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A transgender and nonbinary teacher has sued the Peoria Unified School District and two of its board members in federal court alleging harassment and discrimination, Axios has learned. The big picture: Debates over transgender issues, particularly those involving schools and children, have roiled the state over the past few years. Catch up quick: Last July, River Chunnui, a teacher at Desert Harbor Elementary School, filed a notice of claim against the district, a procedural step required before a government entity can be sued. A lawsuit was filed last Friday. Chunnui is seeking compensation for sex discrimination, free speech violations, creation...

A cross-dressing Texas high school teacher who was placed on leave after showing up to school in women’s clothing has reportedly resigned. Rachmad Tjachyadi, a chemistry teacher at Hebron High School in Carrollton, about 15 minutes west of Dallas, went viral in February after a video shared on social media showed the educator wearing a pink dress with matching boots and hat while he walked the halls as students looked on during a school spirit event. Shortly after the video went viral, officials with the Lewisville ISD placed Tjachyadi, known as “Mr. T” to his students, on administrative leave. District...

Parents at a California elementary school have been left outraged after discovering a 'secret' LGBTQ club set up by a teacher. The third-grade staffer, who was not identified, formed the 'you be you' at Pleasant Grove Elementary School in Elk Grove. The teacher invited students in the fourth through sixth grade to attend the private meetings. Brittani Cortina, who has a second and a fourth grader at the school, said her older child told her the teacher went into class and told the students about the club. Cortina said: 'The teacher came in and spoke about how boys like boys...

Oklahoma non-binary Nex Benedict died by suicide from a drug overdose, not from injuries sustained in a school fight, a medical examiner has confirmed. The Oklahoma Medical Examiner's report said Benedict's death was caused by a combined overdose of Diphenhydramine and Fluoxetine, according to News On 6. Nex, 16, who was born Dagny, died on February 8, just a day after sustaining head trauma in a bathroom fight in Owasso High School, Oklahoma. Their death became a rallying point for trans and LGBT activists across the country - and several vigils and walk-outs were organized to remember the student. Nex's...

Parents in Michigan are terrified over horrifying footage of a fifth-grade girl beating a six-year-old boy and leaving another injured while on a school bus. The cellphone-shot footage shows the fifth grader throwing punches on the younger student from Ballard Elementary School during the afternoon route home on a Niles School Bus on March 4. The unidentified students can first be heard arguing, screaming expletives and calling each other names. Their argument is said to have begun after the boy tried to knock the girl's phone out of her hands. The situation soon escalates when the young girl gets out...

An angry dad has been arrested after he stormed into a high school classroom and confronted a student he accused of harassing his daughter. Aaron Thomas, 38, burst in to the class at Paulsboro High School in New Jersey, near Philadelphia, Monday morning. The father from nearby Gibbstown arrived at the school around 11.30am to pull his daughter out of class, but then decided to confront the other student. Video recorded by another student showed Thomas confront a student and demand he apologize to his daughter, who was near the door. 'You got a problem with my daughter? Apologize to...

Three men — all teenagers — have been arrested in the harrowing Philadelphia bus stop shooting that wounded eight high school students, officials announced. Jamaal Tucker and Ahnile Buggs, both 18, and 19-year-old Jermahd Carter were part of the foursome who sprayed some 30 rounds of bullets at the Northeast High School students who were waiting to load the SEPTA vehicle, last week, according to the city’s police and US Marshals. The fourth person — who is known to police but has not yet been identified — is still being sought. It is not clear whether the arrested men were...

This is a story you won’t see in the mainstream media. If this can happen in a rural Indiana town of only 15,000 people in a Republican “fly-over” state, it can happen in your town. A brave 11-year-old girl spoke out at a Lebanon, Indiana school board meeting earlier this year on January 16, 2024 in which she describes how she and other girls are forced to share a locker room with a boy while at school. “I’m here to discuss the matter of a male being in the female locker room. Imagine this is you -- you’re an 11-year-old...

‘Medical professionals call on Justice to veto school vaccine bill HB 5105 would allow private and parochial schools to develop their own vaccine policies As a bill that would loosen West Virginia’s school vaccine requirements heads to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice, some medical professionals are urging him not to sign the legislation into law.

If a person can’t do third grade math, they shouldn’t be admitted to college. Or high school, for that matter. https://apnews.com/article/college-math-test-help-6cca6a5e873d5aeb5e75b4f94125d48c #Homeschooling #Math #MathEducation #MathIlliteracy #DumbingDown #Woke #Meritocracy #Education #College

11-Year-Old Leaves Schoolboard SHOCKED After Reading Inappropriate Book From School Library Out Loud

Three children and two adults were killed when a school bus collided with a semi-truck on Monday in Illinois.

A Missouri teenager is fighting for her life after her skull was repeatedly smashed into a concrete roadway during an after school fight. Video shows a black teenage girl pummeling the child until her body went lifeless. Fox 2 reports the victim was discovered unconscious in the street near Hazlewood East High School suffering from a “severe head injury.” Watch video of the attack below. The St. Louis television station also reports that a 15-year-old girl has been taken into custody and is facing assault charges. There is no information on the condition of the victim. “That video was crazy....

A high school in southeastern Indiana came under fire on Thursday after forcing a student to remove an American flag from his vehicle. The student’s mother relayed the events in a social media post. Cameron Blasek, a senior at East Central High School in St. Leon, was called into the principal’s office on Thursday and was told to remove the flag or be written up for insubordination. The post says that after being told to take the flag off his truck, he pulled out the school’s handbook and “pointed out that nowhere in the handbook does it mention the word...

There's only so much outrage left in the tank on a sunny Friday afternoon, but wow this is just insane in the membrane. An independent investigation into the school shooting at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas was commissioned by the city of Uvalde in 2022. Yesterday, the results of the investigation were released to the public during a city council meeting. The gist of the new report is that police on the scene did nothing wrong. Former Austin Police Department detective Jesse Prado examined the actions of each Uvalde police officer as they responded to the deadliest school shooting...

North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt lost Tuesday's Republican primary to Michele Morrow, a home-schooling parent critical of public schools' "radical agendas" on race and gender ideology. Morrow, a nurse and former Christian missionary who ran unsuccessfully for the Wake County school board in 2022, garnered 52% of the vote Tuesday, while the incumbent Truitt tallied 48%, WTVD reported. The Super Tuesday upset came despite Truitt's sizable fundraising advantages and GOP establishment support. Morrow, a supporter of former President Donald Trump who accused Truitt of not being conservative enough, collected backing from rural education leaders and will now...

A husband and wife have been charged with sexually abusing a student under their care while they were both employees of Damascus Christian School in Oregon. David Wakefield, 60, and Rachel Wakefield, 54, have been arrested on multiple charges stemming from their alleged abuse of a single student. David was employed by the school as the principal and athletic director while his wife, Rachel, was both a substitute teacher and coach. David Wakefield coached the girls basketball team for over 500 games and 15 seasons with his wife as “co-coach,” according to The Oregonian. The victim, who is now an...

A bill that aims to push back against a rise in book bans in Oregon school districts has passed the Senate. Senate Bill 1583 says that "that a school official cannot prohibit materials because the materials concern a class of people identified in our education anti-discrimination laws. In other words, you cannot ban a book because the book involves folks from marginalized communities," according to bill sponsor Sen. Lew Frederick, D-Portland. "If you are not allowing kids to have books, and you are telling them what books they have to read or what books they can't read, you are basically...

A West Virginia bus driver has been arrested for DUI after flipping it with 19 children on board - before berating cops who rescued them. Jeffrey Brannon, 54, was charged with multiple counts of driving under the influence causing harm and child neglect resulting in injury, with several of the kids involved hospitalized. Police were called to Route 16 at 6pm Monday after Brannon tipped over the bus when he lost control over the right edge of the highway and overcorrected. Cops said that when they arrived he was 'yelling and acting aggressive' while still inside the vehicle, before admitting...

An Oklahoma high school has apologized for hosting a vile 'toe-licking' challenge at a student fundraising event. Deer Creek High School in Edmond has admitted it 'failed to uphold the dignity of our students' over the grotesque competition held February 29. Outrageous videos of ninth through twelfth grade students licking other pupils' bare feet at the ticketed event called Clash of the Classes quickly went viral online. 'Through this specific game we failed to uphold the dignity of our students and the proud image of our community,' the school district said in a statement March 1. 'We have a responsibility...