Education
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Parent rights powerhouse unleashes Super Intelligence surveillance system to monitor school boards
Program sweeps all 13,000 school boards' agendas every 12 hours, and ranks policies on whether parents should be concerned.
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Hochul adds New York to Trump admin's school choice program despite objections from teachers union
The initiative, known as the Education Freedom Tax Credit, allows individual taxpayers to receive up to a $1,700 dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit for donations made to private and non-profit scholarship-granting organizations.
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School choice improves learning at a lower cost, analysts say
More than 30 states have some form of school choice program, while 30 states have opted into the Trump administration’s Education Freedom Tax Credit Program, which will take effect Jan. 1, 2027.
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More than 4,700 schools close this week despite Biden administration's plea to stay open
"We want schools to be open, the President wants them to be open, and we’re going to continue to use every resource and work to ensure that’s the case," Psaki said.
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Chicago Teachers Union claims Mayor Lightfoot locked them out of virtual learning
The Chicago Teachers Union referred to Mayor Lori Lightfoot as Lori Lockout.
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White House says schools should stay open – including Chicago
The White House said it would "ensure that children are not enduring the mental health impact of not being in school... including in Chicago."
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New York teacher arrested for allegedly administering COVID vaccine to 17-year-old
The 54-year-old science teacher was arrested on New Year's Eve
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Chicago Public Schools cancel classes Wednesday over teachers' union demand to work remotely
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is clashing with the powerful union over a return to remote learning
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More than 3,200 schools close this week due to omicron cases
"Schools should be approaching Omicron with caution — but NOT fear," the Education Secretary stated.
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Trans athlete is 'destroying women's swimming' says official who resigned in protest
"The statement for women then is you do not matter, what you do is not important, and little girls are going to be thrown under the bus by all of this," she said.
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'Jingle Bells' banned in New York school over possible connection to blackface minstrel shows
The researcher who first discovered the song's connection to minstrel shows said she was "surprised" by the school's decision.
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Iconic athletes oppose letting transgender swimmer Lia Thomas compete against women
Lia Thomas has broken two national women's swimming records, three school records and in one competition even won by 38 seconds.
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'George Floyd' Pietà stolen from Catholic University – again
"Regardless of your interpretation, it created needless controversy and confusion, for which I am sorry," the school's president stated.