Public schools
A Victory for Trans Teens as Supreme Court Declines To Hear Appeal in Bathroom Case
The refusal leaves in place a federal court decision favoring trans students' right to insist on accommodation.
High School Cheerleader's Profane Social Media Rant Is Protected Free Speech, Says SCOTUS
First Amendment advocates prevailed in Mahanoy Area School District v. B.L.
Vancouver School Board Is Eliminating Honors Programs To Achieve 'Equity'
"By phasing out these courses, all students will have access to an inclusive model of education."
Juneteenth Is a Good Holiday. Of Course the Government Is Screwing It Up.
Yet more evidence that we are ruled by incompetents.
Don't Ban Critical Race Theory in Education. Embrace School Choice Instead.
It's wrong for politicians to suppress important debates in schools. Instead let families have more control of their kids' educations.
Randi Weingarten Is Very Disappointed That NYC Mayoral Candidate Kathryn Garcia Supports Charter Schools
Yes, that very same Randi Weingarten, the teachers union president who has fought to keep children out of the classroom for the last year.
Plexiglass Barriers Are Everywhere, but They're Probably Useless
There's a good chance they haven't been preventing the spread of COVID, and they might even be counterproductive.
Charter-Hating Democrats Now Relying on Charter Schools To Service Families Reluctant To Go Back Into School Buildings
The one-size-fits-all approach to monopolistic K-12 instruction continues to repel even as COVID-19 recedes.
Randi Weingarten's Hilariously Awful Media Rehabilitation Tour
Teachers union president tries to rebrand as a school-reopener, but parents aren't having it.
Teen Arrested Under Connecticut's Unconstitutional Hate Speech Law for Racist Social Media Post
Calling a classmate a racist slur on Snapchat is offensive. It’s also protected speech.
Americans Don't Want Schools To Punish Off-Campus Speech
Only students support extending the power to penalize speech, raising concerns about what they’re learning in school.
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of 'School Hesitancy'
Shocker: When you keep schools closed, lie about them being death mills, then call opening advocates white supremacists, parents may not be in a hurry to send their kids back to part-time Zoom-in-a-room.
Teachers Unions Use Political Clout To Keep Classrooms Closed
The public school system is a travesty that does not—and cannot—put students first.
In the Name of Equity, California Will Discourage Students Who Are Gifted at Math
The new framework aims to keep everyone learning at the same level for as long as possible.
White House: Schools Should 'Probably' Open in the Fall. Also: 'Maybe,' and 'It Depends.'
Amid message confusion, report shows teachers union fingerprints on the CDC's school reopening guidance.
Voters Have Defeated a Texas School District's Plan To Punish Students for Microaggressions
The opposition to Southlake's plan was understandable.
The Equity Mess
Despite their professed goals, Democrats' pandemic policies have widened disparities between races, classes, and genders.
This School Punished a Cheerleader for an Off-Campus Snapchat. Does That Violate the First Amendment?
The Supreme Court weighs the power of school officials to punish students for off-campus speech.
New York's Failed Political Class Puzzles Over Why Voters Seem To Prefer Outsider Andrew Yang
When government doesn't deliver, voters look for unpolished candidates from outside government. Go figure.
Republicans Open Schools, Democrats Still Keeping Them Closed
The latest data underscore an appallingly partisan split on what should be a more science-based decision.
Can Schools Punish Kids for Off-Campus Snapchats?
"The notion that a school can discipline a student for that kind of...non-harassing expression is contrary to our First Amendment tradition."
Kindergartners Abandoning Public School in Fall 2021, Too
A shocking 12 percent enrollment drop in New York City points to possible long-term structural impacts of the pandemic.
These N.C. Lawmakers Want To Police How Kids Express Their Gender
The latest anti-trans salvo isn't just a treatment ban. It forces school officials to snitch on kids who don't act or dress as their birth sex.
Teachers Unions Extracting Final Payouts Before Schools Reopen
L.A. teachers win $500 childcare concession, though New York union still holding firm on anti-scientific 2-case rule.
An Elite Public High School Changed Its Admissions Standards To Reduce the Asian-American Student Population
In the name of helping racial minorities, officials are adopting a plan that would boost whites at the expense of Asian Americans.
Legislators Override Kentucky Governor's Veto of School Choice Bill
Kentucky is now the 28th state with some form of school choice.
Kentucky Governor Caves to Special Interests, Vetoes School Choice Bill
Gov. Andy Beshear blocked a bill that would have allowed families to cross district lines in pursuit of better schools.
School Calls Child Services on Mom Who Was 7 Minutes Late to Pick Up Her 10-Year-Old Son
"I'm getting it out there to make people aware," said JaNay Dodson in an interview.
Teachers Unions Hate School-Opening Science Now That They Can't Influence It
Even after the massive Biden stimulus, union head honcho Randi Weingarten complains that schools don't have the resources or ability to fully reopen.
Everybody Except Teachers Unions Loves the CDC's Revised School Distancing Guidelines
By moving the recommended distance from six feet to three feet, the CDC brings the U.S. back in line with science, and hastens full school reopening.
Report: CDC May Relax Its Disastrously Strict School Distancing Rules
Mounting research shows that the Biden administration's politicized continuation of the six-foot rule last month flouts science and threatens full-time K-12 education in the fall.
California's Teachers Unions Are Still Fighting To Keep Children at Home
Despite billions in additional funding and assurances from the CDC and Anthony Fauci that schools can operate safely in person, the unions are holding out for 100 percent vaccination and lower transmission rates.
Biden Wants to Give Federal Workers 15 Weeks of Paid Leave if Their Kids' Schools Stay Closed
The rest of us are out of luck.
Dr. Seuss Is Canceled
President Biden did not mention the famed author in his Read Across America Day speech.
Donald Trump on School Reopening Failures: Joe Biden and Teachers Unions Have Betrayed America's Youth
The former president's wild CPAC speech was full of misleading claims, but he made a valid point about schools.
