The Supreme Court ruled in 17-year-old Brandi Levy’s favor by 8-1 on Wednesday – reaffirming American students’ rights to free speech out of school grounds – with only Justice Clarence Thomas siding with the school district. Levy had sent her friends the rant on Snapchat in 2017, when she was …
Read More »2 arrested as Virginia school board shuts down meeting over parents’ loud protest against transgender policy, critical race theory
The fiery Tuesday meeting of the governing body for public schools in Loudoun County, Virginia was held to hear the public’s concerns over a draft transgender policy change. Proposal 8040 would allow students to freely declare their preferred gender identity, names, and pronouns, and to receive access to sporting events, …
Read More »Merry ‘day off’! New Jersey school board erases holiday names from calendar to prevent ‘hurt feelings’ & faces petition to resign
The Change.org petition, which was launched against members of the Randolph Board of Education on Friday evening, met its initial goal of 1,000 signatures on Saturday evening. Randolph Township resident Thomas Tatem said that by replacing all holiday names on the school calendar with the words “day off,” the board …
Read More »Russiagate RETURNS…to law school: Robert Mueller to teach special course about his probe at prestigious university
The short course, titled ‘The Mueller Report and the Role of the Special Counsel’ was announced on Wednesday. It is sponsored by the Karsh Center for Law and Democracy, a nonprofit based at the law school whose mission is to “promote understanding and appreciation of the principles and practices necessary …
Read More »School days may get longer, says UK education minister, as govt unveils £1.4bn scheme to make up for lessons lost to lockdowns
Speaking to Sky News on Wednesday, Education Secretary Gavin Williamson said the government would be working with schools, teachers, and parents to deliver the best outcome for Britain’s kids. He noted there was “a debate to be had as to whether children should be exiting the school gate – as …
Read More »A triumph for bullies – school clears teacher of ‘deliberate offence’ in Prophet Mohammed cartoon row, but bans use of image
A West Yorkshire grammar school that suspended a Year 9 religious studies teacher for showing pupils a caricature of the prophet Mohammed might feel it has done enough to draw a line under the incident having just announced the findings of an external inquiry. But the reality is that this …
Read More »‘Porn literacy’ class at New York prep school leaves students and parents baffled
‘Pornography Literacy: An intersectional focus on mainstream porn’ was a course given to 120 male and female students (some in person, others by Zoom) and, according to the New York Post, was taught by Justine Ang Fonte, the Health & Wellness director at New York’s Dalton, who says on her …
Read More »Alabama drops public school yoga ban after 27 years, but ‘namaste’ greeting still ‘expressly prohibited’ over link to Hinduism
After sailing through the Alabama State House in a 75-14 vote earlier this week, Governor Kay Ivey signed the legislation into law on Thursday, dropping a 27-year prohibition on yoga instruction in the public school system. Parents will still have to give permission under the new law, acknowledging that yoga …
Read More »Former high school nurse arrested over child pornography after 700 images of at least 40 victims found in his possession
A criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday alleges that Leon Hensley, 40, captured up to 700 photos of girls “in various stages of undress,” most from a concealed camera placed in a student bathroom at North East High School in Clarksville, Tennessee, where he worked as a nurse between 2017 and …
Read More »Young English teacher gunned down in Kazan school shooting died trying to save student from teen killer – Russian media reports
A law enforcement source told TASS that Elvira Ignatieva, a 25-year-old who had taught English at School No. 175 for four years, was shot by the lone gunman on Tuesday morning. “She went out into the corridor and was killed,” the official said. “According to initial reports from eyewitnesses, Ignatieva …
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