April 21, 2022 Tennessee mom charged with threatening to blow up son's elementary school: 'Kids will be missing' Memphis, Tennessee, mother Loretta Clayton-Treadwell is charged with threat of mass violence on school property after allegedly calling to say she would blow up an elementary school over her son’s missing backpack and telling a teaching assistant that kids would also “be missing.”
April 14, 2022 New Mexico's new education standards teach ethnic, social identity lessons to kindergartners New Mexico’s sweeping new changes to the state’s social studies standards teach racial and social identity lessons to public school children as young as 5.
April 12, 2022 Washington state, Oregon teach kindergartners 'there are many ways to express gender' Kindergartners in Washington state and Oregon public schools are required to learn "there are many ways to express gender."
April 12, 2022 Teachers say kids fell behind dramatically during pandemic, lack basic skills Young students have dramatically fallen behind on basic life skills such as tying their shoes following school shutdowns during the pandemic, teachers say.
April 11, 2022 NJ sample lesson plans push videos for 5th graders on graphic sex-related content New Jersey students as young as fifth grade could be taught that puberty blockers are an acceptable way to "manage" puberty, according to sample lesson plans being reviewed by state school districts.
April 7, 2022 New Jersey to require 2nd graders learn about gender identity in fall, alarming parents The New Jersey Department of Education is pushing for a more robust sex education curriculum that teaches gender theory to kids just leaving kindergarten.
March 30, 2022 Republicans expose 'uncommon' CDC, teachers' union ties on COVID school reopening guidance in report Republicans on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released a report Wednesday revealing an "uncommon" coordination between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) during the CDC's crafting of its schools reopening guidance. official’s testimony claiming that the agency coordinated with teachers unions at an extraordinary level in crafting its schools reopening guidance, despite the agency’s earlier claims that such coordination was routine and nonpolitical.
March 28, 2022 Florida's DeSantis signs Parental Rights in Education bill, hits back at Hollywood critics Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Monday a parental rights bill that progressives have claimed is anti-LGBTQ.
March 25, 2022 Florida parental rights bill popular despite Democratic attempts to label it 'Don't Say Gay' The Florida bill backed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that bans teaching about sexuality and gender theory from kindergarten to third grade is broadly popular despite Democrats' repeated attempts to label it the "Don't Say Gay" bill, polls show.
March 24, 2022 Stacey Abrams-linked group partnered with Atlanta Public Schools on anti-voter ID lessons Atlanta Public Schools asked high school students to attend a democracy class hosted by the New Georgia Project, a Stacey Abrams-founded voting rights group that aims to flip the state of Georgia blue by registering young and minority voters.