Juliana Sweeny | November 7, 2023 (The Lion) — Students at Loudoun County Public Schools are speaking out about their safety, but LCPS administrators are more concerned about upholding woke agendas than they are about restoring common sense policies in their buildings. While children are being shipped to hospitals due to on-campus drug overdoses, the construction […]
Susan Berry | October 20, 2023 (The Lion) — The Biden administration’s ramp-up of school-based health centers (SBHCs) is moving public education further toward government intrusion in the parent-child relationship. That’s according to Michelle Cretella M.D., a general pediatrician, child advocate and spokesperson on issues of sexuality for the Catholic Medical Association. “School-based health clinics
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John Ransom | October 17, 2023 (The Lion) — An Amazon.com teacher of the year has caused an uproar by sharing a branded image of a Hamas paragliding militant. One such heavily armed group paraglided into an Israeli music festival during the Hamas terrorist attack Oct. 7, resulting in the death of nearly 300 innocent civilians, including teenagers and
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Faith Perkins | October 3, 2023 (The Lion) — Two parents are suing their Virginia school district for refusing to follow state policy regarding transgender students’ bathroom use and sports participation. The guidance, which was promoted by Gov. Glenn Youngkin and finalized in July, mandates students to use bathrooms, locker rooms and participate in school activities
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Jillian Schneider | September 29, 2009 (The Lion) — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland refused to distance himself from the controversial memo branding parents as “domestic terrorists.” In a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee on last week, Garland skirted questions from Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, about an infamous memo which referred to parents who
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Frances Floresca | August 15, 2023 (The Lion) — The children’s educational initiative of the conservative nonprofit PragerU has created videos and materials for use in public schools, and Florida is the first state to officially approve their use. More states are soon to follow, reports Jill Simonian, the program’s director of outreach. PragerU Kids offers “educational, fun, patriotic
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Jillian Schneider | August 13, 2023 (The Lion) — Charter schools outperform their traditional public-school counterparts despite receiving significantly less funding, recent studies show. The University of Arkansas released a new report analyzing nearly two decades’ worth of education funding from 16 states. It found charter schools have been chronically underfunded by 21% to 34% compared to
(The Lion) — The Republican governor’s office in Virginia assailed the Biden administration for using the Department of Justice Community Relations Service to insert itself into local school board meetings. “The fact that the Biden DOJ hasn’t learned its lesson from the last time they overstepped their authority shows a stunning lack of judgment,” said
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John Ransom | August 4, 2023 (The Lion) — A new survey released by the consumer credit company Wallet Hub found that almost half of all parents believe that public schools don’t provide a good value for the money. Even more – 83% – agree that the cost of education is out of control, according to the
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Frances Floresca | August 8, 2023 (The Lion) — As students prepare to return to school, many parents are looking to send them to a new school. Nearly half of parents have decided on or are currently considering a different school for one or more of their children, according to a National School Choice Week
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