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Spence Attended Out-of-Town Conferences Amid Overdose Crisis

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Jillian Schneider | June 3, 2024 (The Lion) — A Virginia superintendent spent thousands attending out-of-town conferences while his district was embroiled in a drug crisis, a public records request revealed. Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) Superintendent Aaron Spence spent over a month traveling to various conferences while students were overdosing on fentanyl. One of […]

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Study Suggests School Choice Could Help Mend America’s Partisan Divide

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Jillian Schneider | May 23, 2024 (The Lion) — School choice may help students overcome the growing divisiveness observed by cultural commentators today – and do more good for the public than public education itself, a new study suggests. The research found private and religious schools are better conductors of civil knowledge and behaviors than public schools,

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School Leaves Families in the Dark After Teacher Allegedly Grooms 12-Year-Old

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Jillian Schneider | May 6, 2024 (The Lion) — Wisconsin parents are outraged after their school district kept families in the dark about a middle school teacher accused of grooming a 12-year-old student. “Their silence is deafening,” said parent Kristy Murphy at Monday’s protest of the Kenosha Unified School District (KUSD). “We’re not going to stop until

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Private and Parochial Schools Produce Better Citizens Than Public Schools, New Research Finds

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Jillian Schneider | April 24, 2024 (The Lion) — The movement to establish public schools in America was based around a simple idea, namely that a widely educated populus would benefit the nation by being better citizens. Horace Mann, also known as the father of the common school, even said common (public) schools “may become the most

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‘Choice Lifted All Boats’: Catholic School Enrollment Rises in Florida

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John Ransom | April 23, 2024 (The Lion) — While traditional public school enrollment declines nationwide, Florida’s expanding school choice options have Catholic enrollment zooming in the Sunshine State. That’s according to experts at one Florida scholarship program, Step Up for Students. The trend in Florida could be instructive nationally in helping get kids back to

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Investigators Looking at Possible Cover-Up at School Where Teacher Was Shot

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John Ransom | April 16, 2024 (The Lion) — Prosecutors in Virginia are now investigating why the disciplinary records of a 6-year-old student at Richneck Elementary disappeared after the student shot a teacher. “We’ll work with the school system to try to ferret out how this happened,” Newport News Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn said at a news

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Virginia School Administrator Indicted by Grand Jury

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John Ransom | April 11, 2024 (The Lion) — The former assistant principal at the Newport News, Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old student shot his teacher has been indicted for child abuse. The unsealed indictment states that Ebony J. Parker showed “a reckless disregard for human life,” according to The Virginia Pilot. Altogether the grand jury

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Catholic Education Is Thriving, New Report Reveals

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Jillian Schneider | March 29, 2024 (The Lion) — During the nationwide resurgence of Christian education, Catholic schools are celebrating their continued success. A report from the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) on 2023-24 enrollment data found a number of positive trends for its pre-K-12 schools. “Amidst societal upheaval and educational instability, Catholic schools have emerged as

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New Alabama Law Prohibits Teaching DEI at Public Schools

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Faith Perkins | March 27, 2024 (The Lion) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill restricting the teaching of “divisive concepts” and limiting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs at public schools, universities and state agencies. “My Administration has and will continue to value Alabama’s rich diversity, however, I refuse to allow a few

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Loudoun School Board Takes Heat for Turning Off Cameras During Meetings

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Joy Stockbauer | March 26, 2024 (The Lion) — The Loudoun County School Board in Virginia is facing the ire of parents and community advocates for a recent decision to remove livestreaming cameras during the public comment period of school board meetings. The 6-3 vote to shut down cameras, which took place at a March 12 meeting,

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