The Kentucky Supreme Court dealt a blow to the school choice movement in the Commonwealth by ruling against the state’s Education Opportunity Account Program that would provide dollar-for-dollar tax credits to private school tuition. Before…
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Maryland school transportation staff used government cards for personal use
There is yet-another example of government waste of taxpayer dollars, this time in the suburbs north of Washington, D.C. Two government employees misused purchase cards to buy items for themselves, to the tune of hundreds…
DC schools, teachers union reach tentative agreement on pay
District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) and the Washington Teachers Union (WTU) reached a tentative agreement last month, which has been months in the making and was a result of constant sniping between DCPS, WTU,…
West Virginia struggles to fully certify teachers
West Virginia admitted that it is having a certification problem with teachers, with many teachers not carrying the proper teaching certification for the classrooms that they currently teach. WV Metro News reported that 1,544 teachers…
West Virginia teachers’ union holds focus groups to pressure lawmakers
Education reform is allegedly on the minds of teachers’ unions in West Virginia, which is a politically-red state. The West Virginia Federation of Teachers and West Virginia Education Association announced five listening sessions, or public…
South Dakota social studies revision sparks left-wing uproar
South Dakota is a politically-red and conservative state, and yet it is having its own problems when it comes to revising the state’s social studies standards. Critics of the proposed revisions claimed that Hillsdale College,…
Test scores plummet in large cities with strong union presence
As the old saying goes, where there is smoke, there is fire. As Americans for Fair Treatment pointed out, data from The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) demonstrated that the longer period of time that…
The Left criticizes punishment for teachers who violate Florida’s parental rights law
The Florida Department of Education placed the state’s teachers on notice: If teachers choose to violate the “Parental Rights in Education” law, they could lose their professional teaching license. Local news outlet WPTV reported about…
Youngkin administration rebuffs media request for emails on transgender policy
The Virginia Department of Education, which has sparred with the left-wing media and transgender activists, declined to release emails and documents about Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s proposals about transgender student policies. Youngkin, much to the chagrin…
School shutdowns led to worst education decline for students since 1990
The verdict is in: school shutdowns and virtual classes led to the worst decline in student test scores in reading and math in decades. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) studied the effect of…
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