After being denied her high school graduation on stage in Philadelphia, a recent graduate from The Philadelphia High School for Girls is advocating for change. “She (the principal) stole that moment from me,” Hafsah Abdur-Rahman said. “I will never get that again.” When Abdur-Rahman graduated from high school on June 9, she shed humiliating tears … Read more
A Christian institution in Missouri sued the Biden administration for its decision to protect transgender persons from housing discrimination. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declined to hear the appeal. The issue was a memo from the Department of Housing and Urban Development dated 2021 that said transgender people were protected under federal anti-discrimination law. The … Read more
SALT LAKE CITY — In a school district in northern Utah that banned Bibles from middle and elementary schools last month, the books will now be available again. The religious scripture was considered age-appropriate for all district libraries, according to representatives of the Davis School District, which serves 72,000 pupils north of Salt Lake City. … Read more
The Vadnais Heights Academy for Sciences and Agriculture will pay $325,000 to a ninth-grade student who was s*xually harassed and attαcked by a teacher. In a press statement, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights claimed that the district was “aware of the teacher’s inappropriate interactions and failed to prevent him from ultimately sexually harassing and … Read more
After refusing to address one of his transgender students using the preferred pronouns and name, a New Zealand high school teacher, he revoked his teaching license. The Teaching Council of Aotearoa New Zealand has responded by stating that all students have an “entitled to feel that schools are a safe space, where they are respected … Read more
AUGUSTA – The Richmond County Board of Education ensures that students who require meals this summer will receive them. By offering meals five days a week over the summer, the Richmond County School System ensures that its children and local residents never have to worry about where their next meal will come from. “They said … Read more
Alex Jones, a right-wing conspiracy theorist, could be subjected to two additional defamation trials in 2023 as part of a deal to hold Jones accountable for false statements he made regarding school massacres in the United States. At a hearing on Wednesday in Houston, Jones’ attorneys gave a sneak peek at the arrangement, telling U.S. … Read more
According to a spokesperson for the Education Department, the interest on the loans will start accruing again on September 1, and the first payments in more than three years will be due in October if the Supreme Court decides not to overturn the Biden administration’s plan to pay off $400 billion in student loan debt … Read more
Education officials charged middle school students at a middle school in the Boston region with homophobia and intolerance after they tore down rainbow decorations and shouted “U.S.A.” as their pronoun during “displays of intolerance and homophobia.” In honor of Pride Month, students at Marshall Simonds Middle School in Burlington were encouraged to wear rainbow-colored clothes … Read more
As the Supreme Court is poised to rule on President Joe Biden’s loan forgiveness proposal, Senate Republicans have presented their strategy to handle the nation’s student debt crisis. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and four other Republicans filed the legislation on Wednesday. The GOP package, dubbed the Lowering Education Expenses and Debt Act, comprises five bills … Read more