Tag: education

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona Won’t Say Parents Are ‘Primary’ Stakeholders in Children’s Education

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona refused to say at a congressional hearing that parents are the “primary” stakeholders in their children’s education. Near the end of his Sept. 30 hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Cardona was asked by Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) about what he thinks of parents…


California to Require COVID-19 Vaccine for Students to Attend Schools

California students will be required to receive the COVID-19 vaccine to attend school once the vaccines have received full approval by the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Oct 1. The government has fully approved the COVID-19 vaccine for individuals ages 16 and older, meaning all upper-class high school students…


School Boards Ask Biden Admin to Treat Parents’ Protests as ‘Domestic Terrorism’

The national organization of public school boards is calling on the Biden administration to protect its members from “angry mobs” of parents who protest against COVID-19 restrictions placed on students and the teaching of critical race theory, characterizing the protests as “domestic terrorism.” The National School Boards Association (NSBA), which represents more than 90,000 school…


Senate Passes Bill to Avert Shutdown in Bipartisan Vote

On Thursday, Senate Republicans joined with Democrats to pass a stopgap bill to fund the government through December, averting a government shutdown set to begin in the early hours of Friday morning. However, the bill fails to address the debt ceiling, which Republicans have said they will not vote to raise. On Monday, Republicans showed…


Congress Passes Bill to Avert Shutdown in Bipartisan Vote

On Thursday, Senate Republicans joined with Democrats to pass a stopgap bill to fund the government through December, averting a government shutdown set to begin in the early hours of Friday morning. The House later aligned with the Senate, voting 254–175 to avert a government shutdown. However, the bill fails to address the debt ceiling,…


Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections Disrupt ‘Aladdin’ Reopening, In-person Harvard Classes

Breakthrough COVID-19 infections canceled a Broadway performance of “Aladdin” a day after it reopened for the first time in more than a year due to the pandemic. Producers of the Disney-backed performance told the audience at 7 p.m. on Wednesday that its testing protocols detected CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus cases at The New Amsterdam…


Summer Spike in COVID-19 Child Hospitalizations Reverses as School Year Starts

The summer increase in hospitalizations among children with COVID-19 has rapidly reversed right around the start of the school year. Children have consistently been among the least likely to fall seriously ill of COVID. Back in June, about one in a million children were admitted to hospital with a confirmed infection every day, according to…


Lawsuit Targets Michigan’s Restriction on Public Funds Paying for Private, Religious Education

The Mackinac Center Legal Foundation partnered with Bursch Law to file a lawsuit alleging Michigan’s restriction on the use of public funds to pay for private education is unconstitutional. Five Michigan families and the Parent Advocates for Choice in Education (PACE) Foundation, a nonprofit supporting the rights of Michigan parents to provide educational opportunities for…


Virginia Gov. Candidate Argues Parents Shouldn’t Have a Say in What Public Schools Teach

Virginia’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe argued that parents should not tell schools what to teach, during the final debate before the upcoming Nov. 2 election. The remark by McAuliffe, who served as governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018, came after Republican candidate Glenn Youngkins said he believes that parents should be given more…


Pennsylvania Senate Republicans Aim to Put Masking Decision in Parental Hands

The Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee Tuesday approved a plan that provides parental control over masking decisions in school. Senate Bill 846 next goes before the full Senate for consideration. Republican senators Doug Mastriano and Judy Ward cosponsored the bill which would allow parents or legal guardians to opt their child out of wearing a face…