Tag: education

States Can’t Block Federal Funds for School Districts That Mandate Masks: Ed Sec

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Monday that public schools that impose mask mandates in defiance of state laws or executive orders can’t be denied federal funding, as the political battle over masking requirements in schools roils on. Cardona’s remarks, made in an Aug. 22 interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” come amid controversy over school…


Florida Students Placed in Isolation or Quarantined Due Over New COVID-19 Protocols

As schools reopened in Florida, several parents in Flagler County received weekend phone calls saying their children were on “a list” because they “may” have been exposed to someone who “may” have had COVID-19. Some parents were told their children could not return to school until they passed a series of COVID-19 tests. Other children…


Florida Students Placed in Isolation or Quarantined Over New COVID-19 Protocols

As schools reopened in Florida, several parents in Flagler County received weekend phone calls saying their children were on “a list” because they “may” have been exposed to someone who “may” have had COVID-19. Some parents were told their children could not return to school until they passed a series of COVID-19 tests. Other children…


Social Media, Schools, and the Secret Rise of Transgender Children: The New ‘Social Contagion’

In the midst of the isolation that ensued due to COVID-19 quarantines and school lockdowns, some parents have described how a new “social contagion” crept quietly into homes to infect and transform their children. It was given a name in a 2018 study: rapid-onset gender dysphoria. Now, parents are sounding the alarm. In September 2020, January…


Judge Allows Lawsuits Over University of Delaware’s COVID-19 Shutdown to Proceed

A federal judge on Friday ruled in favor of a group of University of Delaware students and their parents, allowing them to press claims that the university breached its contract and “unjustly enriched itself” by ending in-person classes and services in response to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic last spring. The University of…


Texas Parents Seeking to Homeschool Increases Five-Fold From 2020 Record

The number of Texas families pulling their children out of public schools and pursuing homeschooling in one week this month is five times greater than the same time period last year, the Texas Homeschool Coalition reports. “We are literally inundated with calls and emails from thousands upon thousands of families asking how they can begin…


Pennsylvania Lawsuit Puts Schools’ Responses to Sexual Abuse Reports Under Crosshairs

A Pennsylvania lawsuit has lawmakers looking closer at how schools should respond to reports of sexual abuse. A former North Penn School District student is suing a suburban Philadelphia school for failing to protect her from a male classmate who she says sexually assaulted her over 20 times between elementary school and high school during…


University of Virginia Disenrolls Students for Non-Compliance With Vaccine Mandate

The University of Virginia (UVA) has disenrolled 238 students for failing to comply with the school’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to reports. Brian Coy, UVA spokesman, told The Washington Post that 49 of the students disenrolled had actually registered for fall classes, “meaning that a good number of the remaining 189 may not have been planning…


University of Virginia Disenrolls Students for Noncompliance With Vaccine Mandate

The University of Virginia (UVA) has disenrolled 238 students for failing to comply with the school’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to reports. University spokesman Brian Coy told The Washington Post that 49 of the students disenrolled had actually registered for fall classes, “meaning that a good number of the remaining 189 may not have been planning to…


Florida Education Board Gives 2 Counties 48 Hours to Comply With Mask Order

Florida’s education commissioner issued an order to Broward and Alachua counties’ school board officials, saying they have 48 hours to comply with the state’s mandate to allow parents and students to opt out of wearing masks. “It is important to remember that this issue is about ensuring local school board members, elected politicians, follow the…