by Beth Holmes | Jul 4, 2022 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Religious schools may not be eligible for state tuition programs after all, if they choose to discriminate. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Maine isn’t allowed to exclude religious schools from a state voucher program that provides tuition to...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 27, 2022 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Carson v Makin will force taxpayers to fund religious schools, eroding the divide between church and state. It began as a small legal fight over education subsidies in Maine. Rural Maine has areas too sparsely populated for public schools, and families in those areas...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 20, 2022 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
Sexist dress codes for children are unconstitutional, says the U.S. 4th Circuit Court about a North Carolina school wanting to force little girls to wear skirts. The Charter Day School in Leland, North Carolina was founded in 2000 with a curriculum out of 1900,...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 13, 2022 | News, Other
The Defense Department is in the preschool business, with a curriculum called Early Learning Matters. There are an estimated 1.7 million children of active duty members currently in the United States. These children are three times more likely to move or have their...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 6, 2022 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Armed teachers may soon be the norm in Ohio, if a bill passes removing the requirement that teachers have extensive firearms training if they wish to carry weapons at school. The current law in Ohio does allow teachers to go armed, but they must have more than 700...
