A recent study finds that spending on public schools across Canada has increased by more than necessary to offset the effects of growth in student enrolment and inflation—in amounts totalling billions of dollars being additionally spent. “Contrary to what we often hear, spending is on the rise in public schools across Canada, and in most cases,…
Spending on Canadian Public Schools Increased More Than Necessary to Offset Enrolment and Inflation: Study
72 Percent of Los Angeles Students Fail to Meet Math Standards
September 13, 2022
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More than half of students across all grade levels in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) failed to meet state testing standards in subjects like mathematics and English for the 2021–22 school year. According to data released by the district Sept. 9, only about 42 percent of students met the state testing standards in…
American Adults’ Satisfaction With K-12 Public Education at 20-Year Low: Poll
Nearly every one in four American adults are not at all satisfied with the state of their nation’s K-12 public education, a new poll says. The latest Gallup poll, released Sept. 1, reports that just 42 percent of respondents said they’re at least somewhat satisfied with the quality of education offered at K-12 public schools…
Portland Schools Emphasize Transgender Ideology in Health Curriculum
Oregon’s Portland Public Schools (PPS) district is teaching kindergartners that boys can have vulvas and girls can have penises, and older students are being asked to take a six-part pledge to advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transexual issues as part of a health-class curriculum required by the state. The district’s “health education, gender, and…
Minneapolis Public Schools’ Plan to Decide Layoffs by Minority Status Is ‘Unconstitutional’: Legal Experts
August 18, 2022
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A new agreement between the Minneapolis teachers union and Minneapolis Public Schools that could result in white teachers being laid off before minority teachers, regardless of seniority, has sparked criticism among experts. According to the agreement (pdf), initially struck in March, white teachers would be laid off or reassigned before “educators of color” in the event Minneapolis…
California Becomes First to Provide Free Meals to All Public School Students
August 14, 2022
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All public school students in California will have access to free breakfast and lunch at school this year under a new state program. The Universal Meals Program makes California the first state to launch a statewide meal program. The state has about 6 million public school students. The new program dovetails with the federal National…
Education Is in Shambles
August 5, 2022
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Commentary The single most bizarre aspect of the pandemic policy response was the shutting of schools, public and private. One country never did that—Sweden—and the results were fabulous: zero deaths and zero educational losses. That this was the right choice should have been obvious from the beginning. COVID was never a serious threat to kids,…
Conservatives and Union Members Battle For Control of Town’s Schools
August 4, 2022
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Conservatives and a teachers union have squared off over a small Colorado town’s schools. After years with no contested school board election, a conservative slate last November took four of five seats on the Woodland Park School Board in Teller County outside Colorado Springs. They started delivering on campaign promises quickly but just as quickly…
School Choice Looms as Electoral Stealth Issue
July 29, 2022
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Conservatives gathered at the pro-Trump America First Policy Summit in Washington this week talked about numerous issues like soaring crime, the ailing economy, and tensions abroad. One topic, though, emerged as a stealth issue and potentially significant factor in the upcoming elections: school choice. The policy seeks to give parents who want to take their children…
Vaccine Mandates, Abortion Advocacy, ‘LGBT Inclusive’ Language Debated at Teacher’s Union Convention
July 7, 2022
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A volley of policy proposals has been put up for debate at the annual conference of the nation’s largest teacher’s union, including one that called for the organization to support making masks and COVID-19 vaccines mandatory in public schools. About 6,000 delegates of the National Education Association (NEA), who collectively represent more than 3 million…
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