March 19, 2024

British government orders over 100 schools to keep buildings closed due to concerns over aging concrete

The British government has ordered more than 100 schools to keep some or all of their buildings closed when the new academic year begins next week because of concern crumbling concrete threatens the safety of children and staff. The announcement, which came late on Thursday, sent school administrators scrambling to find ways to accommodate pupils, […]

Rainbow Washing: Poet Alfred Tennyson Branded as Gay Without Evidence by History Tour for Schools

A historical tour for schools has branded former poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson among “notable LGBT people”, despite the celebrated 19th Century writer having been married with children. Alfred Tennyson, the author of famed narrative poems such as The Charge of the Light Brigade, has been included on an Isle of Wight tour of alleged LGBT historical

France’s Public Schools Ready to Enforce Dress Code Banning Islamic Dress

Head-to-toe robes worn by Muslims, known as abayas for girls and women and khamis for boys and men, have been banned from France’s public school classrooms beginning Monday. As Breitbart News reported, the move was flagged last week when Education Minister Gabriel Attal told France’s TF1 TV that religious garb has no place in the classroom, declaring

Activision faces backlash after yanking Call of Duty streamer over comment on LGBTQ ‘Pride’ in schools

Video game publishing giant Activision has pulled a collaboration with a popular streamer of its “Call of Duty” franchise in response to a tweet in which the star said that a school board voting to designate June as LGBTQ Pride month should “leave little children alone.” Nick Kolcheff, who goes by “Nickmercs” and streams the […]

Banks, Rubio introducing blanket ban on Pentagon funding for schools hosting CCP-tied Confucius Institutes

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., are introducing legislation that would close what they describe as loopholes in the Biden administration’s guidance that still allows Department of Defense (DOD) funding to go to universities with Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-linked Confucius Institutes.  The No Federal Funding for CCP Spying and Persuasion in […]

North Hollywood Parents Protest Elementary School’s ‘Pride Month’ Event

Parents of children who attend Saticoy Elementary School in North Hollywood, California, protested outside of the school Friday morning after members of the school administration announced it would hold an event commemorating “Pride Month” for its young enrollees. Parents gathered outside the school at 8:00 a.m. to “protest against Pride Day assembly, an inappropriate topic

Sen Rick Scott details bill to fund armed officers in US schools

Florida Senator Rick Scott introduced legislation on Tuesday that would reroute the billions of dollars earmarked for the Internal Revenue Service in Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act to hire armed officers at schools across the country. The School Guardian Act would create a block grant program administered by the Justice Department which would give K-12 schools […]

Catholic Parents Sue State Officials For Dismissing Supreme Court Decision Granting Religious Schools Tuition Funding

A Catholic high school and two parents filed a lawsuit against Maine Department of Education Commissioner Pender Makin on Wednesday, arguing that the state is discriminating against religious families trying to apply for the state tuition program.  St. Dominic Academy is unable to access the state funding for the 2023-2024 school year due to the

Muslim, Christian Parents Unite To Protest LGBTQ Curriculum At Their Kids’ Schools

Muslim and Christian parents gathered outside the headquarters of Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) in Maryland on Tuesday to protest the school board’s new policy that does not allow parents to opt out of having their kids taught with LGBTQ materials, according to local reports and footage from the event. The protest against the new

Virginia board member brags about using taxpayers’ $3B for ‘Muslim power,’ pushing Palestine agenda in schools

EXCLUSIVE – A controversial Fairfax, Virginia, school board member, Abrar Omeish, who previously refused to vote on a motion that would commemorate Sept. 11 victims, shared plans to use $3 billion available in the district’s budget for a Palestinian agenda before she was elected, according to a video reviewed by Fox News Digital.  In addition […]

MSNBC’s Mitchell: I Was ‘Imprecise’ to Claim DeSantis Didn’t Want Slavery Taught in Schools

MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell said Wednesday on her show “Andrea Mitchell Reports” she was “imprecise” to claim Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) does not want slavery taught in Florida schools. Friday, while interviewing Vice President Kamala Harris, Mitchell asked, “Let me ask you, what does Governor Ron DeSantis not know about black history and the black

Survey: Plurality of Working Class Americans Say Illegal Immigration Has Made Local Schools Worse

A plurality of working class Americans say illegal immigration to the United States has made their local school systems worse off, a new survey reveals. The latest Rasmussen Reports survey shows that 40 percent of Americans earning under $30,000 say illegal immigration has made their local schools worse, while 41 percent of those earning $30,000 to

Russia to require basic military training in schools in ‘evocation of the Soviet Union,’ UK says

Russian students will start training with assault rifles and hand grenades under new guidelines from the country’s education ministry, an addition to the curriculum that is reminiscent of the Soviet Union, the UK Ministry of Defense said Sunday.  The “Basics of Life Safety” course, which will become mandatory in secondary schools this September, includes military […]

Idaho Schools Push ‘Porn Literacy’ Curriculum on Students

Idaho’s Department of Health and Welfare (IDHW) is implementing a sex education curriculum that promotes pornography and teaches elementary school students what it calls “porn literacy.” According to a report from the Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF), the IDHW acquires sexual education curriculum from a non-profit called Education, Training, and Research (ETR). The curriculum appears to

Tiffany Smiley: Patty Murray Was a ‘Champion of Mandates, Shutdowns’ in Schools

Washington state Republican Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley called out her opponent, 30-year incumbent Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), for supporting school closures that forced learning loss and developmental issues on children. “Our children are set back terribly,” Smiley said at Sunday evening’s debate in Spokane, Washington. She pointed to a massive decline in test scores and…

FACT CHECK: Did Florida Ban To ‘Killing A Mockingbird’ From Its Schools?

A post shared on Facebook claims Florida banned “To Kill A Mockingbird” from its schools.Verdict: False There is no evidence to suggest that Florida has banned “To Kill A Mockingbird.” The Florida Department of Education currently recommends the book for eighth graders. Fact Check: Harper Lee’s 1960 novel “To Kill A Mockingbird” is widely considered an…

Yes, We Should Ban Critical Race Theory From Our Schools

A man holds up a sign against Critical Race Theory during a protest outside a Washoe County School District board meeting in Reno, Nev., on May 25, 2021. (Andy Barron/Reno Gazette-Journal via AP) As we head toward this weekend’s 245th anniversary of American independence, critical race theory has emerged as the dominant subject gripping and […]

Connecticut Democrat Provision Would Axe Funding to Schools with Native American Mascots

A Connecticut Democrat introduced a sudden budget provision Tuesday that would block funding to public schools in the state that continue to use Native American sports team mascots and nicknames unless a tribe in the region gives written consent. State Sen. Cathy Osten (D), co-chair of the General Assembly’s Appropriations Committee, inserted the provision in…

Tom Hanks: Schools and Hollywood ‘Must Portray the Burden of Racism in Our Nation’

An op-ed from actor Tom Hanks published by the New York Times Friday urges Americans to “learn the truth about the Tulsa Race Massacre.” The June 4 op-ed landed days after the 100th anniversary of one of the most disgraceful incidents in American history, where between May 31 and June 1, in 1921, the city…

FACT CHECK: Have Schools Stopped Teaching Cursive To Prevent Students From Reading Founding Documents?

A viral video shared on Facebook claims schools stopped teaching cursive to students in order to prevent them from reading founding documents such as the Constitution. Verdict: False There is no evidence cursive was removed from school curricula to prevent children from reading founding documents. The Constitution and other founding documents are available online in…

Arkansas Bill Banning Planned Parenthood from Public Schools Sent to Governor

The Arkansas legislature has overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ban Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from providing resources in the state’s public schools. The legislation, which passed in the state Senate Monday by a vote of 27-5, and earlier in the state House by a vote of 73-18, would block Planned Parenthood from…

Israel Ditches Outdoor Masks, Reopens Schools as Country Returns to Normal

Israelis were no longer required to wear masks outside on Sunday, in another step on the path back to normality as the country’s aggressive vaccination drive saw coronavirus rates take a steep plunge. The education system also resumed its operations fully on Sunday, and schools reopened without isolation capsules. The Israeli Health Ministry required that…

Here’s Why CDC Altered Social Distancing Rules For Schools, But Not Everyone Else

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stopped short of changing social distancing guidelines despite economic ramifications and contrary evidence. “For adults, the evidence continues to show that a distance of at least 6 feet is necessary to lower transmission risk,” CDC spokesperson Jasmine Reed told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The 6-feet…

‘Sold Out America’s Children To The Teachers Unions’: Trump Rips Biden Admin For Failing To Reopen Schools

February 28, 2021 9:47 PM ET Former President Donald Trump used his remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to take a swipe at President Joe Biden for failing to reopen schools. Trump said that there was no reason for students not to be back in their classrooms, saying that the only reason many…

Dem Rep. Porter: Teachers Should Be ‘Next Group’ to Get Vaccinated, Doesn’t Help to Open Schools if They Get Sick

On Thursday’s “CNN Newsroom,” Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) stated that teachers should be the next group to receive the coronavirus vaccine, and that doing so is “really important for them to be able to stay in the workforce. It doesn’t do any good to open schools only if teachers get sick and go out.” Host…

Biden Upset Trade Unions By Scrapping The Keystone Pipeline, But Sided With Teachers Unions Against The Reopening Of Schools

Though President Joe Biden campaigned on his strong union support, his administration has not backed them consistently and has adopted policies that have upset leaders of some of the largest in the country. Biden pledged throughout his campaign that he would scrap the Keystone XL pipeline if elected. But trade and pipefitter unions where nonetheless…

Cotton: ‘Partisan and Radical’ Dems Voting for Giving Money to Schools That Don’t Reopen, Stimulus Checks for Illegals

On Thursday’s “Fox News Primetime,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) said that Senate Democrats voting against withholding COVID relief money from schools that don’t reopen after their teachers are vaccinated and most Senate Democrats voting against prohibiting illegal immigrants from receiving stimulus checks show “just how partisan and radical the Democrats in Joe Biden’s Washington are…

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…

Fauci Responds To Clip Of Rand Paul Saying He Was ‘Unwilling’ To Look At Data Supporting Reopening Schools

Dr. Anthony Fauci responded Wednesday to a recent clip of Rand Paul saying that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director was “unwilling” to look at data that supported the reopening of schools. “I think we better get our facts straight,” Fauci told McCallum in response to Paul’s suggestions that Fauci was “unwilling”…

‘System Of Accountability’: Ivy League Students Pressure Schools To Bar Trump Administration Officials From Faculty Positions

Students from Harvard and Princeton are attempting to pressure their respective school administrations to ban Trump administration alumni from becoming fellows or faculty members by using open letters, documents obtained by the Daily Caller show. A draft of a letter obtained by the Daily Caller and addressed to deans at Harvard and Princeton shows Princeton’s…

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