More parents than ever want school choice, yet President Biden didn’t mention it once in his State of the Union. Clearly President Biden isn’t willing to stand up to the teachers unions who want to keep their stranglehold on K-12 education. Good thing parents are standing up instead.Parent activists, disillusioned with traditional public schools during … Continue reading Why Didn’t President Biden Address School Choice in the State of the Union?
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A federal judge ruled that Fairfax County school officials violated the law by changing admissions requirements at the nation’s top public school to deliberately reduce the number of Asian-American students enrolled. Last March, a coalition of parents, students, alumni, and community members filed a lawsuit challenging admissions changes at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science … Continue reading Federal judge rules that admissions changes at nation’s top public school discriminate against Asian-American students
A Virginia preschool teacher is suing the federal government to keep her job and block a federal vaccine mandate for federally funded preschool programs. Elizabeth Etherton is a veteran teacher at Fairfax County Public Schools, serving preschool students for over 15 years. She has been told she will be fired on Feb. 28 for not … Continue reading Virginia teacher sues to stop federal vaccine mandate
One of the largest teachers unions in the country rewarded Senate Democrats for keeping schools closed with millions of dollars in campaign contributions. American children are suffering while Senate Democrats line their pockets with money from teachers unions who want to keep schools closed. Democrats are the party of teachers unions, not American families. When … Continue reading Teachers Unions Ramped Up Donations to Dems as They Pushed Their School Closing Policies
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced an amendment to stop the flow of federal funds to schools and child care centers that enforce COVID-19 vaccine mandates on students and young children. The amendment would modify the short-term, $1.6 trillion continuing resolution (CR) to fund the Federal government through March 11, 2022 by prohibiting federal funding provided under the CR … Continue reading Cruz Introduces Amendment to Stop COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates on Children, Cut Off Federal Funds for Schools that Enforce Them
Governor Glenn Youngkin this week released the following statement on State Senator Chap Petersen’s Amendment to Senator Siobhan Dunnavant’s SB739, adopted 29-9, creating a parental opt-out from local school mask mandates: “In an overwhelming bipartisan show of support, the Senate of Virginia took a significant step today for parents and children. I applaud Senator Petersen’s … Continue reading Virginia Senate retreats on school mask mandates
The Governor, Attorney General, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction filed a motion today to join Loudoun County parents in a pending lawsuit against their school board. The Loudoun parents are suing their school board for ignoring the Governor’s executive order two and preventing an ‘opt out’ option for mask mandates. After nearly two years in … Continue reading Youngkin and Miyares Side With Loudoun Parents in Recent Lawsuit
U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), along with Senators Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Richard Burr (R-N.C.), ranking member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, introduced the Kids in Classes Act. The bill would allow families with children in Title I schools to put unused federal education funds toward in-person education, should their school close due … Continue reading Scott bill blocks schools from using COVID and union strikes as shutdown excuses
This week Dr. Elizabeth Weiss, a fully tenured professor at San Jose State University, filed a lawsuit to stop efforts by the university to stifle her free speech and impede her research. Professor Weiss is a highly decorated, fully tenured professor of anthropology at San Jose State University, where she specializes in osteology—the study of … Continue reading Tenured professor sues San Jose State University officials for stifling free speech and blocking research
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has filed a civil rights complaint against Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) in Virginia, alleging longstanding antisemitism problems there that FCPS officials have failed to address, in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The complaint, against one of the largest school districts in the U.S., was filed with … Continue reading Fairfax County Public Schools sued over rampant anti-Semitism
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