Public school districts in Tennessee could lose millions of dollars of state funds and teachers could have their licenses suspended for teaching “prohibited concepts” related to critical race theory (CRT), according to a new rule proposed by Tennessee Department of Education. The proposed rule is meant to help schools navigate the upcoming 2021–22 academic year,…
Tennessee Schools Violating Anti-CRT Law May Lose Millions in Funding Under New Rule
Arkansas Governor Seeks to Lift Ban on School Mask Mandate
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has announced that he will be calling the state legislature into a special session to consider allowing school boards to require students and staff to wear masks in schools. Hutchinson in April signed into law legislation that prohibits state and local government entities, including public school districts, from requiring or mandating…
Ninth Circuit Rules Against Portland Parents Who Sued School District Over Anti-Gun Activism
May 26, 2021
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit this week dismissed a case against a Portland, Oregon, public school district where students were encouraged to attend an anti-gun protest, saying that the issue was about peer pressure rather than compelled speech. The lawsuit was filed in 2019 by two couples on behalf of their…
Texas ‘Tim Tebow’ Bill Would Allow Homeschoolers in Public School Sports, Activities
A bill has advanced in the Texas state legislature that would allow homeschooled children to participate in sports competitions and other extracurricular activities through the state’s public school system. The Texas House on Thursday approved House Bill 547, which seeks to give homeschooled students equal access to University Interscholastic League (UIL) activities, from sports to…
Washington Governor Signs Bill Mandating Critical Race Training in Public Schools
May 9, 2021
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed into law a bill that incorporates the doctrine of “equity, cultural competency, and dismantling institutional racism” into the training for all K-12 educators across the state. Under Senate Bill 5044 (pdf), which passed the state legislature in April, school districts in Washington must use one of the three professional…
Empowerment Scholarship Accounts Offer Arizona Parents Finances, Flexibility to Home Educate
When Michael and Jenny Clark discovered that two of their oldest children had dysgraphia and were dyslexic, they were unsuccessful in finding intensive remediation programs in their local public school, which their sons Scout and Brooks needed to learn how to read. “I was shocked because we live in one of the best school districts…
Tennessee Bans Critical Race Theory in Public Schools
The Tennessee legislature passed a measure that bans the Marxist-inspired critical race theory from being taught in the state’s public and charter schools. The legislation prohibits teaching students that any race or sex is superior to any other or that an individual is “inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive” due to their race or sex….
Tennessee Legislature Bans Critical Race Theory in Public Schools
The Tennessee Legislature approved a measure that bans the Marxist-inspired critical race theory from being taught in the state’s public and charter schools. The legislation prohibits teaching students that any race or sex is superior to any other or that an individual is “inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive” due to their race or sex….
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Commentary The elegant woman with the beautiful 10-year-old looked forlorn. “She’d probably love it, and Lord knows, it’s been … complicated at school since COVID, but we’re too much alike!” She shook her head. We were casually chatting about homeschooling—my favorite topic—outside a restaurant, while waiting dutifully for our take-out orders under a COVID-blamed, unconstitutional…
California County Instructed Teachers to Hide Marxist Teaching Materials From Parents
April 15, 2021
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Teachers in California’s Santa Clara county were reportedly instructed last year to hide from students’ parents their “ethnic studies” teaching materials, which describe the United States as a settler colonialist regime responsible for genocide and white supremacy. In November 2020, Santa Clara County’s Office of Education held a training for teachers to get a hold…
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