Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade schoolers. It’s crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages. That’s the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the first new guidance in 13 years about this unstructured time at school and how it needs to be protected. The updated…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Department of Education announced that its Office for Civil Rights has launched a probe into Smith College for admitting men into the women’s educational institution, allowing them into women-only areas such as restrooms. “Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened…
As Twitchy just reported, parents were left scrambling for child care when at least 11 school districts in North Carolina canceled classes at the last minute so that the teachers could participate in what the union called a “Kids Over Corporations” rally on the Marxist holy day of May 1. As we reported last…
Though he’s not a staffer, this editor likes to think of Matt Van Swol as our North Carolina correspondent, as he always keeps us up to date on what’s happening there. And he’s pissed. But first, let’s take a detour to Chicago, where we reported last week that the Chicago Teachers’ Union and Mayor…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: A bipartisan group of lawmakers is moving to crack down on foreign influence in American education by targeting universities’ financial ties to adversarial nations. The package would ban federal funding to colleges that operate “branch” campuses in adversarial countries or accept research funding for sensitive fields…
NEW YORK — Book bans and attempted bans remain at record highs, according to the American Library Association. And efforts to have titles removed have never been more coordinated or politicized. The ALA on Monday issued its annual list of the books most challenged at the country’s libraries, part of the association’s State of America’s…
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker has proposed a new $1-per-ride tax on Uber and Lyft, with the money marked to go toward the Philadelphia school district. Not surprisingly, the rideshare companies, as well as many residents, are against the tax. Parker held a press conference where she scolded Uber and Lyft for trying to tell…
Late in the 19th century, May 1 came to be known as International Workers’ Day or just plain May Day. As you know, it’s turned into a day of protest for communists and their Marxist allies in groups like Antifa, the pro-Hamas movement, and the Chicago Teachers’ Union. That’s the same union that famously…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! First lady Melania Trump delivered a plea to lawmakers on Wednesday, demanding “action over awareness” to secure the futures of America’s foster children by turning her recent executive action into permanent law. During a bipartisan congressional committee meeting, Trump outlined her vision to transform vulnerable youth into…
A former University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist has pleaded guilty to sexual abuse charges in connection with the sexual assault of several patients over his career, after an appeals court reversed his conviction earlier this year LOS ANGELES — A former University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist pleaded guilty to sexual abuse charges Tuesday…
