Minority students are exempt from taking the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) when applying for Penn’s medical school if they participate in a summer research program, according to a press release. The University of Pennsylvania […]
A school district in northern Virginia is requiring all teachers to complete a training program that says all students – including preschoolers – can request to be addressed by different names or pronouns without parental permission. Fairfax […]
A fourth grade teacher in Utah took to social media earlier this month, questioning how the parents and students in a majority-White school would react to her classroom, which she said was “built for non-White […]
A group of House Republicans from Pennsylvania, led by Rep. Fred Keller, sent a letter Tuesday to Gov. Tom Wolf and the Acting Secretary of Education Eric Hagarty calling on them to explain why they […]
This news from Maryland, and the courtoom of Judge Paul Grimm (above), is a shocking sign of the times: A judge on Thursday dismissed a complaint against the Montgomery County school board by parents who […]
Barry McKeen, an administrator at Grace Christian School in Valrico, Florida, sent an email to the school’s parents in June explaining that, per the school’s policy, students who engage in gay and transgender “lifestyles” would […]
Jefferson Elementary School in New Jersey will change its name after students and staff launched a year-long effort to distance itself from its namesake, Thomas Jefferson, because of his slave ownership. The South Orange Maplewood Board […]
One North Dakota school board voted to reinstate the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance before its board meetings following intense backlash. The school board in Fargo had voted to strike reciting the Pledge of […]
The U.S. national motto is now on display in a place of prominence in many Texas public schools, thanks to a new state law. Senate Bill 797, which was actually passed during the 2021 legislative […]
Americans’ trust in the public education system has been falling for years and reached an all-time low this past June. It’s not difficult to understand why: Public schools shut children out of the classroom for […]
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