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News About Educating Our Children, K-12
Education News 2021 to March 2022
Education News April to December 2022
Education News January to June 2023
Education News July to December 2023
Education News 2024
Aug 14, 2025, NJ Assessment Tests for K-12 Become Adaptive This Year - Here's What to Expect, North Jersey
Aug 13, 2025, 2025 IREAD Proficiency Release, Local Indiana Schools See Big Gains, WSBT22
Aug 13, 2025, North Carolina Students Can No Longer Fail A Class Solely Based on Not Showing Up, WRAL
[Revised grading policy marks a significant shift in response to rising absenteeism]
Aug 13, 2025, Loudoun County Public Schools Says It Will Keep Gender Policies, Defying Dept of Education, WUSA9
Aug 12, 2025, How One State Revamped High School to Reflect Reality: Not Everyone Goes to High School, The Hechinger Report
Aug 7, 2025, Principals Don't Always Understand Special Education, And That Is A Probblem, Education Week
Aug 7, One of the Nation's Largest School Districts Accused of Secretly Arranging Abortions for Two Students, Western Journal
Aug 6, 2025, By the Numbers: See How AP Pre-Calculus Expanded Access to Advanced Math, Education Week
Aug 6, 2025, Hilary Irons Seeks to Bringing 'professionalism, respect and humility' to 3rd District School Board Seat, Harrisonburg Citizen
Aug 5, 2025, Matt Cross: 'I have done what is right in the eyes of God', Harrisonburg Citizen
Aug 5, 2025, After Months of Fighting With the County, City Votes to End Its Relationship with Massanutten Technical Center, Harrisonburg Citizen
Aug 5, 2025, Harrisonburg School Board Members Vote To Leave Massanutten Technical Center, Daily News Record
Aug 4, 2025, Loudoun County School Board Meets to Discuss Transgender Bathroom, Locker Policy, ABC 7 News on Your Side
Aug 2, 2025, Virginia's Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow Resigns, WJHL News 11
Aug 2, 2025, Montevideo Middle School Student Speaks Up For A Longer Lunch, Daily News Record
July 30, 2025, Matt Cross Gets Slapped With Fines, Lands Second Chance for GOP Endorsement, Harrisonburg Citizen
July 30, 2025, In Rockingham County, Student Conduct Violations Decline, Students Petition for Longer Lunch Periods, Harrisonburg Citizen
July 29, 2025, Vision for Virginia 2025: Education Policy - Six Education Policy Positions for the Next Governor, Thomas Jefferson Institute
July 29, 2025, Virginia Schools Enforce New Phone-Free Policy During School Hours, WCYB NBC News 5
July 28, 2025, HCPS Making Contingency Plans in Budget After Observing Unusual Decline in Enrollment, Harrisonburg Citizen
July 25, 2025, US Department of Education Issues Title IX Violations to Five No. Virginia School Divisions, WTOP
July 22, 2025, RCPS Board Member Facing Hefty Monetary Penalties from Virginia Department of Elections, WHSV 3
July 15, 2025, Public School Enrollment Continues to Fall, Including in Virginia, WTOP
July 14, 2025, Most Teens - And Girls Especially - See College as Key to Jobs and Life Skills, AP-NORC Poll, Associated Press
July 14, 2025, Some Virginia Schools Incorrectly Using State Law to Remove Library Books, WTVR CBS 6
[Study conducted by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission]
June 28, 2025, How Was It Not 9-0? SCOTUS Split on Whether Adult Sites Should Have Age Verification, Western Journal
June 27, 2025, Supreme Court Ruling Means Parents Can Follow Their Faith in Raising Their Children, Daily Signal
[6-3 Ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor]
June 25, 2025, More Than a Third of Homeschool Families Also Use Public Schools, New Data Shows, The 74
June 24, 2025, Rockingham County Public Schools Vote To Remove More Books from Libraries, Daily News-Record
June 19, 2025, Virginia Board of Ed Approves $83.4 Million Allocation in Infrastructure Grants, Virginia Mercury
June 18, 2025, With Federal Funding Uncertain, Virginia Faces $8 Million Gap for Absence, Teacher Retention Programs, Virginia Mercury
June 18, 2025, Most Students Say They're Not 'Math People', RAND Survey Finds, The 74 Million
June 18, 2025, Harrisonburg May Allow Homeschoolers to Attend MTC Next Year, Daily News Record
June 17, 2025, Judge Dismisses Lawsuit on Controversial Social Studies Program, KOCO ABC News 5
June 9, 2025, The Trump Budget for K-12 Schools: 5 Key Takeaways, Ed Week
June 7, 2025, LGBT Exhibit Surrounding Children's Playground Contains Nude Photos, Daily Wire
May 30, 2025, Classical Education: A Forgotten Path to Flourishing for All, Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy
[Pierce v. Society of Sister after 100 years which reaffirmed parental rights and religious liberty in education]
May 29, 2025, Time for Next Steps After Brown - Brown v. Board of Education at 71, Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy
May 25, 2025, North Carolina School Board Member Loses Grip on Request for Prayer Before Meeting, Western Journal
May 24, 2025, Virginia Supreme Court Ruling in Autistic Boy's Case Makes Clear: School Boards Immune From Most Lawsuits, Virginian-Pilot
May 23, 2025, Facing Special Ed Teacher Shortage, Va. Education Board Votes to Expand Teacher Pipeline, Virginia Mercury
May 21, 2025, Loudoun County School Board Meeting Debates Bathroom-Issues, WTOP
May 20, 2025, Math Mastery Starts With a Deep Understanding of Key Concepts, Education Week
May 20, 2025, Transgender Student's Win at Illinois Suburban Middle School Track Meet Sparks Heated Debate, NBC 5 Chicago
May 17, 2025, More Than 30K Applications Submitted on First Day of Tennessee School Voucher Launch, News Channel 5
May 15, 2025, Illinois Considers Lowering Scores Students Need to Be Considered Proficient on State Exams, Chalkbeat
May 15, 2025, Cincinnati School District Spent $500,000 on Phone Pouches, So Did They Work in the First Year?, Local 12
May 7, 2025, Virginia AG Launches Probe Into Loudoun County School Female 'Trans' Athlete Allegedly Recording Boys in Locker Room, Daily Caller
May 2, 2025, Frederick County Maryland Substitute Teacher Shocked Over Inappropriate Book in School Media Center, Off the Press
[Student was reading the pornographic book Push about Incest rape]
Apr 23, 2025, In Case You Missed It: How Schools Are Measuring Student Success, Education Week
Apr 2, 2025, Planned Parenthood Attempts to Play Victim After Handing out Sexually Explicite Books to Louisville KY Public School Children as Young as 8-Years Old, Western Journal
Mar 18, 2025, NYC Ramps Up Test Prep Ahead of Testing, ChalkBeat
Mar 11, 2025, How Brown University Professor Beshara Doumani Helped Drive Anti-Israel Materials into K-12 Schools, Washington Free Beacon
Mar 10, 2025, Rockingham County Public Schools Permanently Removes 6 More Books from Classrooms, Libraryies, WHSV 3
Mar 5, 2025, Feds to Virginia Schools: End Race-Based Policies or Risk Losing Funds, Virginia Mercury
Mar 4, 2025, Virginia Schools Still Struggling to Fill Critical Teaching Positions, New Report Finds, WTOP
Mar 4, 2025, Trump DOJ Used Footnote to Rescind Former AG Merrick Garland Memo Targeting Parents as Domestic Terrorists, Just the News
Feb 27, 2025, 1st District US Court of Appeals Rules Schools Can Hide Children's Gender Identity from Parents, Daily Signal
[In Foote v. Ludlow, the court ruled that providing a "safe and inclusive" environment did not infringe upon parents rights,
Feb 27, 2025, Tougher Academic Standards Coming for Virginia Students, Virginia Mercury
[Youngkin administration aims for NAEP proficiency, but critics question effectiveness]
Feb 16, 2025, New York School Board Actually Runs from Angry Parents After Being Caught Showing Bondage Gear to 5-year Olds, Western Journal
Feb 14, 2025, Indiana Transgender Teen's Alleged Shooting Plot Linked to Popular Chat Platform Discord, American Nation News
[Teens responsible for fatal shootings at Antioch High School Shooting in TN in January 2025 and Abundant Life Christian School in Wisconsin in December 2024 both expressed violent thought in Discord communities and the shooters even interacted with one another.]
Feb 13, 2025, Virginia Schools Ranked Dead Last Nationally in Pandemic Math Recovery, Report Says, WUSA9
Jan 24, 2025, Arlington Public School District Doubles Down on 'Inclusive' Policies After Registered Sex Offender Repeatedly Exposed Himself to Young Girls, Daily Caller
Jan 4, 2024, Ohio Teacher, Vivian Geraghty, Who Refused to Students Pronouns Wins $450,000 Lawsuit, New York Post
Jan 3, 2025, Virginia Legislators Seek to Delay School Accountability Program, Richmond Times Dispatch
Let the Parents Decide
The Republican Party believes in sensible, cost-effective policies that respect your family's and our community's values and priorities. The educational environment and practices should be conducive to learning. Parental involvement is associated with successful student achievement and schools.
Our children's futures depend upon their receiving a full education. Our expectation is that our children will receive a full education for the generous funding that the taxpayers have provided for education. The educational achievements and outcomes should be reflective of the community's expectations. Transparency in making school policy, selecting curriculum, setting instructional goals, and providing educational opportunity should be a given.
Resources on Education
NGS 2024 Glass and Security Survey - Explore New Campus Security Insights
Fall 2024 - Hoover Institution Proposes Massive K-12 School Reform
Heritage Foundation Education Freedom Report Card By State (2023)
Misinterpretation of SB1303 Regarding Mandate for Children To Wear Masks in School
Virginia for Education Freedom (School Choice)
What to do if your school celebrates a holiday that your family doesn't - Noah Webster Educational Foundation
Oct 11, 2024, 7 Ways to Show Students Their Education Growth, Edutopia
Oct 27, 2023, The Most Spoken Language in Every State (After English and Spanish), The Visual Capitalist
How Many High Schoolers Carry a Gun? USA FACTS (Apr 2023)
May 25, 2022, Four Steps Every School Can Take to Help Prevent Shootings, Daily Signal
Dec 23, 2021, We are Doctors. Here's the Truth About Transgender Females' Bodies and Athleticism, Daily Signal
Dec 17, 2021, Biden Education Department Will Keep Trump Era Effort to Catalog Teacher Sex Crimes, Washington Free Beacon
Dec 10, 2021, Most Commonly Spoken Language in the US After English and Spanish, Visual Capitalist
[Mandarin and Cantonese in many states]
Dec 7, 2021, Hundreds of College Professors Blast Woke Math Movement, New York Post
Dec 7, 2021, Here is the Biggest Supreme Court Case No One Is Talking About, Washington Free Beacon
[Justices are expected to rule favorably on school vouchers for religious schools]
Dec 7, 2021, Six Hundred Scientists, Mathematicians Rip California's Math Curriculum Plans, Daily Signal
Nov 20, 2021, Leaked Audio Reveals How California Teachers Recruit Kids into LGBTQ Clubs, Team Tucker Carlson
Nov 9, 2021, My Son's Teacher Showed a Transgender Video in Class. Here's What I did Next, Daily Signal
Nov 9, 2021, A Healthier, Moral Way to Navigate Modern Dating and Sex Culture, Daily Signal
Oct 29, 2021, How a Mom's Group - Moms for Liberty - Could Shake-Up 2022 Election, Daily Caller
Oct 11, 2021, New Group Equips Parents with Seven Tools to Combat Wokeness in K-12 Education, Daily Caller
June 28, 2021, Fact Checking the Fact Checkers: What Anti-Critical Race Theory Legislation Actually Does, Daily Signal
June 22, 2021, Is Your School Hiding Its Critical Race Theory? Here's 5 Things To Ask About, Daily Signal
June 9, 2021, Children Protected by 'Reasonable Independence' Laws in Three States, Treehugger
May 11, 2021, Hoover Institution's Education Experts Provide Solutions for Schools After COVID, Hoover Institution
Apr 29, 2021, Expand School Choice and Provide Fiscal Relief to Districts, Hoover Institution
Apr 29, 2021, Don't Let Public Schools Control Students Private Speech, Washington Examiner
Apr 27, 2021, Conclusions: How to Improve Our Schools in the Post-COVID Era, Hoover Institution
Apr 25, 2021, Some Examples of Critical Race Theory in Schools, Washington Free Beacon
Mar 30, 2021, In a Rebuke to Teacher's Unions, School Choice is Going Gangbusters in the States, Daily Signal
Mar 25, 2021, High School Coach Fired For Using Audible Anti-Semitic Football Calls, Yahoo News
Mar 19, 2021, Massachusetts School Officials Deny Firing Football Coach Over Political Differences, Washington Free Beacon
Mar 16, 2021, Minnesota Teacher-Diversity Bill Could Push Out 700 Hundred of Minority Teachers, Washington Free Beacon
Mar 8, 2021, Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Student Punished for Religious Speech, Washington Free Beacon
[8-1 Ruling Strikes Blow Against Campus Policies Targeting Religious Expression, Chief Justice Roberts was the only dissenter]
Feb 24, 2021, Website Tracks Which Colleges Embrace Training in Critical Race Theory, Daily Signal
Feb 24, 2021, 'Hateful, Divisive, Manipulative Fraud': Chinese-American Organization Denounces Critical Race Theory, Washington Examiner
Feb 16, 2021, It's Time to Hold School Boards Accountable, Daily Signal
Why America is Free (Why Knowing Our History Matters)
Jan 26, 2021, Inside the 'Diversity Audit' Conducted at a Top US Prep School. Washington Free Beacon
Jan 26, 2021, K-12 Education Was Broken Long Before the Pandemic. Let's Rethink It, Washington Examiner
Dec 19, 2020, School Choice Lowers Teenage Suicide: Study, Washington Examiner
2020 Demographic Report on America's 4 Million Teachers, USA Facts
Dec 7, 2020, The Education Exchange: How Online Learning is Unleashing Innovation, Hoover Institution
Dec 5, 2020, School Shutdowns Are Crushing Low-Income and Special Needs Students, Washington Examiner
Dec 4, 2020, San Diego Required Anti-Racism Training for Teachers, Washington Free Beacon
Dec 3, 2020, Education or Indoctrination? 'Anti-Racist' Teaching Sweeps K-12 Education Targeting Whiteness, Daily Signal
Dec 1, 2020, Toward Equitable School Choice, Hoover Education Success Initiative, Hoover Institution
Healthy Buildings Research and Guidance, Harvard T.H. Chan School for Health
Nov 13, 2020, Updated Guidance for Schools and Child Care Programs
Oct 29, 2020, Updated CDC Guidelines for Operating Schools During COVID
Oct 30, 2020, VSHL: Releases Guidelines for High School Sports, to Resume in December, when Gov Northam Eases COVID-19 Restrictions, Richmond Times Dispatch
Fall 2020, How Family Background Influences Student Achievement, Education Next
Fall 2020, How to Reduce Racial Bias in Grading, Education Next
Fall 2020, High School Exit Exams Are Tough on Crime, Education Next
Fall 2020, How the Coronavirus Crisis May Improve Teacher Quality: The Impact of Recession Hiring, Education Next
American Education in 2030: K-12 Task Force Papers, Hoover Institution
Jun 15, 2020, The Future of School Accountability, Hoover Institution
May 28, 2020, Nine Jobs for High School Graduates, Indeed.com
Mar 7, 2020, Top Five Skills Needed When Graduating from High School, Maximum Potential (maxpt,org)
2019 Employers Ratings of Importance of Skills and Competencies College Graduates Need to Get Hired: Evidence from the New England Region of USA, ERIC-U.S. Dept. of Education
May 3, 2020, Hiring Expectations for Recent College Graduates, The Strategic CFO
Apr 3, 2018, The Skills Gap: Employers Expect More Than What College Grads Offer, The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal
Andrew Pollack and Max Eden, Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies that Created the Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students, New York: Post Hill Press, 2019. Andrew Pollack's Daughter Meadow was killed by the Parkland, Florida shooter at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School. He describes how an avoidable shooting became inevitable when the shooter slipped through the cracks and how the policies pioneered in the Broward County School District are in wide use in other school districts.
Dec 25, 2018, Legislative Committee Releases School Safety Report, Daily News Record
Commentary and Opinion on Education
Dec 2, 2020, Walter Williams: The Tragedy of Black Education is New. Daily Signal
