Tag: education

Male Gymnast Sues University of Minnesota for Sex-Based Discrimination After School Cancels Team

A student gymnast at the University of Minnesota is suing the school for sex-based discrimination after it cut the men’s varsity gymnastics team because it believes too many men participate in campus sports given that female students outnumber males. The complaint initiating the lawsuit, Ng v. Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, case…


Parents: Stop Taking out Parent Loans for Your Kids’ College

As a parent, you are responsible for taking care of your child, but you are also responsible for taking care of yourself. Taking out loans so that your child can enroll in the college of her dreams may sink your dreams of ever retiring. Contrary to the advice you will get from many financial aid…


19 Dem AGs Support Student Lawsuit Challenging Trump-Era Title IX Exemption for Religious Colleges

A coalition of 19 Democratic attorneys general has weighed in and favor a legal challenge to Trump-era rules that automatically exempt religious colleges from Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs, if its provisions go against their religious tenets about sexuality and gender. The class action lawsuit was brought…


What Should Children Learn?

If you’ve ever taken a look at the typical course of study today’s school students are required to complete, you might assume that the collection of subjects, the order in which they’re taught, and the resources used to teach them are the result of great study and research by the best educational experts in the…


House Republicans Demand Answers From All 93 US Attorneys on DOJ Memo Targeting Parents

A group of House Republicans are demanding answers from all 93 U.S. attorneys about what steps they have taken since the U.S. Department of Justice issued a memo directing them to potentially crack down on parental protests. “We are continuing to investigate the troubling attempts by the Department of Justice and the White House to…


Texas Governor Asks School Board Group to Remove ‘Pornographic’ Content From School Libraries

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday called on the state’s school board organization to remove books that contain “extremely inappropriate” content from school libraries, citing growing outrage among parents. “A growing number of parents of Texas students are becoming increasingly alarmed about some of the books and other content found in public school libraries,” Abbott…


The Tocqueville Program Fosters Self-Governing Citizens

Commentary Professors Benjamin and Jenna Storey have a motto: “Education must begin from where the students are.” Today, they note, “an increasing number of bright, politically interested young people prefer Karl Marx, Carl Schmitt, and Malcolm X to the ‘Federalist Papers,’ John Stuart Mill, and Martin Luther King, Jr.” While the Storeys find such attractions “obviously troubling,” they also “take…


Glenn Youngkin Vows to Ban Critical Race Theory ‘On Day One’ If Elected Governor of Virginia

Virginia’s gubernatorial race continues to heat up over the influence of critical race theory (CRT) in K-12 education, with Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin vowing to ban the Marxist ideology “on day one” if elected, and his Democratic opponent Terry McAuliffe insisting that it has never been taught in public schools. With only two days to…


New Hampshire School Boards Association Leaves National Organization Over Parent Controversy

The New Hampshire School Boards Association (NHSBA) announced Thursday that it has withdrawn from the national organization following the group’s efforts to target parents. The National School Board Association (NSBA) recently sent a letter to the Biden administration’s Department of Justice that described the actions of parents protesting policies such as critical race theory or…


Loudoun County Sheriff Rejected Superintendent’s Request for Explosive Sweep, ‘Quick Reaction Force’ at Board Meeting

Loudoun County’s sheriff rejected a request by the school district’s superintendent to dramatically ramp up the law enforcement presence at a pair of school board meetings in August, newly released emails show. Scott Ziegler, the superintendent for the Virginia county, asked the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) for three deputies to be inside the administration…