Virginia School District Celebrates ‘Transgender and Non-Binary Youth’

EdNews Virginia | March 4, 2024 In a Friday afternoon email, Arlington Public Schools announced the district will observe a “National Day of Reading: A Celebration of Stories Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Youth” on Monday, March 4. The email did not include opt-out information for parents. EdNews Virginia emailed the district’s spokesman on Saturday with

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Report: ‘Grading for Equity’ Harms Students

Brendan Clarey | February 29, 2024 (Chalkboard News) — A new policy brief states that “equitable” grading policies that rely on lowering academic standards ultimately hurt the students they purportedly help. The research released Wednesday morning by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute challenged some of the claims often made about equitable grading practices and said

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