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An analysis shows that San Francisco public schools have lost some 3,500 students and face a loss of $35M in state funding as a result.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) has made clear that he will not succumb to the leftist calls for his resignation for labeling the promotion of “trangenderism” and “homosexuality” in schools as “filth.”

The president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) took to Twitter Tuesday to defend the Biden Department of Justice in its move to mobilize the FBI against parents voicing concerns to school officials and boards about Critical Race Theory and mask mandate.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) press secretary Christina Pushaw sharply responded Thursday after the state’s Agricultural Commissioner Nikki Fried (D), a frequent DeSantis critic whom he deemed a “lockdown lobbyist,” appeared on CNN, spreading disinformation on masking in school.

A high school LGBTQ activist who was elected homecoming queen was reportedly accused by the school district of creating a disturbance.

Students in Florida no longer have to quarantine due to exposure to the Chinese coronavirus if they are asymptomatic — a “very simple” rule, Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) press secretary explained on Thursday.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) on Monday announced students will be subjected to weekly coronavirus testing, which he said will begin next week, on September 27.

A Ohio mayor is calling for the resignation of the full school board over a student “child pornography” assignment.

A Sammamish, Washington, high school banned students from wearing red, white, and blue for its “Patriot’s Day” football game Friday over concerns such a memorial could be “racially insensitive” and offensive to some individuals.

According to a recent analysis of school files from dark web pages performed by NBC News, the personal data of millions of schoolchildren is being spread across the internet. The data found on students includes social security numbers and medical conditions.

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) said the government knows better than parents when it comes to vaccinating children against the Chinese coronavirus.

President Joe Biden is expected to call on schools to set up routine coronavirus testing — one of the several moves he is making on the pandemic as his approval ratings sink to historical lows.

A Missouri teacher resigned after his school district instructed him to remove an LGBTQ “pride” flag in his classroom.

A mother in Las Vegas has called for a substitute teacher’s resignation after the woman allegedly taped masks onto children’s faces in a fourth-grade classroom. 

Three career academic math scholars gave a stern warning about the “deplorable” state of K-12 math education in the United States as schools prioritize social justice and diversity over merit, thereby allowing China to successfully advance as the world’s leader in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

A California school district announced it plans to fire the teacher who boasted of using Antifa propaganda to influence his class in a Project Veritas video.

U.S. Parents Involved in Education (USPIE) has released its response to the “21-Day Challenge” programs marketed by “equity” consultants riding the Critical Race Theory wave.

Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) said the CDC’s “guidance” for masking children to prevent COVID-19 transmission is unsupported by scientific data.

Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed an executive order Monday giving parents the ability to opt their children out of any mask mandates imposed by Tennessee schools.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on Wednesday announced a mask mandate for Illinois schools, attributing it to the threat of the delta variant of the Chinese coronavirus.

The leader of a new black movement says the left is “weaponizing” black children by keeping them in failing schools and grooming them in how to “undermine America.”

President Joe Biden pressed the nation’s schools to hold at least one “pop-up vaccination clinic” for children aged 12 and older.

Consideration of a database of vaccinated Americans by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is “very concerning,” Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC) said on Thursday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.

Tempers flared and the teacher’s union president called a parent a “child abuser” after a Broward County, Florida, school board meeting Tuesday.

A report by the research group Education Data shows that Washington, DC,  is third in the nation in spending per student in public schools — $22,847 for K-12 — while ranking 37th out of 51 states with the highest dropout rate of 31.10 percent.

Teachers unions in several states are continuing to push for mandatory masks and vaccines for students while demanding the right to choose for adults.

Critical Race Theory and its related philosophies may push independent suburban voters away from Democrats, according to a Politico report Monday.

“I want to be the first good governor we’ve had in a very long period of time,” said Larry Elder of his campaign for governor in California.

A California parents group called “Let Them Breathe” sued Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) Thursday over his school mask requirement.

A Trafalgar Group survey published Wednesday found 51.8 percent of American voters said parents who oppose the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) in schools should take action.

Several Fairfax County, Virginia school board members are facing recall efforts after constituents were unhappy with how they refused to reopen schools during the coronavirus pandemic.

Teachers unions across the country are pushing “universal masking” in school settings as a new year nears.

Ohio banned schools from using vaccine passports and a second bill would block them from mandating masks.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) vetoed a plan Tuesday to help 155,000 elementary students affected by her school lockout orders to get extra reading help.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) has signed legislation that prevents public schools and colleges in the state from requiring people to get a vaccine that has not been fully approved by the FDA.

The Columbia, Missouri school board voted Monday to accept $5,000 to create lesson plans based on the widely discredited “1619 Project.”