The Florida Department of Education has approved over 60 percent of K–12 social studies textbooks after removing or updating references to social justice issues, communism, and Black Lives Matter, officials announced on May 9. In a press release, the department noted that it had initially approved just 19 percent of the more than 100 books it reviewed…
Florida Approves Over 60 Percent of K–12 Social Studies Textbooks After Pulling ‘Inaccurate Material’
Packed House Testifies at Virginia’s School Choice Hearing, Bill Moves Forward
Education Success Accounts Bill HB1508 introduced by Education Committee Chair Delegate Glenn Davis was enthusiastically supported by community members, who mostly came to speak in favor of the bill and highlight their children’s struggles, at a Virginia public school. Before the House Education K-12 Subcommittee voted on the Education Success Accounts (ESA) bill, close to…
For Teachers Unions, Parents and Children Come Last
Commentary Schools in the Rochester school district in Michigan include in their curriculum a course called “History of Ethnic and Gender Studies.” If my child were attending school there, I would wonder why this is in the curriculum as part of K-12 education and what is taught. One mother, Carol Beth Litkouhi, wondered enough that…
Civic Education Must Innovate to Deepen Constitutional Knowledge and Strengthen the Republic
Commentary In his first inaugural address, George Washington put the fate of this country’s democracy in the care of its people. “The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government,” Washington explained, “are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands…
Undermining US Citizenship at K-12 Schools on American Military Bases
Commentary Schools on American military bases, educating almost 70,000 children of service personnel, push the same anti-racism curriculum found in America’s most liberal school districts, with the goal of preparing these students for lives dedicated to a global citizenship meant to displace American citizenship and the American way of life. The Department of Defense Education…
California Students Continue Mask Mandate Protests, NorCal Protests Shut Down by District
Hundreds of students across the state are showing up to school this week without masks in protest of California’s ongoing school mask mandate. Students up and down the state—including Chino Hills High School in Southern California and Bella Vista High School and the Oakdale Joint Unified School District in Northern California—are protesting the fact that…
Hundreds Protest Vaccine Mandates for K-12 in Huntington Beach
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.—A few hundred concerned parents, children, and friends against vaccine mandates rallied in Huntington Beach, California, on Jan. 3. The event, named the “Capitol to Coast Stand Up and Sit Out,” was put on by Unity Project—a state-wide organization founded to fight COVID-19 vaccine mandates for K–12 students—and Moms for Liberty, which shares…
Civic Education as a Duty and a Delight
Commentary For too many Americans, “civics” is either a vague mystery or akin to a dental cleaning: we know that we should do it but would avoid it if possible. Regrettably, our country has chosen in the past 50 years the path of avoidance and ignorance by demoting civic education in our schools, including higher…
South Carolina Supreme Court Upholds State Legislation Prohibiting Mask Mandates in K-12 Schools
The Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled unanimously on Thursday in favor of legislation prohibiting local school districts from using state money to enforce mask mandates. “Specifically, the ordinances’ enforcement provisions unequivocally place the responsibility to enforce the mask mandate on school personnel, forcing school employees to choose between violating either state or local law,”…
Urban Schools: An Education Crime Scene—Detroit, Baltimore, Cleveland, Oakland | Larry Elder
When you look at urban public education, it’s not public education—it’s a crime scene. Many public schools in cities across the country are failing their students. The money should follow the child rather than the other way around so that parents have an opportunity to put their kids in a school they want, whether public,…
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