In-the-News Update [Issue: Education]
May 17, 2023During a House Education Committee hearing, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona faced intense criticism from Republican Representative Jim Banks regarding the Biden administration’s proposed changes to Title IX rules. The proposed rules would mandate that schools receiving federal funding allow biological males to compete in girls’...
In-the-News Update [Issue: Education]
May 3, 2023Last Tuesday Florida came in first place for education as part of the annual Best States rankings from US News & World Report thanks to Florida governor, Ron DeSantis’ efforts to strip diversity, equity, and inclusion programs from higher ed. Alex Lanfranconi, the spokesman for...
In-the-News Update [Issue: Education]
April 19, 2023Parents are uniting to gather support for an online petition for the removal of Superintendent Stratton of Hernando County School District due to the poor handling of an incident involving a threat against students by teacher Ashlee Renczkowski, a gender-transitioning teacher. The incident occurred on...
In-the-News Update [Issue: Education]
April 5, 2023The Biden administration is attempting to fly under the radar once again with the proposed Title IX rule to “protect nonbinary and transgender student athlete eligibility and inclusion on college and K-12 sports teams”. The Department of education has completed the first steps and has...
In-the-News Update [Issue: Education]
March 22, 2023A California union for support workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District is 30,000 strong and is responsible for a three-day strike that began on Tuesday morning, leaving hundreds of campuses deserted with forced closures cancelling classes for 422,000 students. The union is seeking...
In-the-News Update [Issue: Education]
March 8, 2023Last week the Supreme Court justices began deliberation over the Biden administration’s debt cancellation proposal. Conservative justices called into question President Biden’s legal authority to waive hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt on the foundation of the 9/11-era Heroes Act and pass...