Tag: education

Tennessee House Passes Partisan School Board Elections Bill

A bill that would introduce party labels into local school board elections is advancing through Tennessee’s state legislature. House Bill 9072, sponsored by Republican state Rep. Scott Cepicky, would allow political parties to nominate candidates for school board membership and school board candidates to campaign as a nominee or representative of a party. Under the…


Speaker Removed From Florida School Board Meeting After Reading Sex Scene From School Library Book

The Orange County School Board in Florida removed a speaker from a board meeting after the man read a sexually explicit passage from a book that was available in local school libraries. In a video recorded on Oct. 26 by a member of the Orange County chapter of pro-parental rights group Moms for Liberty, a…


Democratic Reconciliation Bill Would Require Certain College Degrees to Teach Pre-School

Preschool teachers would be forced to obtain a certain college degree if a new Democratic bill is passed by Congress. Tucked inside the 2,468-page spending bill (pdf) unveiled this week is a provision that says minimum standards for preschool teachers would require lead teachers to “a baccalaureate degree in early childhood education or a related field…


‘No Left Turn’ Advocates Defending Freedom in American Education

The event “Defending Freedom in American Education,” held by a non-profit organization in Georgia on Oct. 23, addressed how parents can oppose Critical Race Theory (CRT), eradicate the harmful indoctrination, and preserve American values and principles in schools. “We are vocal. We are loud. We are tenacious. We must be heard. But we are civil….


Minnesota School Board Demands Parents Announce Their Addresses in Order to Speak at Meetings

A Minnesota school board is facing criticism because of new policies for public comment sessions at its meetings, including requiring that commenters state their home address in order to speak. The Mankato Area Public School Board updated its open forum guidelines earlier this month, but only sparked controversy recently after video footage of an Oct….


Texas House Republican Investigates School Library Books About Race, Sex

A Texas House committee is investigating school library books in the wake of a new law that bans the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in public schools. State Rep. Matt Krause, a Republican who chairs the House Committee on General Investigating, wrote on Oct. 25 to the Texas Education Agency and a group of…


Florida Parents File Lawsuit for Violation of Parental Rights to Stop Secret Transgender-Affirming ‘Guidance’

The parents of a Leon County school student have filed a lawsuit against school officials for violation of parental rights in an effort to stop enforcement of the district’s transgender-affirming “guidance” for their minor-aged daughter that was kept secret from the parents. The Plan As reported by The Epoch Times in August, January Littlejohn of…


Louisiana Lifts Mask Mandate, Except for Schools Allowing Parents Opt Students Out of Quarantine

Louisiana is going to lift the statewide indoor mask mandate, except for schools that allow parents to decide whether to quarantine their kids after a COVID-19 exposure in the classroom, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday. “I stand here today optimistic, relieved that the worst of the fourth surge is very clearly behind us now,”…


Louisiana Lifts Mask Mandate, Except for Schools Allowing Parents to Opt Students out of Quarantine

Louisiana is going to lift the statewide indoor mask mandate, except for schools that allow parents to decide whether to quarantine their kids after a COVID-19 exposure in the classroom, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced Tuesday. “I stand here today optimistic, relieved that the worst of the fourth surge is very clearly behind us now,”…


Give America a New Birth of Freedom in Virginia

Commentary The joke goes that a slip of the tongue for a politician means that they accidentally said what they actually believe. Now Democrats are trying to clean up the mess created by Virginia Democratic candidate for governor, Terry McAuliffe, when he said in a debate on Sept. 28, “I don’t think parents should be…