Crisis in the Classroom

04/03/2024

THOUGHTS? Oklahoma AG argues against state's push for nation's first religious charter school

Oklahoma could soon open the nation's first religious charter school.One of the most vocal critics of St. Isidore of Seville is the state's own Attorney General

01/18/2024

Meagan O'Halloran of WZTV FOX 17 News, Nashville explains how Tennessee's new letter grade system shifts the "burden" of accountability from students to school leadership

12/18/2023

VIDEO: Student with special needs records himself being attacked in California school bathroom (via FOX26)

11/27/2023

Biden's education secretary misquotes famous Ronald Reagan utterance: 'Terrifying' (via The National Desk - TND)

'I think it was President Reagan who said, 'We're from the government. We're here to help,'' Miguel Cardona said earlier this month.

11/27/2023

Rising student overdoses in Virginia prompt increased calls for transparency, "recovery schools" (via 7News DC)

Many Virginia parents got a wake-up call about dangerous drugs in their kids' schools after nine student overdoses happened this year.

11/22/2023

Tennessee school administrators fired over alleged intoxication at basketball game (via WZTV FOX 17 News, Nashville)

The principal and three assistant principals at a middle school in Clarksville have been fired for allegedly being intoxicated at a basketball game on campus.

11/20/2023

Portland Public Schools refutes claim from teachers union that school board rejected proposal (via KATU News)

The Portland Association of Teachers is claiming that their bargaining team reached a settlement agreement with the Portland Public Schools bargainging team - b

11/20/2023

El Paso private school principal favored Texas school vouchers bill (via CBS4 Local)

The Texas House on Friday voted to cut school vouchers from the education bill.

11/20/2023

Parent exposes alarming seating conditions on Arkansas school bus (via KATV Channel 7)

A parent of a student in the Pulaski County Special School District is speaking out after receiving a photo of students sitting on the floor of a school bus.

11/17/2023

Will school choice pass in the Texas House Friday? (via News 4 San Antonio)

After months of back and forth and now four special sessions, the issue of school vouchers will come to a head Friday in the Texas legislature.

11/15/2023

'POSSESSED BY HATE': The father of a 17-year-old brutally beaten to death near a Las Vegas high school is speaking out about the incident that took his son's life (via KSNV News 3, Las Vegas)

11/15/2023

Seattle teachers union votes to endorse call for ceasefire in Gaza Strip (via KOMO News)

They’re one of four union members who wrote the resolution the Seattle Education Association passed at its meeting Monday night.

11/14/2023

Randi Weingarten, the leader of one of the largest teachers' unions in the U.S., says any criticism of her is an attempt to "undermine" public education. (via The National Desk - TND)

The teachers union leader accused her critics of lying to create 'distrust.'

11/06/2023

Parents in Portland, Oregon fear learning losses, loss of socialization for students as school district remains on strike (via KATU News)

Portland Public Schools will close again Monday as the teachers' union and district are still at the bargaining table over a contract.The strike began Wednesday

11/02/2023

Loudoun County school board member Tiffany Polifko, Broad Run District, Loudoun County School Board demanding answers after district fails to alert families of 9 drug overdoses at high school.

Full story from 7News DC: https://wjla.com/news/local/loudoun-county-school-board-members-push-for-answers-after-9-student-opioid-drug-overdoses-at-park-view-high-since-september-lcps-community-students-parents-sheriff-investigation-tiffany-polifko-denise-corbo

11/02/2023

Texas Gov. Abbott: 'There is enough time' to pass school choice and avoid another special session (via CBS Austin)

Gov. Abbott is optimistic that the Texas legislature can pass school choice policies in the ongoing special session, amid skepticism from other officials.

11/01/2023

Nevada Assembly speaker calls on Las Vegas public schools superintendent to resign over lack of accountability (via KSNV News 3, Las Vegas)

Nevada Assembly Speaker Steve Yeager has called on the superintendent for the Las Vegas valley's public schools to resign.Yeager, who leads the Democratic Caucu

11/01/2023

Police investigating 8 opioid-related overdoses connected to Virginia high school (via 7News DC)

Students at a Loudoun County high school have been connected to at least eight drug-related overdoses.