Shanxi Omoniyi

1 week ago | readlion.com | Shanxi Omoniyi |Jillian Schneider |Reagan Reese

Nearly half of families leaving New York City’s public schools are looking for “more rigorous education,” and a quarter of them have safety concerns, a new survey reveals. “Education Department officials framed the survey results as a way to better understand parents’ choices…” explained Chalkbeat, a nonprofit news organization. “Public school enrollment, which was already on the decline before COVID hit, is now 11% below pre-pandemic levels, with 815,000 students in grades K-12.

1 week ago | readlion.com | Shanxi Omoniyi |Victor Skinner |John Ransom |Jillian Schneider

A public school district in Massachusetts is grappling with soaring transportation expenses for its 11,000 students, a recent news report concluded. “I am horrified at the burgeoning cost of transportation,” said Thomas Khoury, committee member for Fall River Public Schools, at an April 8 meeting. The Herald News, which is part of the Gannett USA TODAY network, traced the exponential hike in busing expenses from $8 million in 2021 to its present-day projections of more than $15.8 million.

1 week ago | readlion.com | Shanxi Omoniyi |Kevin Bessler |John Ransom

A bill targeting homeschoolers in Illinois threatens the right of parents to choose the education they believe is best for their children, a recent commentator warned. “The sponsors of (House Bill 2827) hold a firm belief that the state has the primary role in supervising the education of our children and parents are viewed as potentially dangerous and incompetent,” writes Dr. Ryan Enke, a physician and father in Rockford.

2 weeks ago | readlion.com | Shanxi Omoniyi |Reagan Reese |Mary Rooke |John Ransom

Even as enrollment plunges in the Los Angeles school district, current policies are denying access to a quality public education for thousands of students, a new report concludes. “Without serious reforms, LA’s best elementary schools will remain out of reach for middle- and low-income families,” researchers write at Available to All, a watchdog organization working to defend access to public schools.

2 weeks ago | readlion.com | Hans von Spakovsky |Michael Ryan |Shanxi Omoniyi

(The Daily Signal) – On Monday night, a 5-to-4 majority of the Supreme Court not only dissolved the controversial temporary restraining orders issued by Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, but the high court, in essence, took the case away from him.