Several Virginia public schools were quick to push back against Glenn Youngkin’s executive order issued on Saturday allowing parents to opt out of school mask mandates for their children. Not long after Glenn Youngkin was sworn in as Virginia’s 74th governor, he signed nine executive orders, Richmond Times-Dispatch reports. One of those orders gave parents
Indiana parents may be able to get increased transparency in schools thanks to a new bill before the state legislature. But educators are pushing back against the bill—with dozens of them testifying against it for hours on Monday. According to AP News, Indiana House Bill 1134 proposes putting school curriculum through screening by a parent
Despite a surge in coronavirus cases due to the omicron variant, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says schools should remain open for in-person learning, in a recent interview with “Fox News Sunday.” In the fight against COVID-19, Secretary Cardona maintains that “our science is better” and “we have better tools.” He adds that “[students] have
A Florida school recently hired a social-emotional learning specialist for kindergartners—likely a response to the national rates of depression and anxiety that continue to climb among students. WINK News reports that the Community School of Naples hired Natalie Donahue to help young children learn how to manage their emotions and create relationships with others. The
California school districts recently decided to make the move to eliminate grades D and F for high school students. Los Angeles Unified, Oakland Unified, Sacramento City Unified, and San Diego Unified are some of the school districts working toward a competency-based learning method, according to a local ABS News station. This approach would assess students
On Thursday, members of the Racial Equity Committee at a Fort-Worth school held a news conference to defend their co-chair leaking personal parent information on social media. Norma Garcia-Lopez, the co-chair of Fort Worth Independent School District’s Racial Equity Committee, has admitted to sharing personal parent information on social media and leaving a profanity-ridden voicemail
A principal at a Massachusetts high school sent emails to staff offering segregated “processing” centers to cope with the “devastating” verdict of Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial, following his acquittal. In emails obtained by Parents Defending Education, Principal Henry Turner of Newton North High School informed staff that there would be “spaces for students and staff of
An opinion piece in NBC News’ THINK on Thursday sparked a Twitter debate after insinuating that parents were unqualified to intervene in their child’s school curriculum. The piece, titled “Schools face parents who want to ban critical race theory—and don't get how teaching works,” details some instances that parents are getting involved in schools, such
The Indiana State Teachers Association—the largest teacher’s union in the state—called on state lawmakers to increase teacher pay to compensate for the overwhelming workload and staff shortages. Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA) President Keith Gambill said at a news conference on Monday that they’re “slowly making progress” with teacher pay, but that more is needed
On Monday, Governor Greg Abbott directed state education leaders to prohibit books containing pornography from entering the Texas public school system. The governor’s letter, which was addressed to heads of the Texas Education Agency, the Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and the Texas State Board of Education, says that parents are outraged over “material
