Nearly 60 percent of voters in Elko County voted against the school board’s bond proposal. The school board had proposed taking out $150 million in general obligation bonds, and obviously the public did not agree with that proposal.
Voters in opposition to the bond proposal argued that the school board needs a greater level of oversight and financial transparency.
Do you know what your child’s school is really teaching them? So many parents across the United States had their first glances inside their children’s education during the pandemic because of virtual schooling. But this should not be the case. Christopher F. Rufo, James R. Copland and John Ketcham argue that public school parents should have…
Are you trying to decide whether or not to homeschool your child? It’s a big decision, and there’s lots of factors to consider. This video looks at homeschooling from every angle.
Florida’s new Parental Rights in Education legislation has been causing an uproar with the mainstream media. The “Don’t Say Gay” bill, as critics call it, prohibits public school teachers from teaching kindergarten to third graders about sexual orientation or gender identity. While the media is saying proponents of the bill are conspiracy theorist, Christopher Rufo…
What are kids actually learning in school? One California teacher couldn’t understand why the majority of her students were failing their ethics class. When she decided to dig deeper into what she was being taught, she was shocked by what she found. When she discovered Critical Race Theory throughout the course curriculum, Kali knew she…
Not everything to come out of the pandemic is bad. In fact, there’s been some really positive trends in the area of education. Kerry McDonald, FEE Senior Education Fellow, outlined four positive education trends in 2021.
Learning pods popped up across the United States during 2020 because they solved several pain points about distance learning, including childcare needs for working parents and social interaction needs for kids. Learning pods are small groups of students, many times six or less. They are run by either a parent or a hired teacher who…
