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WATCH: Experts Say Increased Funding Doesn’t Mean Better Students

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Esther Wickham | May 29, 2026 (The Center Square) – Spending more taxpayer dollars doesn’t make kids smarter, according to experts. As K-12 test scores and student proficiency rates continue to decline nationwide, education experts question whether increased education funding is improving student outcomes or merely contributing to inefficiencies within the public school system. National […]

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Hanover Schools Cyber Attack Raises Data, Cost Questions

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Shirleen Guerra | May 6, 2026 (The Center Square) — Hanover County Public Schools says a cybersecurity incident that disrupted its network in March involved a malicious actor gaining access to internal systems and attempting to deploy ransomware. Unknown are questions about whether sensitive personal data may have been exposed and how much the response

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Report: Albemarle County Forces ‘Equity’ Framework on Staff, Students

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(The Center Square) – Education group Defending Education says that tax dollars are meant to fund public schools to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic, as the group also reported that a Virginia public school works an “equity and anti-racism framework” into school curriculum, staff training and more. The school district in question, Albemarle County Public Schools, said

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NEA Gives Nearly $2M to Organization Associated With ‘May Day’ Protests

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Tate Miller | April 8, 2026 (The Center Square) — An education group has uncovered that teacher’s union the National Education Association has given nearly two million dollars in donations since 2020 to an organization that trains for May Day school “walk-in” protests, as well as demands agendas such as “tax the rich” and the

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Education Department Rescinds Title IX Resolution Agreements

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Esther Wickham | April 6, 2026 (The Center Square) — The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on Monday rescinded portions of multiple resolution agreements, alleging that previous administrations expanded the interpretation of Title IX. The OCR uses resolution agreements to require schools to take corrective action when they are found to be

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Taxpayer-Backed Teacher Unions Receive $390M in Dues

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Esther Wickham | February 19, 2026 (The Center Square) – National teacher unions continue to collect hundreds of millions of dollars annually in membership dues, according to new federal filings with the U.S. Department of Labor.  The National Education Association, which reported 2,846,104 members from September 2024 through August 2025, reported approximately $454 million in total receipts

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