Education News
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After Being Targeted by NBC News, Christian School Refuses to Back Down on Traditional Morality
Grace Christian School “fielded hundreds, probably thousands, of phone calls Thursday, Friday, over the weekend, with just some of the most outrageous things: People threatening to burn my house down, threatening to kill my family,” said Barry McKeen, school administrator and pastor of Grace Community Church of Valrico, Florida, which runs the school. The threats came in…Joshua Arnold -
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Biden’s ‘Forgiveness’ of Student Loan Debt Isn’t Just a Bailout. It’s a Slap in the Face.
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he will launch a massive effort to “forgive” student loan debt for borrowers who still owe. This plan isn’t just a bailout for well-off college degree holders. It’s a slap in the face for hardworking Americans. It’s a slap in the face to the working-class father who dreamed of…Mary Clare Amselem -
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Why Biden’s Student Loan Bailout Is Unfair
In unilaterally “canceling” up to $20,000 in student loan debt for borrowers earning less than $125,000 annually, the Biden administration on Wednesday put into motion a plan that will further inflate college costs, hinder economic growth, reward upper-income earners, and provide a major handout to woke institutions of higher education. The administration has stuck its…Lindsey Burke -
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‘Widen the Racial Wealth Gap’: Economist Breaks Down Effects of Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness
An economics professor from Johns Hopkins University said during a Tuesday CNN appearance that President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive student loan debt would make the racial wealth gap wider and make inflation worse. “The issue is debt cancellation might reduce the racial wealth gap between two rich doctors, a rich black doctor and rich…Harold Hutchison -
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New Jersey’s Largest School District Implements Mask Mandate for Entire School Year
The largest school district in New Jersey is going ahead with plans to implement a mask mandate during the 2022-2023 school year, according to district policy. Newark Public Schools in Essex County, New Jersey, is requiring students and educators to wear a mask on all school “locations and grounds” to combat COVID-19, according to the district policy. The school district…Reagan Reese -
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‘Forgiving’ Student Loan Debt Would Be Illegal, Raise Inflation
The Biden White House is reportedly considering “forgiving” $10,000 worth of student debt for some borrowers, a move that is likely illegal and definitely will increase inflation and force poor people to subsidize rich people. President Joe Biden is possibly considering subsidizing Americans earning less than $150,000 or $300,000 for married couples filing jointly—households in…Carrie Sheffield -
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Civil Rights Groups Silent as DC Blocks 40% of Black Kids From Going to School
In the nation’s capital, almost half of the city’s black students ages 12 and over won’t be going back to school this fall. As a result, their already precarious educational situation is primed to suffer even more. Yet notable civil rights organizations are silent as 40% of the District of Columbia’s black students who are…Douglas Blair -
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How Education Freedom Could Solve Our Crisis
Arizona is leading the way in education freedom. Gov. Doug Ducey, a Republican, just became the first governor to sign into law universal education saving accounts for every student in Arizona. Education saving accounts give parents access to tax dollars for their child’s education. Instead of tax dollars automatically going to public schools in a…Virginia Allen -
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School Choice Advocate Corey DeAngelis Explains Why Freedom Is Winning Education Revolution
More parents than ever are taking their kids out of failing public schools and educating them in the way that benefits them most, whether that’s in a private or charter school, or through homeschooling. In the vanguard of the fight to achieve school choice across the nation is Corey DeAngelis. DeAngelis is a senior fellow…Douglas Blair -
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Aren’t We Better Than Minneapolis Teachers Union’s Racist ‘Fire Whites First’ Policy?
A teachers union in Minneapolis recently struck a deal with the city’s school district that explicitly targets whites for firing. Under the new contract negotiated by the union, Minnesota-based outlet Alpha News reported Sunday, “If excessing a teacher who is a member of a population underrepresented among licensed teachers in the site, the [Minneapolis…Douglas Blair -
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School Choice Ensures Equality of Opportunity, Empowers Families, Experts Say
Government-assigned schools have fostered a system of resegregation, one in which students are divided “racially, socially, and economically,” says Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts. Roberts contends that educational freedom is the foremost civil rights issue of the 21st century, because school choice ensures equality of opportunity, and that in turn improves public schools on every measure, he said. “Because…Gillian Richards -
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Public School Teachers Told to Indoctrinate Kids as Young as 3 in Radical LGBT Theory
State universities indoctrinate future teachers in controversial transgender, racial, and political theories—and instruct them to teach these principles to children beginning in preschool, a new report has found. “There’s a huge amount of liberal indoctrination going on,” the report’s author, Will Flanders, told “Washington Watch” guest host Joseph Backholm on Monday. “We found it across…Ben Johnson -
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Female Athletes ‘Clear Losers’ in Biden’s Title IX Rule Change, Protesters Argue
Protesters rallied in the nation’s capital Thursday to challenge the Biden administration’s proposed new rules for enforcing Title IX’s anti-discrimination provisions that would change the definition of “sex” to include “gender identity.” A legal advocacy group called Stop Abusive and Violent Environments organized the rally at the Eisenhower Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. Congress…Gillian Richards -
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Biden Administration Extends Attack on the Free Market in New Rules on Student Debt
Instead of addressing the college debt crisis, the Biden administration has proposed new rules designed to punish for-profit colleges and stick taxpayers with billions of dollars in debt forgiveness. Taxpayers deserve accountability from the Department of Education, not carrots and sticks that interfere with a free marketplace for higher education. The rules, proposed last month,…Adam Kissel -
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Teachers Union Promotes Pronouns Cards for Students: ‘Hello, My Pronouns Are… ’
A “Student Identification Card” sounds relatively innocuous, like something that could come in handy for a field trip, emergency drill, or cafeteria hour. Such a card seems unlikely to serve a purpose in promoting LGBT indoctrination and deceiving parents. And yet, that’s exactly what it is now being used for. This particular student ID card…Joshua Arnold -
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The Exodus From Public Schools
As parents prepare to send their children back to school, many will have made decisions about their child’s education that will not only put them on a different trajectory, but also impact the public education system, which is being used in too many districts to indoctrinate more than educate. Stories about drag queens in kindergarten,…Cal Thomas -
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Back-to-School Blues: Droves of Americans Ditching Public School
This summer, students aren’t the only ones dreading going back to the classroom. According to staggering enrollment data, parents appear to have had a case of back-to-school blues over public education since COVID-19’s onset in early 2020. In the past two years, a mass exodus of over 1.2 million students has left the public school…Marjorie Jackson -
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Utah School District Pulls Dozens of Books With Titles Such as ‘Gender Queer’
Utah’s largest school district has removed 52 books from its library for alleged inappropriate content and plans to investigate another 32, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. Alpine School District in northern Utah County is removing the books following an internal audit sparked by parental complaints, according to The Salt Lake Tribune. The school board will formally…Reagan Reese -
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Whoops! Department of Education Makes $300 Billion Accounting Mistake on Student Loans
What’s $300 billion between friends? A new report from the Government Accountability Office details a breathtaking discrepancy between what the federal government claimed the student loan program would generate, and what it actually costs taxpayers. As GAO explains: “Although the Department of Education originally estimated federal Direct Loans made in the last 25 years would…Lindsey Burke -
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Governors Have ‘Incredible Ability’ to Rescue Education, South Dakota’s Noem Says
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says governors can counter federal overreach in schools and accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of destroying kids’ education. “We can talk about members of Congress eliminating the Department of Education, or reforming it to that level, but governors have incredible ability to make a difference right at home,” Noem, a Republican, said in remarks Wednesday…Samantha Aschieris