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Oct 28 2023
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Parents, education groups challenge state's new private school vouchers
The South Carolina Department of Education is facing a lawsuit filed Thursday with the state Supreme Court by parents and education advocates challenging the state’s new Education Scholarship Trust Fund voucher program. In the lawsuit, plaintiffs claimed that the fund, which could divert millions of dollars of state funds from public schools to private schools, violated the state constitution
Charleston City Paper
Nov 07 2023
News
Education takes center stage in Virginia election that could be litmus test for 2024: 'Parents are in charge'
Virginia voters are gearing up for a day at the polls Tuesday as the general election for control of the state legislature becomes the first major bellwether of the 2024 election. Education ranks at the top of the list for many parents in the Old Dominion State, particularly on the heels of Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's longstanding calls for transparency and preservation of parental rights
Fox News (Online News)
Feb 28 2023
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Arkansas Senate Passes Sweeping Education Reform Bill Promoting Parental Rights
The Arkansas state Senate has passed a comprehensive education reform bill to promote parental rights, foster school choice and promote homeschooling in the Natural State. The Daily Citizen spoke with Jerry Cox, founder and president of Family Council, the Focus-allied state family policy council in Arkansas. “Family Council and our homeschool division the Education Alliance support the
Daily Citizen
Nov 16 2023
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U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights investigating Maize Unified School District
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is investigating the Maize Unified School District. According to the USDE, they opened an investigation on Thursday, Nov. 16, into the Maize Unified School District “for alleged shared ancestry violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), which prohibits race, color, or national origin
KSN TV
Mar 15 2022
Fact Check
Does Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Bill Outlaw the Word ‘Gay’?
Social media has been flooded with misinformation about the Parental Rights in Education bill in Florida, which critics derogatorily nicknamed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Some have suggested that the bill, as the nickname suggests, literally outlaws the word “gay” in Florida.
The bill, which has passed both houses of the Florida legislature, prevents teachers from providing instruction on
The Dispatch Fact Check
Jul 31 2023
News
Nebraska Legislature’s Education Committee mulls parental control, curriculum
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Two months after one of the most contentious legislative sessions in state history, senators on the Nebraska Legislature’s Education Committee took their seats once again to hash out controversies regarding public school curriculum. The committee heard testimony about the use of Critical Race Theory and Social and Emotional Learning in classrooms, among other things. It’
KOLN
Sep 20 2023
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Garland Deflects Claims That that DOJ Targeted Parents Concerned About Their Children's Education
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared in a House Judiciary hearing where he brushed off claims that the DOJ targeted parents who were outspoken at school board meetings in recent years. To recap, in 2021, the National School Board Association (NSBA) sent a letter to the Biden administration calling parents who speak out at school board meetings “domestic
Townhall
Jun 02 2023
Perspectives Blog
Opposing Viewpoints on a Parents Bill of Rights
This piece was originally published on Divided We Fall, which AllSides rates as mixed. It was written by Sen. Graig Meyer, State Senator, North Carolina, and Ethan Demme, Board of Supervisors, East Lampeter Township, PA.
The Bond of Trust Between Student and Teacher Must Not Be BrokenBy Sen. Graig Meyer – State Senator, North Carolina
When parents already have broad rights
Divided We Fall (author)
Nov 17 2023
News
Delaware Department of Education to honor educational support professionals - Bay to Bay News
The Delaware Department of Education is honoring 20 educational support professionals for their outstanding work supporting their students and school communities. “Educational support professionals’ roles vary greatly. They provide one-on-one support to students in the classroom. They safely transport children to and from school. They keep our buildings clean and safe. They provide nutritious
Bay to Bay News
Dec 07 2022
Perspectives Blog
Misinformation Watch: Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Law, aka “Don’t Say Gay Law”
As part of our Misinformation Watch blog series, we’re revisiting instances when the media or the political left or right advanced misinformation in 2022. And conversation around Florida’s controversial Parental Rights in Education Act, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay law” by critics, unfortunately fueled some misleading narratives.
So-called “woke” politics have characterized the ongoing
AllSides Staff