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Reuters: Equal Protection Project At Center Of Fight To Eliminate Racial Preferences in Higher Ed MikeRivero Tue, 09/26/2023 - 08:09

The civil rights complaint by the Equal Protection Project (EqualProtect.org) of the Legal Insurrection Foundatoin regarding two racially-discriminatory scholarships at Western Kentucky University has spread widely in the media, including initial coverage at The Chronicle of Higher Education, Fox News, and the Daily Caller.

New York City Department Of Education Announces A Game-Changer In The Classroom MikeRivero Tue, 09/26/2023 - 06:52

The New York City Department of Education has announced plans to incorporate generative artificial intelligence (AI) into classrooms, aiming to become a "global leader" in this field, according to the New York Post.

The decision comes after an initial ban on the use of ChatGPT, an AI language model developed by OpenAI. The ban was later reversed, and the school system has now partnered with Microsoft to create a custom AI-powered teaching assistant.

Newsom Signs Law Requiring Gender-Neutral Bathrooms in California K-12 Schools MikeRivero Mon, 09/25/2023 - 13:04

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law requiring all schools in the state to provide gender-neutral bathrooms.

The new legislation, signed on Saturday, expands a state law that schools allow students to use bathrooms that align with their “gender identity.”

From playgrounds to parade grounds: Russian schools are becoming increasingly militarized MikeRivero Mon, 09/25/2023 - 09:24

Russia’s playgrounds are becoming parade grounds. At schools from the Pacific to the Black Sea, children in nursery grade don uniforms and take part in marching practice. Older kids are being taught how to dig trenches, throw grenades and shoot with real ammunition.

California teacher, hockey coach sentenced to 16 years in prison in 'Mr. Pickles' child sex abuse case MikeRivero Mon, 09/25/2023 - 07:52

A former teacher and youth hockey coach in Carlsbad, California was sentenced to almost 16 years in prison after he was found guilty on Tuesday for playing a role in baiting children into sending sexually explicit images and circulated them online.

REVEALED: TX Rep Travis Clardy (R) voted against school choice, is funded by teacher's unions, sends his kids to private school MikeRivero Mon, 09/25/2023 - 07:05

Representative Clardy of the Texas House of Representatives, is the living definition of a hypocrite. He voted against school choice in Texas and claimed there was no wokeness in his district. Turns out he sends his kids to private school, is funded by teacher’s unions, and his district’s schools are filled with wokeness. 

Morristown family from Germany fears deportation after more than 15 years in the U.S. MikeRivero Mon, 09/25/2023 - 06:55

For 15 years, the Romeike family has lived in Morristown. Uwe Romeike, the father of the seven Romeike children, works as a piano accompanist at Carson-Newman University. Now, they say, the U.S. government is trying to deport them. 

The family moved to the U.S. from Germany in 2008. Their application for asylum said they were fined by the German government roughly $9,000 after homeschooling their children, court documents show. 

'INSULTING': Sen. Kennedy rips Merrick Garland for not addressing 'the facts' MikeRivero Sat, 09/23/2023 - 11:23

Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy joins 'FOX & Friends' to share his takeaways from Attorney General Merrick Garland's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee. He also discusses his viral reading of 'Gender Queer.'

Hundreds Of High Schoolers Protest Boys Using Girls Bathrooms MikeRivero Sat, 09/23/2023 - 11:15
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Zero Students Test Proficient in State Math Exams at 13 Baltimore High Schools MikeRivero Fri, 09/22/2023 - 16:13

Zero students were proficient in math at 13 Baltimore city high schools in Maryland, according to state math exams.

Jason Rodriguez, deputy director of the Baltimore-based non-profit People Empowered by the Struggle, said that the findings were akin to “educational homicide.”

“There is no excuse,” he told Fox Baltimore. “We have a system that’s just running rogue, and it starts at the top.”