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A proposed Georgia law dictating that even private schools can’t teach students about gender identity or queer theory without parental approval is dividing conservatives and school choice advocates. While Republicans often tout private schools as a way to help keep the government out of a child’s education, they have also been leading the charge in…

SAN FRANCISCO — A Hayward elementary school struggling to boost low test scores and dismal student attendance is spending $250,000 in federal money for an organization called Woke Kindergarten to

A new report found that Black children face the steepest opportunity gaps in education compared to other demographic groups.

Moms for Liberty, a national right-wing advocacy group, was born in Florida as a response to COVID-19 school closures and mask mandates. But it quickly became just as well known for pushing policies branded as anti-LGBTQ+ by opponents. So when one of its founders, Bridget Ziegler, recently told police that she and her husband, who is under criminal investigation for sexual assault, had a consensual sexual encounter with another woman, the perceived disconnect between her public stances and priva

The conservative group led the charge on the Covid-era education battles. But scandals and losses are threatening its power.

Moms for Liberty, a national right-wing advocacy group, was born in Florida as a response to COVID-19 school closures and mask mandates. But it quickly became just as well known for pushing policies branded as anti-LGBTQ by opponents.

The politicization of education has resulted in schools becoming culture-war battlegrounds, often leading to more division than solidarity

Its supporters have to decide if Moms for Liberty is creating more chaos for the right than for its foes in public education.

Since the pandemic, Americans are paying closer attention to school boards and their meetings than ever before, but the rubber-meets-the-road government bodies — an original colonial creation — are no strangers to controversy. Nick Melvoin got elected to Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education in 2017 and has not seen a break in…

The Hamilton County chapter of Moms for Liberty is unexpectedly a major point of contention in a mayoral race following the groups use of a quote by Adolf Hitler.