DEI Strikes Back: San Francisco Rolls Out 'Grading for Equity' Program in Schools

San Francisco's public school system is quietly rolling out a "Grading for Equity" program that will reportedly exclude homework or weekly tests from final grades and allow students to pass with scores as low as 21 out of 100.

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Study: Private School Choice Makes Even Public Schoolers More Likely To Earn College Degrees

The effect of Ohio’s scholarship program reinforces why states should continue to expand school choice for all families.

Exclusive: Parents Who Don’t Want Their Children Mutilated Are Under Assault In Colorado

A new law would turn Colorado into a transition and kidnapping mill for the whole country, as crazed parents could groom their child, take them to Colorado, and seize custody from their ex-spouse.

Illinois Bill Would Let Failing School System Send Homeschooling Parents To Jail

A new bill requires parents to report themselves to their local school district, and parents who do not will be considered truant.

Liberal Judge Susan Crawford’s Husband Promotes Lawfare Against Homeschool Families

Progressive Judge Susan Crawford is running for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Her husband wrote a book against homeschooling.

Shutting Down The Department Of Education: Linda McMahon Lays Out The ‘Final Mission’

McMahon is officially setting in motion the end of the agency, after it has already cut many of its left-wing prorams.

In Washington State, a Biological Male Dominates Girls' Track—and a Group of School Districts Rally To Force Votes On a Change

A small school district burrowed in a deep-blue county is leading the charge against a nearly 20-year-old policy in Washington state that allows biological males to compete in girls' high school sports, highlighting the growing divide surrounding transgender athletes.

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State Legislature Sidesteps Dem Gov, Passes Sweeping School Choice Measure

'Biggest threat to public schools'

California Teachers' Unions Bled Dem Support After Judge Said They Failed Minority Students. Kamala Harris Rallied to Their Defense.

California’s teachers’ unions were reeling after losing a landmark court case. A judge had issued a blistering ruling essentially accusing them of forcing schools to retain incompetent teachers at the expense of low-income and minority students, saying the evidence "shocks the conscience." High-profile Democrats, including then-President Barack Obama’s education secretary, celebrated the decision, and the press questioned whether teachers’ unions were on the cusp of losing power. A New York Times editorial accused the labor groups of defending "shameful" and "anachronistic" laws. But then-California attorney general Kamala Harris offered respite for her union allies—and major campaign donors: She would join them in their appeal.

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Angela Alsobrooks Says Public Education Is 'Personal' to Her. She Sent Her Kid to a $37,000-Per-Year Private School.

Prince George's County executive Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic nominee for Maryland's open Senate seat, says public education "is personal" to her. But as public schools in Alsobrooks's jurisdiction woefully underperformed state standards, Alsobrooks chose to send her own daughter to an elite private school in Washington, D.C., where tuition is far beyond what the average Marylander can afford.

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