BUNNELL, Florida—Tempers flared at a Nov. 16 Flagler County School Board workshop, followed by a contentious school board meeting where protests and public statements from both sides went on late into the night in an ongoing debate over a book and a criminal report. The Epoch Times had earlier reported that Flagler County School Board…
Tempers Flare at Florida School Board Meetings Over Sexually Graphic Book Found in School Library
Judge-Ordered Education Plan In North Carolina Reflects Trends in Critical Race Theory, According to an Education Advocacy Group
November 22, 2021
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The methods, ideologies, and funding of an education plan have come into question after a North Carolina Superior Court Judge ordered state financial executives to fund a plan that one investigative reporter says is more of the same disguised indoctrination programming. Lawmakers are saying Judge David Lee’s order to transfer $189.8 million to the Department…
Critical Race Theory Teaches False Ideas to Students, Shouldn’t Become Normalized: Rep. Foxx
Lessons based on critical race theory (CRT) are growing more common in school systems across the country despite CRT containing false ideas, a top Republican says. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) is the ranking member on the House Education and Labor Committee. CRT categorizes people based on their race and alleges some people are oppressors while others…
Mississippi, Illinois School Board Associations Withdraw From National Group Over ‘Domestic Terrorism’ Letter
November 21, 2021
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Mississippi and Illinois have become the latest state school board groups to discontinue their membership in the National School Board Association (NSBA), citing disagreement over a letter calling for federal intervention in parental protests. In the widely criticized Sept. 29 letter to President Joe Biden, the NSBA characterized disruptions at school board meetings as “a…
Virginia School Boards Association Quits National Association, Cites ‘Persistent Pattern of Dysfunction’
The Virginia School Boards Association (VSBA) voted on Nov. 18 to end its membership with the National School Boards Association (NSBA), citing a “persistent pattern of dysfunction” within the organization. Janet Turney-Giles and Gina Patterson, president and executive director of the VSBA, said in a memo to all school board members that the decision to end…
Ohio State University Launches Debt-Free Degree Initiative
Ohio State University is launching an initiative giving undergraduates the chance to graduate debt-free from a four-year degree, the school’s president announced Friday. The initiative, called Scarlet & Gray Advantage, will begin with a small pilot in the autumn semester of 2022, with 125 low- and middle-income first-year students. Ohioans and U.S. non-residents can apply for the program….
Arizona AG Requests Federal Probe Of Alleged ‘Dossier’ on School Parents
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has requested an immediate federal investigation into potentially unlawful misconduct by Scottsdale Unified School District Board member Jann-Michael Greenburg, who is accused of keeping an online dossier on parents opposed to controversial board policies. “I urge the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to immediately open…
Federal Judge Orders Pennsylvania School Board to Allow Critics to Speak, Blocks Vague Speech Codes
November 19, 2021
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A federal judge has ordered a public school district in Pennsylvania to allow public commenters to criticize school policies and officials by name at school board meetings, saying it is within their constitutional right to do so. The ongoing case was brought in October against the Pennsbury School Board by a group of four parents…
Detroit Public Schools to Move Friday Classes Online in December Due to Rising COVID-19 Cases
The public school district of Detroit, Michigan, said it will shift to online instruction for three Fridays in December, citing concerns over COVID-19 cases, mental health, and school cleanliness. In a Nov. 17 statement announcing the change, the Detroit Public Schools said classes will move online on Dec. 3, Dec. 10, and Dec. 17. The…
Missouri AG Sues Public School District for Refusing to Turn Over Critical Race Training Records
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has sued Springfield Public Schools (SPS) for allegedly violating the state’s information transparency law, citing the school district’s unwillingness to provide documents his office requested on behalf of parents concerned about critical race theory. In a complaint (pdf) filed Tuesday, Schmitt alleged that critical race theory has been part of…
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