Multiple universities across the country have rescinded honorary degrees, which are given to recognize the achievements of individuals who were not students at the university, from prominent members of the Trump administration. Last month, Syracuse University put wheels in motion to rescind an honorary degree from former New York City mayor and lawyer to former … Continued
The Oregon Department of Education is administering a 2022 student health survey that asks 11-year-olds if they are transgender, according to the Oregon government website. Oregon’s Student Health Survey is a state-wide test administered on a school-to-school basis to students in classrooms or online to “improve the health and well-being of students,” according to the … Continued
Stanford University published a language guide Monday that announced the exclusion of the word “American” from the school’s websites and other online properties, a word which, the guide says, is “harmful” because it suggests an insult to those people from the other Americas. The language guide, which was published Monday, is the culmination of a project launched in … Continued
A federal court has ruled in favor of a Christian student organization that filed a lawsuit against the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, accusing the school of wrongfully denying funding for a guest speaker. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing Ratio Christi, a student organization that seeks to “advance, teach, and defend Christian beliefs,” had filed a lawsuit in the … Continued
Cindy Tappe, a former director of finance at New York University, was charged with allegedly siphoning millions of dollars earmarked for minority and women-owned business and using a portion to pay for personal and luxury expenses. One of the expenses cited by the indictment is an $80,000 pool for her home in Connecticut, according to prosecutors. … Continued
Days after Gov. Kay Ivey issued a memo banning TikTok from government devices, Auburn University announced its plans to prohibit the app as well. On Wednesday, Auburn’s IT department sent out a notice saying the popular video-sharing app would be banned on campus WiFi and devices, according to AL.com. The IT department on Thursday tweeted a link … Continued
The Kentucky Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Thursday against the state’s school choice program created in 2021. The Education Opportunity Accounts (EOA) Act created a privately funded needs-based assistance program for those seeking a private education. Those who donated to the program received a nearly “dollar-for-dollar” tax credit which the court ruled violated Kentucky’s Constitution which prohibits the collecting of a “sum” for … Continued
Chesapeake, Virginia, school board members listened to community members opine on an After School Satan Club, though did not vote on its approval. Over 60 Chesapeake, Virginia, community members gave their opinions on a proposed “Satan Club” during a school board meeting on Monday, while board members held off on voting on its approval, according to reports. … Continued
Yeshiva University (YU), an Orthodox Jewish school in New York City, has been ordered by a state appeals court to recognize a campus LGBTQ group. The university said being forced to recognize the group, the YU Pride Alliance, would violate its values and its U.S. constitutional rights of religious freedom. In its ruling Wednesday, the Appellate Division … Continued
Parents demanded Loudoun County School Board members resign on Tuesday following the release of a special grand jury report, the Daily Caller News Foundation observed. Loudoun County parents urged members of the school board to step down and resign over the special grand jury report, which found the district “dropped the ball” on student safety … Continued
World-renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson slammed the “wokeness” of the political left after a Detroit, Michigan school board voted to remove his name from a city high school. “It’s very sad that we’ve reached the point where political ideology trumps the whole purpose of an educational institution,” Carson told Fox News. “And we’re seeing this wokeness … Continued
A new survey shows half of Wisconsin school kids say they’re anxious, and a third say they’re depressed. The state’s Department of Public Instruction released the Youth Risk Behavior Survey results Tuesday. “More than half of all students surveyed (52.2%) self-reported ‘significant problems with anxiety’,” the department said in a statement. “Over one-third of all … Continued
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