Following the U.S. Department of Education’s new Title IX guidance, 20 states filed a lawsuit saying their state rights were violated since the federal department is implementing guidelines contrary to state laws and policies. Federal Judge Charles Atchley from the Eastern District of Tennessee issued a preliminary injunction that protects those states from having to
By: Elizabeth Canfield I sat across the living room from an oil investor who traveled internationally on high-stakes negotiation trips. Though I knew little about those negotiations, I could still feel the palpable intensity of the situation he was describing. Words matter at the negotiating table, and he clearly knew what to say. With
The National Education Association (NEA) recently passed measures to advocate for abortion access and dismantle supposed anti-LGBTQ+ laws. But the NEA’s controversial proposed “new business items” that circulated on Twitter, like implementing vaccine mandates and removing gender-specific language, were not passed. At the NEA’s annual Representative Assembly (RA), almost 6,000 members came together on July
Arizona families could send their children to any school they want with the new state’s universal school choice bill. The Arizona Legislature recently approved what could become the nation’s largest school choice program, which would make education vouchers available to all K-12 students in the state. The next step for House Bill 2853 is to
On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that a former Washington state public high school football coach’s First Amendment rights were violated when the school asked him to stop praying on the field after games. Former coach Joseph Kennedy regularly took a knee after games to pray, which started as a personal move, but then players
School choice allows public education funds to follow students to the schools or services that best fit their needs—whether that’s to a public school, private school, charter school, home school, or any other learning environment families choose. This seems like a good concept, and you’d think it would have rousing support from all sides. After
Despite a recent parent engagement council launched by the U.S. Department of Education, parents have mixed reactions as to whether their concerns will be alleviated. Last week, the Education Department announced the start of a National Parents and Families Engagement Council that’s intended to get families involved with their local schools. According to a press
On today’s episode, Melvin interviews Marquell Moorer, who was recently elected to his local school board in April 2022. Marquell shares how he struggled in the school system as a child and how his struggles continued upon entering college. He believes lowering education standards is a dangerous form of “soft bigotry” which promotes the
Last Wednesday, parents, educators, and students protested outside the White House and the U.S. Education Department against newly proposed regulations that would potentially hurt charter schools. The proposed regulations, announced last month by Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, are meant to stop wasteful spending in education. Cardona explained that the regulations are designed to find communities’
What’s the story behind the Noah Webster Educational Foundation? Our organization’s president Melvin Adams and his wife Sandy share many of the alarming education issues they saw coming to America and how they wanted to provide solutions to help citizens reclaim our schools. May 10, 2022 marks our
