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May 9, 2024

I teach underprivileged students but Chicago school bosses won’t let them play chess

I created an after-school chess club to keep my students safe during dangerous hours after class. They won trophies in Canada, but school bosses won't let them compete in Atlanta.

May 9, 2024

Florida education commissioner says states need to be more 'aggressive' with policy, go back to basics

Florida Department of Education Secretary Manny Diaz Jr. told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that the Sunshine State has become a model for paving the way for education freedom.

May 8, 2024

Why I dedicated my book on school choice to Randi Weingarten

Families are pushing back against the special interests that wish to selfishly protect their monopoly over the classroom at the expense of our children.

May 6, 2024

How teacher autonomy helps students and staff succeed at this top Florida school

Teachers at A.D. Henderson School, a small public school on the campus of Florida Atlantic University, Henderson in Boca Raton, attribute their academic success to their autonomy.

May 5, 2024

Chicago teachers' $50B demands include pay hikes, abortions, migrant accommodation

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is negotiating a new $50 billion contract with the public schools system for pay hikes, healthcare and migrant services.

May 2, 2024

Louisiana teacher had sex with one student, sexted and bought booze for others: police

Louisiana high school teacher Alexa Wingerter, 35, allegedly had sexual relations with "at least one" of her 18-year-old male students, and bought booze for others.

May 1, 2024

Private preschools in Portland abruptly shut down after employees try to unionize

According to the Portland Tribune, private preschools in Portland, Oregon, shut down after employees at two locations attempted to unionize with ILWU Local 5.

April 25, 2024

Chicago’s selective schools grapple with budgets woes due to new equity policy: report

Chicago Public Schools’ new funding formula has impacted the district’s most selective schools due to an “equity-based" formula that prioritizes the district’s underfunded schools.

April 19, 2024

Biden's Title IX rules are a victory for powerful teachers unions fueling Dem campaigns

The Department of Education finalized a sweeping reversal of Trump-era Title IX reforms on Friday, a win for teachers unions that had advocated for such an action.

April 18, 2024

Retired teacher sues PA borough after he was convicted for putting 'for sale' sign in his truck window

Will Cramer is suing the borough of Nazareth, Pennsylvania after he was convicted in a magistrate district court for putting a for-sale sign in his truck window.