Chief Deputy Whip Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., and fellow Pennsylvania Republican representatives Dan Meuser, Mike Kelly, John Joyce, M.D., Lloyd Smucker, and Brian Fitzpatrick signed a scathing open letter Thursday calling on University of Pennsylvania’s board to relieve President Elizabeth Magill of her duties. Magill was one of multiple university …
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is taking criticism for moving to end the selective enrollment process at certain schools in the Windy City in the name of “equity.” The Chicago School Board passed a resolution Thursday that seeks to move away from school choice and bolster the city’s neighborhood schools to …
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Chinese Communist Party influence is becoming a growing problem in some U.S. schools, Oklahoma’s top elected state education official told FOX News a day after he battled House Democrats who appeared more concerned with the influence of fossil fuel companies and domestic conservative institutions. Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction …
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FIRST ON FOX: Republicans in both chambers of Congress are moving to strike down a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rule proposal they say pressures schools to adopt the Biden administration’s LGBTQ “social experiments.” Florida Republican Rep. Scott Franklin and Kansas GOP Sen. Roger Marshall are introducing resolutions of disapproval …
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Students at Clemson University held a march this week to protest the removal of feminine hygiene products from men’s bathrooms on campus. “About 50 students marched across Clemson University on Wednesday to demand that menstrual products be returned to men’s bathrooms in Cooper Library and that the Clemson College Republicans …
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Supporters of Wisconsin’s taxpayer-funded school choice and independent charter school programs urged the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to reject a lawsuit seeking to declare the programs unconstitutional, saying such a move would create chaos for tens of thousands of families with students currently enrolled. Private schools, parents with students …
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A New Jersey teachers union wants to change the state’s standards for entering the profession. The Garden State currently requires that candidates for teacher certification pass a basic skills test called the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators, which demonstrates proficiency in reading, writing and math. As another way of …
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Far too many schools in New Mexico are underperforming, and the state’s top education official says the focus of his agency’s next budget proposal will be on holding districts and schools responsible for student achievement. The budget blueprint is due next Thursday, but Public Education Secretary Arsenio Romero and other …
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A Texas school district is explaining how a convicted prostitute actively advertising as an escort was able to become a committee member and volunteer in the school district, pinning some of the blame on “not always perfect” background checks from the state Department of Public Safety (DPS). The Godley Independent …
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An Ohio House committee cleared a contentious higher education bill Wednesday that would eliminate nearly all diversity and inclusion training requirements in Ohio’s public colleges and universities and bar them from taking stances on “controversial topics,” despite House leadership claiming it doesn’t have the votes. Republican House Speaker Jason Stephens …
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