Texas School Police Referred Tens of Thousands of Children to Prosecutors for Minor Misbehavior
A media investigation found criminal referrals of schoolchildren age 10 to 13 grew as the number of school resource officers in Texas likewise ballooned.
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Ohio Court Strikes Down a Scholarship Program That Supports More Than 100,000 Families
The court called school choice a "misnomer." The Ohio Supreme Court may get the last word.
Let Charter Schools Be as Flexible as Microschools
Universal education savings accounts are giving families unprecedented choice in education. Now let's give charters a chance to catch up with the marketplace.
A Missouri School District Censored a Parent's Negative Facebook Emoji Because It Was 'Upsetting'
Annie Palmer was banned from the district's Facebook page for expressing her displeasure at the hiring of a new elementary school principal.
The Biggest Expansion of School Choice Yet Is Coming in January
Starting next year, a dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $1,700 will fund K–12 scholarships. Thirty states have opted in, but many Democratic governors are holding out.
These Minnesota Parents Were Censored at a Public Meeting for Saying School Employees' Job Titles
"You can't talk about the superintendent," a Foley Public School Board official told Blake and Katy DeMarais when they tried to advocate for their disabled and nonverbal son.
The Millennial Internet Is Dead, and Politicians Killed It.
Social media use is declining, and what's left has shifted from conversation to passive scrolling.
How Nikole Hannah-Jones Gets School Choice All Wrong
Robert Pondiscio discusses the competence crisis in public schools, the limits of school choice, and the importance of parental involvement in education.
The War on Gifted Education Is Hurting Poor Kids
Schools are ending gifted and talented programs in low-income areas, leaving “kids who are poor but academically gifted” to “suffer the worst of both worlds,” says education researcher Michael Petrilli.
Does CNN Deserve To Be Banned From the White House?
Plus: why parents are abandoning public schools, whether AI requires government intervention, and what happened to fusionism in the conservative movement.
Restoring Childhood Says It's Not Smartphones Making Teens Miserable. It's School.
Computers, video games, and the internet actually helped "restore childhood" in the 1990s, suggests psychologist Peter Gray in a new book. Then changes to our education system reversed those gains.
Why Public Schools Lost 1.4 Million Students
Plus: J.D. Vance wants to pay stay-at-home parents, what America got wrong after 9/11, and whether FDA cuts are putting food safety at risk
Mamdani Bans the Robot Teachers
Plus: Times Square stabbing, free-range kids case, Gloria Steinem dies, and more...
Invasion of the Robot Teachers
New Mexico required kindergarten through second-grade students to learn literacy skills from a purple-haired AI avatar called Amira. Parents are pushing back.
Texas Moves To Protect Kids—and Women—From 'Demonic' Sex Education Book
The book is part of a wider spate of "dirty" and "vulgar" books that authorities want yanked, including an educational book that mentions animal penis sizes and classic literature by authors like Tennessee Williams and Maya Angelou.
Lawsuit Argues That School Choice Is a First Amendment Issue
Nebraska plaintiffs say the state can’t mandate education and also control what kids are taught.
A New Jersey News Outlet Asks the Courts To Stop a Judge's Censorship
The judge concluded that a high school student's privacy interests trumped freedom of the press.
American Public Schools Lost 1.4 Million Students Since COVID. Their Budgets Grew by 34% Anyway.
Enrollment is down and so are achievement levels, yet spending is up 34 percent.
A New Jersey Judge Defies the First Amendment by Censoring News Coverage of a High School Lockdown
The judge contradicted Supreme Court precedents by ruling that a student's "privacy interests" trumped "the severe constitutional presumption" against prior restraints.
G.T. School's Bet on Gifted Ed: Cash Rewards, 2 Hours of AI Tutoring, No Lectures
Pamela Hobart of G.T. School says a lot of schools are lying to parents.
Leaked Plans Show School Buses Could Become Roaming Surveillance Vehicles
The documents reveal BusPatrol’s plan to equip tens of thousands of school buses with license plate readers and share the data with law enforcement.
A Tennessee Man Jailed for 37 Days Because of an Anti-Trump Meme Will Get $835,000 for His Trouble
Perry County Sheriff Nick Weems preposterously claimed that Larry Bushart had threatened "mass violence" at a school.
Florida Wins the Curriculum Wars
Plus: French ship attacked, pro se on the rise, Mamdani's grocery store, and more...
Anti-Hate Poster Has No Home in Ohio Classroom, Says School District
The poster, which included a rainbow flag, counts as "instruction that includes sexuality content" and triggers an Ohio parents' rights law, the board said.
A Jury Approves Damages After 2 Texas Cops Snatched a Supposedly 'Abandoned' Girl From Her Home
The jurors concluded that the officers violated the Fourth and 14th amendments when they seized a 14-year-old without evidence that she was in danger.
Contrary to Allegations, the Data Show Little Fraud in Arizona School Choice Program
Education freedom is under attack, including baseless accusations.
Court Backs First-Grader in Suit Over School Reaction to 'Any Life' Matters Drawing
Yes, 6-year-old students have First Amendment rights, the 9th Circuit says.
San Francisco Public Schoolteachers Make $79,468 for 184 Days of Work. Now They're Striking for Even More.
All of San Francisco's public schools were shut down Monday thanks to the United Educators strike.
School Choice Week: Arizona Milestone Marks Growing Popularity of School Choice
Over 100,000 students use the state’s portable education funds for private schools and homeschooling.
D.C. Public Schools Still Closed as City Struggles To Clear Roads and Sidewalks
As the district's struggle to clear snow drags on, the case for public infrastructure maintenance becomes weaker.
Uvalde Cop's Acquittal Shows Why It's Hard To Criminalize Failing To Stop a Mass Shooting
A Texas jury found Adrian Gonzales not guilty of endangering children by failing to confront the gunman at Robb Elementary School.
Brett Kavanaugh Is Rightly Skeptical of a Nationwide Ruling on Trans Athletes
State lawmakers should be more skeptical of overly broad laws, too.
A School District Cop Allegedly Did Nothing To Stop the Uvalde Mass Shooting. Was That Failure a Crime?
Adrian Gonzales is on trial for acts of "omission" that prosecutors say amounted to 29 felony counts of child endangerment.
