May 2, 2024

Parents Angered Over School Class Trip To Makeshift Migrant Camp

Parents of students at a school in Northern France have expressed anger at a suggestion by a teacher that would see the students visit a makeshift migrant camp in Calais as part of an upcoming class trip. A philosophy teacher at a high school in Valenciennes sent an email to her students regarding the trip to

Miami School Board Rejects Recognizing ‘LGBTQ History Month’

The Miami-Dade School Board overwhelmingly voted to reject recognizing October as “LGBTQ History Month.” After listening to three hours of heated debate, the board voted 8-1 Wednesday evening to strike down the measure that would also have included teaching 12th graders about Supreme Court cases Obergefell v. Hodges (inventing the constitutional right to gay marriage)

TX School District Confirms Fourth Student Killed by Fentanyl: ‘A Precious Child’

Officials with Hays Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) in Texas said Wednesday they lost another student to a fentanyl overdose. Four students have now died of fentanyl or suspected fentanyl overdoses in the past few months, according to the school district, KVUE reported. In a letter to the CISD family posted Wednesday, school officials said an

U.S. Customs Officer Under Probe for Showing Porn During School Presentation

Authorities in South Texas say they are investigating a federal customs officer who inadvertently showed pornographic content during a school presentation this week. The incident took place this week at Sharyland North Junior High in McAllen, Texas, where a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer was making a presentation to minors. According to CBP Public…

Leftists Crushed in School Boards Across Florida

Florida flipped multiple major school boards from liberal to conservative Tuesday evening, continuing a nationwide trend of parents taking back control of public schools. Florida school board elections have been a major political battleground this cycle, with big names like Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Rep. Byron Donalds (R) making endorsements and joining the campaign…

Colorado School District Directs Staff to Address Children by Chosen Gender

Colorado’s Thompson School District is the latest to make national waves over its policies in handling confused children, urging schools to “respectfully” accept a child’s chosen gender, regardless of a medical or mental health diagnosis. The district, which covers Loveland, Colorado, has a five page guidance detailing how teachers, staff, and schools should handle students who…

Parents Demand Resignations, Pull Donations After All-Girls School Announces Plan to Admit M2F Trans Students

Parents, donors, and alumni of Harpeth Hall, an all-girls school in Nashville, Tennessee, are pulling donations and calling for the resignations of several school officials who they believe have been “enablers of political activism and division.” The call from parents, alumni, and donors comes shortly after the all-girls school announced that they would be allowing…

All-Girls’ School Ditches Policy that Would Have Allowed Boys to Attend After Pushback

Harpeth Hall, a private all-girls’ school in Nashville, Tennessee, has backed off a policy that would have allowed boys who identify as girls to attend the school after pushback from the community.  The all-girls’ school announced that they would “pause” the adoption of a framework that would have allowed boys who identify as girls to…

Man Goes on Stabbing Spree in Chinese Kindergarten, the Latest in Primary School Assault Wave

Police officers in southeast China’s Jiangxi province arrested a 48-year-old man on Wednesday on suspicion of perpetrating a fatal stabbing at a private kindergarten in Jiangxi’s Anfu county that day that killed three people and injured six others, China’s state-run Global Times reported. The newspaper cited an original report by China’s official state press agency,…

Report: California School District Spending $20K on ‘Woke Kindergarten’ Which Aims to ‘Disrupt Whiteness’

A California school district is reportedly spending tens of thousands of dollars on an organization called “Woke Kindergarten,” which focuses on “supporting children, families, educators and organizations in their commitment to abolitionist early education and pro-black and queer and trans liberation.” According to reports, the Golden State’s Hayward Unified School District recently contacted the organization for a…

Parent Who Criticized CRT at Illinois School Board Meeting Speaks Out

People talk before the start of a rally against “critical race theory” (CRT) being taught in schools, at the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Va., on June 12, 2021. (Andrew Cballlero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) “Critical race theory” (CRT) and ideologies related to it have become embedded in U.S. school systems. The doctrine that America […]

VA School District to Appeal Ruling Reinstating Gym Coach Who Refused to Use Trans Pronouns

The Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) plans to appeal a judge’s reinstatement of a high school gym coach who refused to address trans students by their preferred pronouns. The Virginia school district put gym teacher Byron “Tanner” Cross on leave after he cited his Christian faith in opposition to the proposed Policy 8040, which would…

Report: Unvaccinated Students ‘Numbered’ with Sharpie and Tracked at High School Prom

Unvaccinated students attending the Exeter, New Hampshire, high school prom were “numbered” with a sharpie pen and then tracked throughout the evening, a New Hampshire parental rights advocate reported. Ann Marie Banfield, who writes at the blog Granite Grok, reported New Hampshire Rep. Melissa Litchfield, who represents the Brentwood district, posted to Facebook Tuesday that…

North Carolina Student Denied High School Diploma After Wearing Mexican Flag over Graduation Gown

A student at Asheboro High School in Asheboro, North Carolina, was denied his diploma on Thursday after wearing a Mexican flag over his graduation gown at the commencement ceremony. “I just gotta represent — I did it for my family. They came over here to give me a better future,” explained Ever Lopez of why he showed…

Alex Marlow: Leftists Discriminating Against Asians in School ‘Now Acting Like They’re the Authorities on Asian Hate’

Democrats and the broader left posture as if they oppose discrimination against Asians while imposing “diversity” policies of academic admissions that undermine prospective Asian students’ enrollment, noted Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow, during a Monday livestream on Facebook and Instagram. Marlow, author of Breaking the News: Exposing the Establishment Media’s Hidden Deals and Secret Corruption, observed…

Fauci: Unvaccinated Students ‘Should Wear a Mask’ in School in the Fall

On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci stated that kids should be back in in-person school in the fall, but unvaccinated students “should wear a mask.” Host Wolf Blitzer asked, “You’ve said that elementary school kids, young kids probably won’t get vaccinated until the end of this year.…

Iran: U.S. ‘Terrorist Regime’ Responsible for Afghanistan School Massacre

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated terrorist organization, issued a statement on Monday describing the bombing attack on a girls’ school in Kabul, Afghanistan, as part of a “plot by Americans” to bring “terrorism, war, and insecurity to Afghanistan.” Saturday’s bombing in Kabul targeted young girls emerging from a school with multiple explosive…

Report: School Boards Emerge as the Next Political Battleground

As far-left Democrats continue to disagree with Republicans on reopening schools, local school boards are viewed as the next big political battleground. Schools, as Axios reports, have usually been a very nonpartisan, middle-of-the-road institution. Recently, especially since the start of the Chinese coronavirus, they have been in the center of the political landscape. Far-left Democrats and…

Anti-Critical Race Theory School Curriculum Candidates Win Big in Texas Town With 70 Percent of Vote

Voters in Southlake, Texas, a suburb of the Dallas/Fort Worth area, gave school board and city council candidates who oppose putting critical race theory in public school curriculums 70 percent of the vote in an election on Saturday. The election comes nine months after the Carroll Independent School District introduced a proposal to install so-called…

VIDEO: Driver Allegedly Smashes School Bus Window, Runs over Bus Driver in NYC

Police are searching for a man who allegedly smashed a school bus window then intentionally ran over a school bus driver in a road rage incident in New York City. WABC reported that the incident took place around 5:00 p.m. Friday in the East New York section of Brooklyn. A video of the incident showed…

Arizona School Board Plans Superintendent Retirement Party, Cancels Student Prom Citing Pandemic

The school board of the Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) in Arizona is planning to hold a retirement event for its outgoing superintendent but has already cancelled and restricted student end-of-year activities citing the coronavirus pandemic. According to a report at the Daily Wire, the school board will host a farewell reception for Dr. Camille…

Issa: Newsom Has ‘Statewide Edicts’ on Closures, But Is ‘Hands-Off’ on School Re-Openings

On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) criticized California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for having statewide rules on business restrictions, but being “hands-off” when it comes to school re-openings. Issa stated, “One of the important things to understand in California is, our governor has statewide edicts, one after…

Tulsi Gabbard Says Working In Washington Is ‘Like High School’

Former Democratic Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard equated being in Congress to being in high school during a recent interview with Megyn Kelly. Gabbard said on Kelly’s podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show” that there are “well-intentioned members” from both parties in Congress who want to work together but that ultimately partisan interests corrupt genuine intent. “If…

Brooks: Biden Hasn’t Had Many Errors Other Than ‘One Little Error’ on School Re-Opening

On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that President Joe Biden has had a “professional organization” and hasn’t had many mistakes other than “one little error” on “when schools are going to re-open.” Brooks said, “He’s amazingly done very well at holding the Democratic Party together, which was not natural. I think he’s…

Baylor U. Students Demand School Remove Statue of Namesake Judge Baylor

Students at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, are demanding the school remove a statue of Judge Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor — the namesake and co-founder of the university — from campus. Student protesters took a photo in front of the Judge Baylor statue, holding Black Lives Matter signs and dressed in all black clothing on…

New York City School Asks Parents to Rank Their ‘Whiteness’

The principal of a public school in New York City has sent out literature that asked parents to “reflect” on their “whiteness” with a ranked list of “White Identities,” the New York Post confirmed Tuesday. Parents whose children attend the East Side Community School reportedly viewed a ranked list of “The 8 White Identities,” ranging from…

Biden Says Admin’s One Day Per Week School Plan Was ‘Mistake In Communication’

President Joe Biden says it was a “mistake in communication” when White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that schools would be considered “open” if they held in-person classes one day per week Feb. 9. Psaki said at the time that the Biden administration’s goal was to have “most” K-8 schools “open” within the first…

GOP Rep. Wenstrup: CDC Backpedaling on School Re-Openings Due to ‘Pressure from Above’

On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) accused the Biden administration of caving to teachers’ unions on re-opening schools and stated that CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is walking back her prior advice on re-opening schools due to “pressure from above.” Wenstrup said [relevant remarks begin around…

CNN’s Cuomo on NYC School Closure: ‘Why Close the Schools?’ ‘What’s Magic’ about a 3% Positivity Rate?

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” host Chris Cuomo criticized New York City’s closure of schools by wondering, “The rate in the city is 3%. What’s magic about 3%? The rate in the schools is .17%. Why close the schools? Why not close everything else before you close the schools?” Cuomo said, “I am…

How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Practice and Medical School

The National Virtual Medical Orchestra plays “Nessun Dorma” by Giacomo Puccini, sung by Tracey Welborn, registered nurse and tenor. The orchestra performs its Christmas concert December 17, presented by Carnegie Hall. Tracey Welborn, RN, did not expect he’d be singing “Nessun Dorma” — the well-known aria from Puccini’s opera Turandot — with a national orchestra made…

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