He does a masterful job of toggling between the local story of Southlake and the big picture nationally in the right’s war on public education.
Jordan Blomgren wants to make “sure that we’re showing both sides.” Local parent Laura Foster responded, “That’s for a Christian school, not a public school.”
Republican state lawmakers have introduced more than 150 bills in 35 states that seek to curb academic freedom on campus.
At a recent budget meeting, a DEI director was among the new positions proposed. Our Central Bucks Education Columnist Tabitha Dell’Angelo explains Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and why it will benefit district educators and students, and the broader community.
Democratic State Rep. Joe Ciresi explains why we need more transparency and oversight with the entities overseeing cyber charter schools and more importantly, full accountability with cyber schools and how they spend taxpayer dollars.
This serves as a warning to parents in school districts across the country with far-right/Moms for Liberty-aligned partisans on their boards about what they’re capable of.
Taxpayers are funding asset hoards, property purchases, advertising, and gift cards for cyber charters. What this money is not funding is quality education.
I’ve been struck by the resonances between modern and medieval censorship of queer texts. Both have been shaped by a sort of “Don’t Say Gay” mindset: an assumption that even seeing or talking about LGBTQ+ themes poses a threat to children and society, regardless of how it’s done.
Lessons about the landmark school desegregation case must include Freedom Schools.
Reporting intern Naomi Weiss interviewed protesters.
The “No Kings” rallies were organized in nearly 2,000 locations nationwide, including cities, towns, and community spaces.
Past is prologue in Central Bucks, where prior school boards kept kicking the fiscal can down the road until the bill finally came due, writes CBSD Board Vice President Heather Reynolds.
“The Constitution does not grant the President any specific powers over elections,” wrote Judge Denise J. Casper of the U.S. District Court in Massachusetts.
“Art has always been a way to tell the story and expose injustice,” said artist Kevin Aster Young.
