Even as nations around the world are easing their pandemic restrictions, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) on Jan. 28 adopted a permanent school mask mandate. Since returning to in-person instruction last year, Oregon students have been required to wear masks at school except for removing them briefly when eating or during outdoor sports. That requirement…
Oregon’s Newly Imposed Permanent School Mask Mandate Draws Criticism
Virginia Governor, AG, School Chief Side With Loudoun County Parents in School Mask Mandate Lawsuit
February 3, 2022
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Virginia’s governor, attorney general, and the superintendent of public instruction have asked to join a lawsuit on behalf of parents fighting to opt their children out of mask mandates at school. The lawsuit was filed Tuesday by three families against Loudoun County Public Schools, one of Virginia’s public school districts that insist on requiring students…
Shooting Outside Milwaukee High School Leaves 5 Wounded
MILWAUKEE—A fight over a social media post escalated into a shooting that wounded five people outside a Milwaukee high school, police said Wednesday. Four teenage girls and a woman were shot about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday outside Rufus King High School where a basketball game was taking place, Police Chief Jeffrey Norman said at news conference….
Death Penalty Trial for Florida School Gunman Cruz Delayed Until April
February 3, 2022
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A judge on Wednesday delayed until April proceedings to determine the sentencing of the gunman who has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school in 2018. Jurors during the phase that had earlier been scheduled to start later this month will hear testimony from scores of witnesses to help them…
Utah School Curriculum Transparency Bill Paused Amid ‘Coordinated Misinformation Campaign’
January 31, 2022
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A Utah lawmaker has put on hold a proposed bill that would require public schools in his state to post all learning materials online for parents to review, saying that his legislative effort was targeted by a “coordinated misinformation campaign.” The bill in question, HB 234, would require that all learning materials and syllabi for…
Religious Exemptions and Required Vaccines: Examining the Research
Even as national surveys show Americans drawing away from religion, more American children are using religion to waive recommended school vaccinations. Even before some California school districts ordered students in certain age groups to get immunized against COVID-19, research showed the percentage of kindergarteners whose parents claim vaccines conflict with their religious beliefs was on…
Fourth School Accused of Secretly Helping Children Turn Transgender
When Bonnie Manchester was told by school administrators to call a female student by “his new gender name” and not to tell the girl’s parents about it, that was the last straw for the Ludlow, Massachusetts, school teacher. “I did what any teacher would and should do, I told the parents,” Manchester told The Epoch…
Teachers’ Union Promotes ‘Anti-Misinformation’ Tool, Sparking Left-Wing Bias Concerns
January 27, 2022
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The second largest teachers’ union in the United State will make available to millions of public school students a “news media literacy” tool critics say has a significant left-wing bias. In a new partnership announced this week, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) said it will purchase licensed copies of NewsGuard’s “anti-misinformation” browser extension for…
West Australian Schools Use Masks, Air Purifiers To Combat Omicron
January 27, 2022
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A flood of nearly 477,000 students will return to schools in Western Australia (WA) on Monday, Jan. 31, bringing with it a slew of new requirements aimed at controlling the spread of the Omicron variant of the CCP virus. High school students and all staff in WA will be required to wear masks upon returning…
Colorado School District Closes COVID-19 Vaccine Sites After Students Get Shots Without Parents Present
A public school district in the southern suburb of Denver, Colorado, has shut down its on-campus COVID-19 vaccination clinics after videos of teenagers being allowed to get the vaccine without their parents present went viral on social media. The first video was filmed inside a clinic at a high school in Littleton, allegedly by a…
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