As a Kentucky teacher counts the new students who will be entering his classroom this fall, he’s also counting his blessings, which includes the thriving family of six that became his when he adopted a student and his siblings. “Our lives are complete,” Justin Padgett of Danville, Kentucky, told Fox News Digital. “We have left...
A school district in Texas has adopted a new controversial policy on student pronouns, requiring teachers to refer to students by pronouns consistent with their biological sex. The Keller Independent School District’s new policy changes state that educators must use pronouns consistent with the student’s birth certificate, regardless of whether the student wishes to use...
Parents and students of a school district outside of Boston were informed last week that they would be without school bus service, citing a lack of funding and a shortage of buses. The 150 students at Stoughton Public Schools will have to find a new way to get to school ahead of the academic year’s...
Chicago’s school district is facing criticism for delaying the academic year start by a week — with detractors arguing that it’s a politically motivated move. Students were regularly scheduled to return to school on Monday. The School Year 2025 (SY25) calendar published by the district depicted 176 full-student-attendance days, beginning Monday and ending June 12,...
A mom of three is sharing her simple back-to-school hack that she says has saved loads of time each morning. Katelyn Knibbe, 27, is a stay-at-home mom from outside San Antonio, Texas, who said getting her kids up and off to school in the morning can be chaotic. To help ease the potential stress of...
Chicago Public Schools’ sexual education curriculum begins as soon as kindergarten, teaching kids first about human anatomy, followed by first-grade lessons on how to define “gender identity” and an introduction to puberty blockers by fifth grade. The Chicago public school system’s “Personal Health and Safety Education & Sexual Health Education Scope and Sequence” was uncovered...
EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans are spearheading efforts to demand elite universities counteract the threat of anti-Israel protests on campuses in the upcoming fall semester amid their ongoing investigation into a “disturbing pattern of antisemitic activity” on campuses. The House Ways and Means and the Education and the Workforce committees sent a letter to 10 high-profile colleges...
The House of Representatives issued a subpoena to several Columbia University officials on Wednesday as part of an ongoing antisemitism investigation. Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., issued six subpoenas to school personnel, including interim president, Katrina Armstrong, and the Co-Chairs and Vice Chairs of the University’s Board of Trustees, as part...
FIRST ON FOX: A national parents group grades both Vice President Harris and Gov. Tim Walz with an F on school choice. As the DNC continues this week, the Invest in Education Coalition announced grades for the Democratic ticket, slamming each of their education track records. The organization advocates school choice. The group said its...
An assistant principal at a school in Texas was released from the hospital on Friday following a “classroom disruption” that left her seriously injured. Candra Rogers, the assistant principal at The Collins Intermediate School in Corsicana, TX, was airlifted on Thursday, Aug. 15, to a local hospital following what school district officials called a disruption...
