Private School Associations, Accreditors and Oversight
Although private schools are independent, school associations, as well as accreditors, consultants and state and federal government education agencies, can influence private schools. The various levers of influence include: 1.
New FOIA Document Asserts NSBA Knew of DOJ Memo Prior to Publication
In a newly uncovered email between former National School Boards Association board members Pam Doyle and Beverly Slough (both of whose state chapters have since withdrawn from the NSBA)…
The Collegiate School ‘Woke-Over’ connections to black affinity group, U.S. Capitol protests and Georgia politics
In January 2022, Collegiate School, an elite Manhattan all-boys prep school founded in 1628, announced changes to its motto, seal and mascot.
FCPS spends tax dollars on PR firm, proposes social media surveillance
Fairfax County Public Schools spent $99,414.84 of taxpayer money over six months in 2020 for Yes& Agency, an Alexandria, “crisis communications” contractor, to help it with “mitigating controversies” and protecting…
DAILY CALLER: ‘National School Counseling Week 2022’ Shows How Educators Use Concerns About Children’s Wellbeing To Implement ‘Activist Agendas’
National organizations, equity consultants and public school districts are using mental health initiatives to push what critics decry as the tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT), including “social and emotional…
Wheeler School in Providence, RI, excludes white students from meeting celebrity guest
Wheeler School is not new to sorting and separating students by race but this past week was the first time parents can remember students being excluded from hearing a guest…
Fairfax County Public Schools seeks to pay up to $200,000 for ‘social media management’ and surveillance
Embattled Fairfax County Public Schools in northern Virginia has published a request for proposal to pay up to $200,000 for “Social Media Management Services” that will “monitor social media threats,…
Fairfax County spent $99,414.84 for PR firm in 2020
Fairfax County Public Schools in northern Virginia spent $99,414.84 for a crisis management contractor from six months in 2020 to help it with “mitigating controversies” and protecting “the FCPS brand…
Opting Out
What does it mean to opt out? Do parents have a right to opt children out of aspects of school? What is the process to opt out? What are my…