Author: JEREMIAH POFF Washington Examiner

A Catholic Church in Michigan is asking a federal appeals court to revive its lawsuit against the state over a policy that could bar the parish from hiring only employees who agree to abide by Catholic moral teaching. St. Joseph Catholic Church and a school in St. Johns, Michigan, filed the appeal with the U.S.…

EXCLUSIVE — A group of Republican senators led by Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) is urging the Department of Education to ramp up investigations into antisemitism at K-12 schools. In a Thursday letter shared with the Washington Examiner, Ernst and her colleagues demanded Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona explain to lawmakers what…

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) unveiled a new proposal Tuesday that would make the Volunteer State the latest to adopt universal school choice. The governor outlined his Education Freedom Scholarship Act of 2024, which would gradually introduce universal school choice to Tennessee over the next two years through taxpayer-funded scholarships that families can use to…

Newly elected Argentine President Javier Milei is poised to have a frosty relationship with Argentina’s most famous and recognizable citizen, Pope Francis. Milei, an avowed libertarian, won a convincing electoral victory Sunday and will be sworn in as the next president of Argentina next month. Despite having described the Argentine Pope Francis as “the representative…

A Christian school in Vermont has filed a lawsuit against the state’s education agency after the school was banned from participating in intercollegiate sports for refusing to play a game against a girl’s basketball team with a trans girl on it. The school, Mid Vermont Christian School, which is represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom,…

Portland Public Schools allocated more than $2 million in coronavirus relief funds over the past two years to ensure its class sizes did not increase, and now, the city’s teachers union is striking over class sizes. The funds, which were allocated to the district through the American Rescue Plan Act signed by President Joe Biden…

Students attending Charlottesville High School in Virginia are starting their Thanksgiving break a few days early after teachers at the school refused to show up to work following reports of several fights among students. The closure began on Friday when the high school canceled school for the day due to “an unusual number of staff…

The firing of Texas A&M football coach Jimbo Fisher earlier this month sent shockwaves across the college football landscape, but equally surprising was the $76 million contract buyout he received with his pink slip. Fisher was hired to coach Texas A&M in 2018 and had a moderately successful tenure, amassing a record of 45-25 and…

EXCLUSIVE — A member of the Fairfax County School Board in northern Virginia commended a teacher’s anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian rhetoric, according to internal emails. The emails, which were obtained by the parent activist group Parents Defending Education through the Freedom of Information Act, show Fairfax board member Laura Jane Cohen praising an unidentified Muslim teacher…

Several colleges that have experienced a series of on-campus incidents of antisemitism are among a list of schools now under federal civil rights investigation by the Department of Education. On Thursday, the Department of Education announced it had opened civil rights investigations into six colleges and one school district in response to five complaints of…