State-Specific Resources

PragerU is now officially an education partner of South Carolina schools, state Superintendent Ellen Weaver announced Monday in an interview with PragerU Chief Executive Officer Marissa Streit.

State Superintendent Ryan Walters has issued a memo “Regarding the Elimination of U.S. Department of Education” under President-elect Donald Trump.

A few months after a vague new rule allowed the state to remove books with descriptions of sexual conduct from its public schools regardless of grade level, the South Carolina Board of Education has banned its first seven.

At least a dozen women’s and girls sports teams have forfeited games against teams with biological male players without consequences, but one team has been kicked out of its league for almost a year for refusing to play a team with a transgender-identifying player.

“Voters spoke loudly and clearly, and they said, ‘we're here to support our kids in their public schools,'” Heather DuBois Bourenane said.

Although ballot measures promoting school choice lost in three states last week, there’s more to consider about why than first meets the eye.

The Meeker Public Library Board held its monthly meeting last Wednesday in the library’s community room. All five board members attended the meeting. The public comment period drew community members concerned about book banning and a draft collections policy up for review.

Denver Public Schools has recommended closing seven of its 207 schools, prompting outrage from many parents. 

Voters approved billions for school construction bonds in California—but rejected more than $4 billion in bond spending in Houston.

New Haven Public Schools is launching a teaching fellowship program designed to hire and retain 100 educators in critical shortage areas, such as math, science, and special education.

Over 1,000 classrooms across the country will be participating in a reading program aimed at connecting service members and students.

In an October victory for freedom-to-read activists, the Matanuska-Susinta Borough School District in Alaska has agreed to pay $89,000 for indiscriminately removing 56 books from library shelves.

Two local teachers’ unions have voted to strike, even though it’s harmful to students and illegal in Massachusetts.

A parental rights group is blasting public school districts nationwide for promoting leftist ideology through “stolen land acknowledgements.”  

State Superintendent Ryan Walters issued a memo on Thursday addressing the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education proposed by President-elect Donald Trump.

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