Public Schools

Sage’s Law, HB 2432, recently passed in the Virginia House of Delegates on a strict party-line vote with 50 Republicans voting for it, 48 Democrats against it, and 2 abstentions. Should this bill pass into law, it would mark a hard-won…

Over the past decade, a new form of school choice has begun to emerge that holds revolutionary flexibility for parents. Three years after the coronavirus first appeared on our shores, millions of American students are still suffering from…

A subcommittee in the Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill on Monday that mandates public educators notify parents if their child “self-identifies” as something other than his or her natural sex. Introduced by Republican Dels. Dave…

On Tuesday, Iowa became the second state in the country to pass universal school choice, directly providing families with funds to support their children’s education. Arizona was the trendsetter for this new wave of educational freedom…

The White House made a target of Gov. Ron DeSantis again after his administration rejected a proposal to teach critical race theory in Florida high schools. On Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris said, “Unfortunately, in Florida, extremist…

Every Republican governor and state lawmaker should copy Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision last week to block a major company from selling critical race theory-promoting high school curricula to public schools. The College Board is…

In August 2021, by concealing a teen’s newly asserted transgender identity from her parents, Virginia’s Appomattox County High School participated in a chain of events that led to that girl falling into the hands of sexual predators not…

Minnesota will soon ban faithful Christians, Muslims, and Jews from teaching in public schools by requiring that every state-certified teacher “fosters an environment that ensures student identities such as … gender identity … are ……

By now, it’s well-known that the school shutdowns during the Covid pandemic have resulted in noticeable learning loss. According to the most recent data from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (a.k.a., “the Nation’s Report…

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin began 2023 by asking the state’s Attorney General Jason Miyares to investigate the allegation that officials at Thomas Jefferson High School (TJ) intentionally withheld notifications of National Merit awards…