LIFO Policies Harm Teacher Diversity, Teacher Quality, and Student Learning
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Analysis and Commentary
K-12 ‘Action Civics’ Trained Students Encamped on College Campuses — What Parents Need to Know
Jonathan Butcher | May 2, 2024 (The Daily Signal) — Parents asking why their college student’s graduation is canceled this year need only remember when their child was in high school. K-12 schools have been training students to disrupt the systems around them for years through the teaching of “action civics,” which primes students to
Officials Ignore Biases Against Jewish Students in Fairfax County Public Schools
Stephanie Lundquist-Arora | April 30, 2024 (Washington Examiner) — Members of the Fairfax County School Board only seem to be concerned with students’ and teachers’ “inherent biases” when they are against pre-approved groups. It seems that Jewish students are not among them. According to the Anti-Defamation League, antisemitic incidents are increasing across the country. From 2022 to 2023, ADL reports a 135% increase
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Continuing a Tradition of Civics Excellence
Mike Sabo | April 30, 2024 (RealClearEducation) — With new institutes emerging at colleges and universities in Florida, Ohio, Utah, Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas, and elsewhere, civics education may be seeing a rebirth. “We need these civics centers at every institution of higher education in America,” says political theory professor Richard Avramenko. Avramenko, a Jack
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No Surprise: Thomas Jefferson High School’s National Ranking Falls Again
(Washington Examiner) — It is not surprising that Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, or TJ, has fallen again in the 2024 U.S. News World Report’s ranking of best public high schools. This year, TJ is ranked 14th, down from 5th in 2023, and 1st for three years before that. Its premier ranking occurred when Fairfax County’s only
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