Starting in the 2022-2023 school year, public schools and colleges in California will be required to stock their restrooms with free menstrual products under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Oct. 8. The law, known as the Menstrual Equity for All Act, builds upon a 2017 law that requires schools in low-income…
New California Law Requires Schools to Provide Free Menstrual Products, Including in at Least One Men’s Restroom
October 11, 2021
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COVID-19 Exacerbates Teacher Shortages Across Public Schools, Forcing Some to Return to Remote Learning
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated teacher shortages across public schools in the United States, forcing some to go back to remote learning. Teacher shortages and difficulties filling job openings have been reported in Tennessee, New Jersey, and South Dakota, which saw one district begin the school year with 120 teacher vacancies. Meanwhile in Texas, Houston, Waco, and…
Boston Parents Protest Mask Mandate in Massachusetts Schools
Several hundred people rallied for medical freedom in Boston on Wednesday as the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) authorized a mask mandate in public schools through October 1. Protesters demonstrated near the Park Street subway station, and then marched to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health while shouting slogans like “my child,…
California Parents Are Pulling Children From Public Schools
Faced with contentious changes within the public school sector—including the introduction of ethnic studies in some districts—some California parents are searching for alternative options. “I don’t want my daughter exposed to any type of sex education at any grade level, and I don’t want her introduced to any type of critical race theory at any grade…
Virginia School Board Rejects State’s Transgender Pronoun, Restroom Policies
A county school board in Virginia last week rejected the state’s new policy regarding the treatment of transgender students after hundreds of community members showed up to voice their opposition to the rule changes. Watched by a crowd of nearly 500 concerned citizens, the Russell County school board on July 16 voted 7–0 to reject…
Hundreds of Educators Sign Open Letter Against Math Framework
July 19, 2021
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.—California is pushing back its schedule to implement proposed math curriculum that sparked controversy. The California Department of Education said on July 14 that it would postponing the new math framework after receiving hundreds of letters of opposition. About 500 current and former STEM leaders, educators, business executives and venture capitalists signed an…
Oklahoma State Board of Education Adopts Emergency Rules Targeting Critical Race Theory
The Oklahoma State Board of Education on Monday voted to approve emergency rules that would suspend the teaching licenses of teachers who promote discriminatory elements of critical race and gender theories. The board meeting was meant to provide specific and formal guidance that would help schools navigate the upcoming 2021–22 academic year, in the wake…
Most Voters Want Schools to Teach Traditional Western Values: Rasmussen Poll
More than three-quarters of voters believe it’s important that traditional values of Western civilization to be taught in schools, a new poll revealed on Thursday. According to the result of a Rasmussen Report survey, 78 percent of respondents said they believe that it is at least “somewhat important” for schools to “teach the traditional values…
Ibram X. Kendi Likens Anti-CRT Movement to Backlash Against Brown v. Board of Education Ruling
July 8, 2021
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Amid a hot national debate over the teaching of the controversial critical race theory (CRT), prominent CRT advocate Ibram X. Kendi on Wednesday led a discussion at a American Federation of Teachers (AFT) summit, likening Americans opposing CRT to those who campaigned against the end of racial segregation in public schools in 1954. Kendi, a…
Largest Teachers’ Union Quietly Removes Pro-CRT Agenda Items From Website
The nation’s largest teachers’ union has quietly taken down a series of adopted and proposed resolutions from its website, including one that calls for the organization to defend the teaching of Marxism-rooted critical race theory (CRT) in public schools. The National Education Association (NEA), which represents more than 3 million employees in public education, previously…
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