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Texas Attorney General Paxton calls for arming teachers, individuals to protect schools

Texas Attorney General Paxton calls for arming teachers, individuals to protect schools Via Just The News: Republican lawmakers are calling for greater protection at public schools after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and local police waited more than an hour before the gunman was confronted and killed. Texas already has a School Marshal Program created by the state legislature under […]

06/07/2022 8

Georgia governor expected to sign Parents’ Bill of Rights

Georgia governor expected to sign Parents' Bill of Rights Via Just The News: Georgia lawmakers have signed off on a measure to give parents more insight into what their children are learning in school. The state Senate voted 31-22 on Friday in favor of House Bill 1178, which would outline a Parents’ Bill of Rights. Proponents said the measure gives parents recourse if they object to the curriculum taught in […]

04/04/2022 24

Private schools implementing leftist racial curriculum with training from Black Panther: report

Private schools implementing leftist racial curriculum with training from Black Panther: report Via Just The News: Private schools across the country are implementing radical leftist curricula as the nation's leading private school accreditation association has been training teachers through lectures such as "Decolonizing the Minds of Second Graders" and "The White People Way," as shown on footage obtained by Breitbart News. More than 1,600 private schools nationwide receive accreditation through […]

03/14/2022 16

SAT going digital in shifting college admissions landscape

SAT going digital in shifting college admissions landscape Via AP News: The SAT exam will move from paper and pencil to a digital format, administrators announced Tuesday, saying the shift will boost its relevancy as more colleges make standardized tests optional for admission. Test-takers will be allowed to use their own laptops or tablets but they’ll still have to sit for the test at a monitored testing site or in […]

01/26/2022 12

Supreme Court will consider landmark challenge to Harvard, UNC affirmative action policies

Supreme Court will consider landmark challenge to Harvard, UNC affirmative action policies Via Just The News: The Supreme Court announced Monday it will reconsider race-based affirmative action in college admissions, a decision that could eliminate a practice that in recent years primarily benefitted black and Hispanic applicants. The high court says it will hear challenges to policies at Harvard and the University of North Carolina that use students' race as […]

01/25/2022 18

New research suggests COVID was less deadly than thought in first year of pandemic

New research suggests COVID was less deadly than thought in first year of pandemic Via Just The News: COVID-19 was less lethal across nearly every age group in its first full year than previously thought, according to an updated review of global research from Stanford University's Meta-Research Innovation Center (METRIC). Between summer and Christmas 2021, METRIC's estimates of deaths from infection fell by half in multiple age groups, including young […]

01/19/2022 23

Student loan processor Navient required to cancel $1.7 billion in student loans

Student loan processor Navient required to cancel $1.7 billion in student loans Via CNBC.com: Navient, one of the largest student loan servicers, will cancel $1.7 billion in private student loans after a deal it reached with 39 states. The settlement, announced on Thursday, resulted from accusations the lender gave out loans to millions of borrowers who’d be unlikely to be able to repay them. It resolves all six outstanding state […]

01/14/2022 17

Biden Regime extends payment pause for student loan borrowers until May 1

Biden Regime extends payment pause for student loan borrowers until May 1 Via CNBC.com: Amid concerns about the new omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, the Biden administration will extend the payment pause for federal student loan borrowers until May 1. “We know that millions of student loan borrowers are still coping with the impacts of the pandemic and need some more time before resuming payments,” President Joe Biden said […]

12/22/2021 24

Teachers get raises, bonuses from federal COVID relief funds meant to reopen schools safely

Teachers get raises, bonuses from federal COVID relief funds meant to reopen schools safely Via Just The News: This week's Golden Horseshoe once again goes to the U.S. Department of Education for allowing school districts to use pandemic relief funds for pay raises and bonuses for teachers despite the funds being appropriated to reopen schools safely. Schools nationwide received $190 billion through three relief packages passed. Of that total, the […]

12/20/2021 25

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