Tag: education

Chinese State-Run Media Creates Cartoon Aimed at Educating American Children With Critical Race Theory

Recently, Wisconsin-based nonprofit Mythinformed, which works to limit the effects of authoritarian ideology, posted a tweet warning that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Beijing is “promoting woke ideology” targeting American children, referring to a cartoon video created by the regime’s English-language broadcaster China Global Television Network (CGTN) in September 2020. CGTN promoted critical race theory (CRT) in…


Judge Orders UC Berkeley to Freeze Enrollment Over Impact on Surrounding Community

A judge has ordered the University of California, Berkeley, to freeze next year’s enrollment at last year’s level and immediately pause an academic building and faculty housing project, citing potential negative effects on surrounding neighborhoods. In Tuesday’s decision, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Brad Seligman sided with a group of residents living near the UC…


Philadelphia School Board Votes to Require COVID-19 Vaccination for All Employees

The Philadelphia School Board has voted unanimously to require COVID-19 vaccinations for 20,000 employees of the public school district, which is set to fully reopen for the first time since last March. The decision, which came during a special session on Tuesday night, will not go into effect immediately. Philadelphia school officials will meet with…


Back to What Kind of School?

Commentary When I was in public school, a TV ad asked: “It’s 10 o’clock Do you know where your children are?” Here’s a better question for today: Do you know what your children are being taught and exposed to in their schools?” This summer’s controversy over the teaching of critical race theory and whether to…


Nevada College Students Must Get COVID-19 Vaccines to Enroll for Spring 2022

Health officials in Nevada are requiring all students at the state’s public universities and colleges to show proof of COVID-19 vaccinations in order to enroll in classes for the spring semester. The new policy, which was unanimously approved on Aug. 20 by the Nevada Board of Health at an emergency meeting, adds the requirement into…


Illinois Punishes 39 Public School Districts for Not Imposing Mask Mandates

CHICAGO—The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has punished 39 public school districts with a total enrollment of nearly 30,000 students as of Aug. 23 for not following Governor J.B. Pritzker’s school mask mandate, according to ISBE records. The schools have been placed on probation. If they don’t conform to the mask mandate in two…


Illinois Punishes 37 Public School Districts for Not Imposing Mask Mandates

CHICAGO—The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has punished 37 public school districts with a total enrollment of nearly 30,000 students as of Aug. 23 for not following Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s school mask mandate, according to ISBE records. The schools have been placed on probation. If they don’t conform to the mask mandate within two…


Rice University Discovers Inaccurate COVID-19 Positive Rate After Delaying In-person Classes

Rice University in Houston, Texas, announced last week that the first two weeks of the fall semester would be moved online because of a higher number of COVID-19 cases among students. It now says the data the decision was based upon is flawed. In an Aug. 22 letter to the campus community, Rice’s Vice President…


Rice University Discovers Inaccurate COVID-19 Positivity Rate After Delaying In-Person Classes

Rice University in Houston, Texas, announced last week that the first two weeks of the fall semester would be moved online because of a high number of COVID-19 cases among students. It now says the data the decision was based upon were flawed. In an Aug. 22 letter to the campus community, Rice’s Vice President…


Biden Administration Grants Student Loan Interest Waiver to 47,000 Service Members

The Biden administration announced on Friday that it has retroactively waived interest on federal student loans held by more than 47,000 current and former military service members. Under federal law, service members deployed to overseas combat zones where they’re subject to imminent danger or hostile fire can have their interest waived on loans such as…