Elite 1% Out of Touch With Voters Who Want To Choose Their Child’s Education
A study published by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, titled Them vs. U.S.: The Two Americas and How the Nation’s...
NC Opportunity Scholarship Expansion Threatens Wake County School District Growth
Since the North Carolina State Budget’s expansion of the Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP), interested families have been applying for private...
Nearly one in four S.C. students chronically absent last year
Last month, CALN shed light on one state’s battle with chronic absenteeism—defined by a student missing 10% or more days...
Huge News for California Students: ‘Woke Kindergarten’ Update!
HUGE News on the public education front! Last week, CALN reported that a California School District contracted a group called...
New Hanover BOE Passes Policy 7205, Detailing Professional Standards of Conduct for Educators
Last week, the New Hanover County Board of Education passed Policy 7205, which details new standards of conduct for teachers...
SBAE, Other Academic Achievement Groups Emerge Nationwide As NSBA Influence Wanes
Since the National School Board Associations’ (NSBA) historical blunder in September of 2021, the group’s blanket influence has waned, giving...
Partisan school board races? New SC bill would make it a requirement
A new South Carolina bill would require school board candidates to register by party and run in partisan elections. The...
California School District Contracts Woke Kindergarten Group to ‘Fix’ Low Proficiency Rates
In a feeble attempt to increase student attendance and improve test scores, Hayward Unified School District in Alameda County, California,...
Select Few States Are Shining Examples of Learning Loss Recovery
Since the nationwide implications of learning loss took root in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic, some states more than...
Hundreds of Durham Public Schools Employees Protest Potential Paycut with Organized “Sick Out”
On Wednesday, hundreds of Durham Public Schools employees organized and participated in a “sick out,” as a result of growing...
Buncombe County School District Offers Minority-Only Mentorship Program in Schools
WNC Citizens for Equality, a watchdog group that defends constitutional rights to equal protection, filed two civil complaints with federal agencies...
More Charleston students achieving on-track English scores
READING AND WRITING SCORES ON THE RISE IN SOUTH CAROLINA’S LOWCOUNTRY Here’s some uplifting academic news: the Charleston County School District...
Cause For Celebration! Two North Carolina Schools Earn Top 20 Spots in CLT8 Ranking
Breaking: Two North Carolina Schools take up spots in the eighth grade Classical Learning Test’s Top 20 ranking! The CLT...
Districts across U.S., Carolinas confront severe enrollment declines
Across the country, education leaders face—or will soon confront—difficult choices caused by widespread enrollment declines. The issue is so pervasive...
States Should Embrace Scientifically Based Reading Instruction
The process of teaching students how to read has not always been viewed as a science, but in recent years...