by Beth Holmes | Oct 24, 2022 | News, Parent Issues
DNA kits are being sent out to the parents of Texas school students “in case of an emergency.” In 2021 after a school shooting in Santa Fe that killed eight high school students and two teachers, the Texas state legislature passed Senate Bill 2158. It’s a law...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 22, 2022 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues
Free school lunches for all students, as California revs up the country’s first Universal Meals program. According to experts, 1 out of every 5 Californians is food-insecure, meaning that on a regular basis, they don’t know if they’ll be able to feed...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 15, 2022 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
‘Divisive concepts’ are the divisive topic in a Minnesota school, where the board is trying to censor teachers from teaching history. In the Becker district, a Minnesota school district from the north of Minneapolis, three school board members have put...
by Beth Holmes | Aug 8, 2022 | News, Other, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
School police officers study school shootings nationwide in the wake of Uvalde, hoping to do better. In 2018, the armed school police officer monitoring Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, waited outside while Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people. The...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 25, 2022 | News, Parent Issues, Teacher Issues
The Department of Education should not exist, according to former secretary of education Betsy DeVos at a conservative group event. Betsy DeVos, daughter of billionaire Edgar Prince whose brother is the founder of notorious private military Blackwater, was the U.S....