According to Columbia Heights Public Schools, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained a five-year-old Minnesota boy, Liam Ramos, on Tuesday as he returned home from school. Ramos, who is a preschooler, and his father were taken into custody in their driveway by ICE agents, according to Columbia Heights Public Schools Superintendent Zena Stenvik, at a press […]
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DeSantis and other GOP governors seek to develop new accrediting commission in response to ‘woke accreditation cartels’
In a power play with other Southern higher education leaders, Florida is spearheading a new university accrediting commission in response to existing agencies, the governor says, that have a “monopoly of the woke accreditation cartels.” Today, during a Thursday news conference at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced, alongside State University […]
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Calls for resignation grow after Memphis school board member’s ICE threat
Memphis Shelby County School Board member Towanna Murphy has issued an apology for threatening to deport Hispanic women who messaged her on social media to criticize her tenure on the school board and called her names. Murphy, the District 7 school board member, represents the Whitehaven and Hickory Hill communities in Memphis Shelby County Schools, the […]
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Lawsuit Claims Popular Literacy Programs Fail Students with Anti-Phonics Approach
Boston, MA – In a landmark lawsuit filed on December 4, 2024, a group of parents and students filed a lawsuit this week in Suffolk County Superior Court against several prominent creators and publishers of early literacy curricula. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants engaged in deceptive marketing and sold flawed products that omitted critical […]
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Wisconsin parent pushed superintendent off stage so he couldn’t shake daughter’s hand
A new police report reveals the explanation a white father gave to officers for shoving a Black school superintendent off the stage at a Wisconsin graduation at Baraboo High School to stop him from shaking his graduating daughter’s hand. The incident occurred on May 31 at Baraboo High School’s graduation. Matthew Eddy walked onto the […]
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Teacher placed on leave after using racial slurs
A fifth-grade teacher who has not been identified is on leave in the Boston area after using a racial slur twice in front of children. In a letter dated May 29 to Southborough parents, Superintendent Gregory L. Martineau outlined two occasions that went against the district’s core values of “equity, inclusivity, empathy, integrity, respect and perseverance.” […]
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National Women’s Law Center files two complaints against districts in Georgia and Florida
Yesterday, the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) filed two complaints with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), urging an investigation into Georgia’s Cobb County School District and Florida’s Collier County Public School District. The complaint alleges that both districts have created a hostile environment for students through practices that include censoring […]
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School Shootings: When the drills become real
Within twelve days, The Dallas-Fort Worth area has experienced two school shootings. The first shooting occurred at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas, Texas, on April 12, 2024. A teenage boy was shot in the leg by a 17-year-old, who sneaked a .38 revolver into the school, past several metal detectors. A Wilmer-Hutchins teacher’s courageous efforts […]