John Ransom | May 11, 2023 (The Lion) — A teacher who was previously assaulted at school was pepper sprayed by a student in Tennessee, part of a growing trend of violence in public schools. The pepper spray assault happened after the Nashville teacher refused to return a cell phone to the student, said Fox News. A […]
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Juliana Sweeny | April 21, 2023 (The Lion) — Teachers are not the only ones who will receive a pay bump at Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) next fall. Hidden within the nearly $30 million dollar increase to maintain personnel, LCPS plans to pay $3.3 million towards unionization efforts. According to LCPS, 90% of the district’s $1.6
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Jillian Schneider | April 13, 2023 (The Lion) — As many states are nearing the end of their legislative session, lawmakers from six states can rest easy after advancing school choice by leaps and bounds over the past three months. Four states – Arkansas, Florida, Iowa and Utah – passed universal education savings account (ESA)
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Michael J. Dillon | April 12, 2023 (The Lion) — A mother in Maine is suing her daughter’s school district after school staff secretly helped her daughter “transition” into a boy. After finding a “chest binder” in her daughter’s room in December, Amber Lavigne was shocked to find out her daughter’s school counselor, Samuel Roy, had
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Jillian Schneider | March 18, 2023 (The Lion) — With 29 states currently considering school choice legislation, the education freedom movement seems unstoppable. But the legacy of a 19th century congressman hasn’t made it easy. The “Blaine Amendments” are present in 37 state constitutions. They forbid public funds from going to religious education institutions, causing legal trouble for some school choice
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John Ransom | March 18, 2023 (The Lion) — The Virginia Education Association is finding ways to introduce Critical Race Theory (CRT) materials into classrooms, despite a statewide ban. In February, as a part of its Black History Month, the VEA provided educators with a Black Lives Matter “tool box,” Fox News reports. The union claimed
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Shanxi Omoniyi | February 25, 2023 (The Lion) — Before Christian parents of school-aged children decide between Christian or public education, it’s essential to first settle the purpose of education, advises a Bible scholar and teacher. “Education is not primarily about learning skills, job skills, or even learning self-expression or something like that,” said Dr.
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John Ransom | February 23, 2023 (The Lion) — The reputation of Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) took another hit after its board voted not to release a sexual assault report compiled by school attorneys. LCPS has been under a cloud since its policy on gender neutral bathrooms resulted in multiple sexual assaults by a
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Asian Mom, Engineer Smeared as ‘White Supremacist,’ ‘Not Qualified’ John Ransom | February 13, 2021 (The Lion) — Virginia Democrats voted along party lines to oust a parent who was appointed to the Virginia Board of Education (BOE), claiming she wasn’t qualified. “They voted to remove Suparna Dutta, shockingly claiming that a public school parent
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Luke Holland | January 30, 2023 (The Lion) — Students are returning to class Monday at a Virginia elementary school where a teacher was shot by a 6-year-old student. That teacher intends to sue. Abby Zwerner, a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in the city of Newport News, was shot by one of her students
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