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Virginia
Two People Shot at Virginia High School, Police Say
Police are at the scene of Heritage High School in Newport News for reports of a shooting.
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Education Reform Opinion
DOUGHERTY: We Will Regret Masking Kids
Children face little risk of catching or transmitting COVID, and data suggest that cloth masks are ineffective at best.
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Education Reform Opinion
MALKUS: Did President Biden Institute a Vaccine Mandate for Only Half the Nation’s Teachers?
For one key group, the nation’s 3.5 million public school teachers, Biden’s vaccine mandate will cover only half.
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Education Reform Opinion
KINNETT and BUCK: Conservatives, Take Back the Education Field
The conservative movement stood athwart history, yelling Stop — it’s time it did so in education too.
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Oregon
Oregon Online Charter Schools See Wave in Enrollment
Amy Guy’s oldest son, Alexander, started attending school online in eighth grade. He starts his senior year this fall, and…
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Federal Education News
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona Kicks Off ‘Return-to-School Road Trip’
U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona kickstarts his "Return-to-School Road Trip" this week, talking up the Biden administration's efforts to help…
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Governor Initiates Regulatory ‘Fix’ for Charter Schools
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf initiated the regulatory process on Friday for some of his proposed charter school reforms that the…
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Education Reform Opinion
McCOY: Classical Schools Cut Through the Culture Wars
It's back-to-school season, but the country never got a summer vacation from the culture wars over K-12 education.
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Education Reform Opinion
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL: Baltimore’s ‘Ghost’ Students Show Need for School Choice
What happened in Baltimore recently is an extreme example of why blindly throwing money into a broken education system won’t…
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Education Reform Opinion
NEW YORK POST: Making Kids Under 6 Mask Isn’t Science, It’s Child Abuse
Gov. Kathy Hochul has gone ahead and ordered masking not just for all schoolchildren but for tots age 2 and…
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National Education News
National Principals Association Seeks ‘Full Authority of the Federal Government’ to Curb Threats, Violence Toward School Leaders
Pandemic safety measures, critical race theory and transgender students' rights are among a variety of highly charged topics that have…
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District of Columbia
11 Charter Schools in DC Will Give Admissions Preference to At-Risk Students
Eleven charter schools in D.C. plan to offer admissions preference to students who are homeless, receive assistance, in foster care…
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Massachusetts
Massachusetts Teachers Union: State Standardized Test ‘Has Allowed White Supremacy to Flourish in Public Schools’
The state’s largest teachers union is blasting the MCAS test, saying it “has allowed white supremacy to flourish in public…
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Virginia
Virginia Schools to Administer Additional Standardized Tests to Find Pandemic-Related Learning Gaps
Schools across Virginia will soon administer additional testing — similar to Standards of Learning tests — to assess how students…
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Colorado
Tay Anderson Censured by Denver School Board: ‘There Is a Line and It Was Crossed’
Denver Public Schools’ Board of Education voted to censure one of its members, Tay Anderson, on Friday after an investigation…
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National Education News
New ‘Devious Lick’ TikTok Trend Has Students Stealing, Vandalizing Their Schools for Fame
A new TikTok trend that has turned students into clout-seeking kleptomaniacs may be nothing more to them than a “devious…
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Education Reform Opinion
WOODSON and ROWE: Critical Race Theory Distracts From Widespread Academic Underachievement
The real issue in American education is a failure to enable the majority of students—regardless of race—to achieve academic excellence…
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Tennessee
Tennessee Families File Another Lawsuit Against Order Allowing Parents to Opt Children Out of School Mask Mandates
Two Williamson County families have filed another federal lawsuit challenging Gov. Bill Lee's executive order allowing parents to opt their…
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New Jersey
Universal Preschool Will Become Reality in New Jersey in ‘Next Several Years,’ Governor Says
Every young child in New Jersey will have access to free preschool in the next "several years," Gov. Phil Murphy…
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Florida
12,000 Students Leave Florida’s Second-Largest School District
About 12,000 students have left the Broward County school system in the past 18 months, moving to other districts, private…
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Massachusetts
School Left Using Party Bus With Stripper Poles Amid Bus Driver Shortage
English teacher Jim Mayers shared the image to his Twitter account on September 17, showing said party bus with visible…
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Colorado
Colorado County Health Officials Sue Christian Schools in Attempt to Force Mask Mandates
Jefferson County Public Health took legal action last week against Beth Eden Baptist School, Augustine Classical Academy and Faith Christian…
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Texas
Texas Governor Signs Tougher Anti-Critical Race Theory Law
After months of bitter debate on critical race theory, Abbott signed off on a bill that bans the concept on…
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Education Reform Opinion
TORRES: Main Line Madness: Pennsylvania Schools Adopt Critical Pedagogy – and Face Parental Backlash
Schools in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania, adopt critical pedagogy—and face a parental backlash.
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Education Reform Opinion
GREENHUT: Fixing America’s Poorly Functioning Public School Systems Might Require a Bulldozer
It's time for some out-of-box thinking about school reform. What if we let the market do more work and relied…
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