Alaska House committee advances, expands proposal to bar trans girls from girls sports
Amended bill would add elementary, middle school and collegiate sports to limits in place for high school
By Claire Stremple, Alaska Beacon - April 16, 2024Education
Fox’s latest fearmongering image placed crosshairs over people at a school board meeting.
By Oliver Willis - October 28, 2021Cruz attacked Attorney General Merrick Garland for a memo he issued regarding threats of violence directed toward school board officials nationwide over anti-racism training and COVID-19 safety measures.
By Josh Axelrod - October 27, 2021Rebecca Kleefisch has falsely accused Wisconsin school officials of promoting ‘critical race theory’ in the classroom.
By Emily Singer - October 27, 2021The attorney general said in a congressional hearing on Wednesday that he would’ve regretted not acting swiftly upon receiving reports of threats to school board officials’ lives.
By Oliver Willis - October 27, 2021Fox News featured a candidate for the Loudoun County school board who opposes ‘critical race theory.’
By Oliver Willis - October 27, 2021The Virginia Republican gubernatorial nominee is leading the conservative crusade against public school officials.
By Nick Vachon - October 27, 2021The 26-year-old progressive organizer would be the district’s first Black representative.
By Nick Vachon - October 25, 2021Democrats have been mobilizing their brightest national stars in hopes of staving off complacency in party ranks.
By Associated Press - October 23, 2021Their latest mission is to pull books with LGBTQ themes from school libraries.
By Casey Quinlan - October 22, 2021Parents in Loudoun County are organizing against well-funded conservative activists.
By Nick Vachon - October 21, 2021The lawmakers behind the new caucus have backed limiting what professors can teach about critical race theory previously.
By Josh Israel - October 20, 2021A settlement announced Wednesday aims to resolve a 2019 suit accusing the Department of Education under Secretary Betsy DeVos of mismanaging its Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
By Associated Press - October 16, 2021Biggs is happy the pandemic has parents ‘waking up’ to oppose LGBTQ rights and education about racism.
By Josh Israel - October 14, 2021The lawsuit calls a ban on political activity in college campus buildings a ‘surgical attack’ against youth participation in elections.
By Emily Singer - October 12, 2021Several conservative members of Congress are calling for an investigation over false claims about Garland’s son-in-law.
By Matt Cohen - October 08, 2021The gang at Fox News would rather the Justice Department focus on last year’s protests than the current attacks on school board officials as they try to enforce COVID rules.
By Oliver Willis - October 07, 2021The Treasury Department warned Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey about the state’s use of COVID relief funding.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - October 06, 2021House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy claims the Biden administration is trying to ‘intimidate’ and ‘silence parents.’
By Oliver Willis - October 06, 2021The Department of Education’s rules will help more than 550,000 people.
By Josh Israel - October 06, 2021Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said that responding to threats and violence against school board officials is an effort to ‘chill’ free speech.
By Emily Singer - October 05, 2021The Department of Justice is calling in the FBI to deal with a spate of violence and threats against school officials as Republicans rail against mask mandates and critical race theory.
By Emily Singer - October 05, 2021Surveys show that the pandemic has exacerbated attrition, burnout and stress on teachers.
By Associated Press - September 25, 2021Fox News has framed efforts to educate young students about racism as ‘critical race theory’ and spent months encouraging conservative activists to protest it.
By Oliver Willis - September 20, 2021Ongoing debates about school mask mandates miss a crucial component: student input.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - September 15, 2021A federal judge found that a religious school violated federal law when it fired a gay man after he announced his engagement on social media.
By Casey Quinlan - September 07, 2021The Centers for Disease Control recommends wearing masks for all who are unvaccinated, including children.
By Oliver Willis - September 01, 2021As students return to the classroom amid a delta variant surge, one D.C. dad is manufacturing DIY air-filtration cubes — and wants others to do the same.
By Jacob Gardenswartz - August 31, 2021At least one trans student in Tennessee was harassed after state passed bathroom bill.
By Casey Quinlan - August 30, 2021Fifty-five companies and business associations signed a letter opposing anti-LGBTQ bills introduced in Texas this year.
By Casey Quinlan - August 26, 2021Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke assured transgender students that discrimination is ‘wrong’ and ‘against the law’ in a new video from the Justice Department.
By Casey Quinlan - August 20, 2021