay not as a one-time human error, as stated by the school system, but as a component in the…
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