🌎 Discussion: Education

[blueharvest]

Oklahoma state superintendent announces all schools must incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments in curriculums

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/27/us/oklahoma-schools-bible-curriculum/index.html

Looks like Ryan Walters needs a distraction, since he's under investigation right now.

 

[blueharvest]

Ten Commandments. Multiple variations. Why the Louisiana law raises preferential treatment concerns

Christians and Jews believe in the Ten Commandments — just not necessarily the version that will hang in every public school and state-funded college classroom in Louisiana.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

South Carolina implements one of US’s most restrictive public school book bans

Education superintendent and Moms for Liberty ally drafts law requiring all reading be ‘developmentally appropriate’

www.theguardian.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Most US states will soon require personal finance courses in school

California is expected to become the 26th U.S. state to require personal finance courses to be taught in public schools.

www.scrippsnews.com

It's a bandaid on the bullet wound that is the increasing (and global) gap between the rich and poor and the shrinking middle class.

 

[squeekness]

Most US states will soon require personal finance courses in school

California is expected to become the 26th U.S. state to require personal finance courses to be taught in public schools.

www.scrippsnews.com

It's a bandaid on the bullet wound that is the increasing (and global) gap between the rich and poor and the shrinking middle class.

On the other hand it might teach kids the difference between necessities and luxuries.

 

[blueharvest]

Christian Nationalists Plan To Allow Anyone To Sue Teacher, Librarian 'Groomers'

Christian nationalist lawmakers plan to allow anyone to sue any teacher, librarian, school official, or outside speaker for LBGTQ "grooming."

www.rightwingwatch.org

 

[blueharvest]

Florida says governments can ban school library books just because they disagree with them

Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is doubling down on its position that books can be removed from school libraries solely because the government disagrees with them.

www.usatoday.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

ICE created a fake university. Students can now sue the U.S. for it, appellate court rules

ICE created the fake University of Farmington in Michigan to catch fraudulent visas. Students are now proceeding forward in their lawsuit.

www.aol.com

A decision last week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit means hundreds of students who paid tuition at the University of Farmington in Farmington Hills – created by undercover agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – have a legal basis to continue pursuing their claims in court. Farmington Hills is about 20 miles northwest of Detroit.

In 2020, a lawsuit was filed against the U.S. government in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims by attorneys on behalf of Teja Ravi and other students enrolled at the University of Farmington, which was shut down by ICE after agents arrested about 250 of its students. The lawsuit said the government breached its contract with the students by stealing their tuition money, about $11,000 per year for each student. Students are asking for their money back and other punitive damages.

 

[blueharvest]

Kansas' largest school district was discriminatory in its discipline, Justice Department says

Wichita Public Schools were found to have evidence of racial discrimination in disciplining Black students for "routine or minor misbehavior," officials said.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Some legislators lean into religion in public education as Supreme Court leans right

Conservative legislators are behind a recent wave of policies mandating the teaching of Christian religious texts in public schools.

abcnews.go.com

 

[blueharvest]

After bringing on Libs of TikTok, Ryan Walters adds PragerU, Heritage Foundation to Oklahoma education team

Those appointed include PragerU's founder and the president of the Heritage Foundation.

www.dailydot.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Sacramento high school biology final includes racist questions, targets students

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/education/article289702084.html

Sacramento Science Teacher Suspended For Asking This Racist Question on Biology Test

Teacher Alex Nguyen has been a teacher at Luther Burbank for at least a decade.

www.theroot.com

 

[Teelie]

Stunningly stupid of a teacher to do that on an exam. With at least two offensive examples using actual students no less.

 

[blueharvest]

The Supreme Court curbed federal oversight of schools. It's a big deal.

Federal oversight of U.S. schools may be in serious trouble after a Supreme Court ruling, staffers at the Education Department told USA TODAY.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

The GOP platform calls for 'universal school choice.' What would that mean for students?

National Republicans are poised to take up a platform next week that includes “universal school choice.”

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

Christian petition condemns Republican's push for Bible in public schools

The petition regarding Oklahoma schools has received nearly 15,000 signatures as of Friday afternoon.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

Ten Commandments won't go in some Louisiana classrooms until at least November as lawsuit plays out

Louisiana has agreed to delay implementing a requirement that the Ten Commandments be placed in all of the state’s public school classrooms, at least until November.

apnews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Utah Bans 13 Books From All Public Schools

This is the first time titles have been prohibited statewide, according to a free speech organization. The list includes books by Judy Blume and Margaret Atwood.

www.nytimes.com

 

[squeekness]

Utah Bans 13 Books From All Public Schools

This is the first time titles have been prohibited statewide, according to a free speech organization. The list includes books by Judy Blume and Margaret Atwood.

www.nytimes.com

So dumb. I'd be buying those books and giving them to my kids just to make a point.

 

[blueharvest]

US governor tells parents kids can ‘not look’ at Ten Commandments in schools

Louisiana’s Jeff Landry was defending a law requiring display of text in all public schools starting next year

www.theguardian.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[blueharvest]

Alabama GOP Candidate Who Attended ‘Segregation Academy’ Pushes For Defunding Public Schools

Monroe Academy was founded in response to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling.

www.huffpost.com

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Teelie]

Alabama GOP Candidate Who Attended ‘Segregation Academy’ Pushes For Defunding Public Schools

Monroe Academy was founded in response to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling.

www.huffpost.com

"I'm not a racist but I support racist ideas" is what she meant to say.