State Mandates ‘In God We Trust’ be Displayed in Classrooms

This week, a new law was enacted in Lousiana — House Bill 8 — mandating school classrooms to put up a sign reading, ‘In God We Trust.’ More surprisingly, the legislation was signed into law by Democrat Governor John Bel Edwards (D-LA). House Bill 8 of the 2023 legislative session officially “requires display of the national motto, … Continued

School Trains Staff on “Privilege Status” and “Oppression Status”

A Tennessee school district offered voluntary Diversity, Equity and Inclusion training for staff that included a section about how people who are white, male, cisgender, heterosexual or Christian are considered privileged while people of color and those who are nonbinary, polyamorous or pagan are oppressed. The presentation from the district’s July 19 ENGAGE conference was titled, “The World … Continued

Obscene Books Intended for Elementary Students Flagged for Review

An Iowa school district has flagged 374 books to review because they may violate a new state law that prohibits the teaching of gender identity to certain grades and prohibits material that depicts sex acts, according to the Des Moines Register. In June, Republican Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed SF 496 into law which prohibits lessons on gender … Continued

Five Years of Broken Promises at the I Promise School

Perhaps Lebron James should really stick to basketball as it has now been revealed that not even one eighth grader from the I Promise School founded by the basketball star has managed to pass the state math test in three years, causing many critics to call into question the promises made by the school. The … Continued

Teachers Arrested on Sex Trafficking Charges

Teachers from two different Texas school districts were arrested on the same day on sex trafficking charges involving children. Gershon Caston, 38, a coach and teacher at Red Oak ISD just outside Dallas, was arrested on July 20 and charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child, child trafficking and other charges, according to Dallas County booking … Continued

Too Many Families Opted out of LGBTQ Lessons Says School District

An affluent liberal D.C. suburb has a simple explanation for why it won’t honor parents’ requests to exclude their children, some as young as 3 years old, from “storybooks” with sex workers, kink, drag, gender transitions and same-sex romance for elementary-age children: It’s hard. Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools claims it was flooded with opt-out requests when … Continued

School District Forced to Allow Good News Clubs

A Rhode Island school district has agreed to allow a Good News Club chapter to meet at school properties as it settles a religious discrimination lawsuit. Child Evangelism Fellowship of Rhode Island, the Evangelical Christian organization behind the Good News Clubs, entered into a consent order with Providence Public School District on Tuesday. According to the order, … Continued

Gov. Threatens School Board That Rejected New Social Studies Textbook

In response to the Temecula Unified School Board’s decision not to adopt a controversial social studies textbook in May, California Gov. Gavin Newsom challenged the board’s decision and threatened it with legislative consequences if it does not reverse course. The school board, which banned “critical race theory” in December of 2022, detailed how it did … Continued

New State Policies Reaffirm Parental Rights

The Virginia Department of Education honored parental rights in new model policies on how schools should respond to children who claim to identify as transgender . The new policies, which must be adopted by all of Virginia’s public school districts, prohibit schools and school staff from accommodating a student’s request to use a different name or pronoun at school unless the child’s … Continued

Graphic Books Removed from Library Shelves in Moms for Liberty Victory

A Moms for Liberty chapter in Florida scored a victory this week when it got five books removed from a school district after highlighting their graphic depictions of sex, violence, pedophilia, bestiality and other subject matter inappropriate for school children. The Leon County schools superintendent confirmed Tuesday that “Dead End” by Jason Meyer, “Push” by … Continued

Youth Choirs Defeat LGBTQ Efforts

The Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts (FWAFA) in Texas has shot down LGBTQ activists’ efforts to allow boys to join the Singing Girls of Texas choir. FWAFA School Board has also banned girls from participating in the Texas Boys Choir. Following three hours of public comment on June 27, the school board held a closed session … Continued

Kids Sent to ‘Restorative Justice’ Training for ‘Misgendering’ Teacher

A California school suspended two kids for five days after they “misgendered” a transgender teacher and forced them to attend a “restorative justice” training as punishment, according to an email obtained by GUSD Parents’ Voices, an organization advocating for students within the school system. Jennifer Earl, former principal of Herbert Hoover High School, a school … Continued

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