Category Archives: Education
Transgender athlete penalty bill heads to governor’s desk
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee will soon decide whether to sign off on adding harsh penalties against public schools in his state that allow transgender athletes to participate in girls' sports.
Families, doctors contest Alabama transgender treatment ban
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Families with transgender teens sued the state of Alabama in federal court on Monday to overturn a law that makes it a crime for doctors to treat trans youth under 19 with puberty blockers or hormones
Quebec’s English colleges say they are being targeted by government for their success
MONTREAL — Recent amendments to Quebec's new language bill are targeting English junior colleges because the schools are increasingly popular among non-anglophones, say students and representatives of the college system. The colleges are being scapegoa...
Federal budget for child care good start, but more needed: advocates
OTTAWA — Feminist advocates say the federal budget doesn't fully account for the challenges in scaling up child-care systems across the country. Morna Ballantyne, executive director of advocacy group Child Care Now, said she's pleased the government cr...
Trans kids fear Alabama laws targeting medicine, bathrooms
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Ninth grader Harleigh Walker, 15, spends her time after school like many girls her age: doing homework, listening to Taylor Swift, collecting records and hanging out with friends.
Manitoba Education was not prepared for pandemic but was able to respond: auditor
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's auditor general says the Education Department was not prepared for the pandemic, but responded effectively to COVID-19. A report from the auditor's office says the department had not considered risks to schools ahead of time and h...
Kentucky governor vetoes transgender girls sports ban
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's Democratic governor on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would bar transgender girls and women from participating in school sports matching their gender identity from sixth grade through college.
Quebec tables bill on academic freedom, says no words off-limits in lecture halls
QUEBEC — A new bill tabled Wednesday in Quebec would allow "any word" to be uttered in university classrooms as long as it's used in an academic context, the province's higher education minister said. Bill 32 is great news for Quebec
GOP-backed school board candidates win in Milwaukee suburbs
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican-backed candidates in local school board races came out as big winners in the Milwaukee suburbs that are critical for the Wisconsin GOP in statewide elections, but they had mixed results in other parts of the
1,000 amendments can’t stall SC transgender sports bill
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Republican House majority outlasted more than 1,000 amendments by Democrats on Tuesday and passed a bill that would bar transgender students from playing girls' or women's sports in public schools in colleges.