Will Huntsberry reports: Stephanie and Richard Rosado recently told their 4-year-old son about the importance of not talking to strangers. Only days later, state regulators came to the child’s preschool, isolated him in a room away from his teachers and friends and asked him questions about masking. His parents, and many others at the preschool,…
Category: Youth & Schools
Texas Court Blocks ‘Child Abuse’ Investigation For Parents Of Transgender Child
Mason Bissada reports: A local judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked Texas’ Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) from investigating two parents who helped their child seek gender-affirming medical treatment, an early legal blow to Texas’ controversial new policy that frames gender-affirming treatment as “child abuse.” Read more at Forbes and USA Today.
Maryland Proposes New K-12 Student Data Privacy Law
Brandon Paykamian reports that state lawmakers sent Senate Bill 325 to the House for consideration. The bill would amend the state’s Student Data Privacy Act of 2015. According to language in the bill, SB 325 would require local districts to submit a list of digital tools approved for use by educators, and it would require the…
Va. Public School to Use Precrime Thought-Police Program to Deter Off-Campus, Social Media Hate Speech by Students 415 23 3
Seen at The Rutherford Institute: FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA, February 17— A Virginia public school system has announced its plan to adopt what has been likened to a precrime surveillance program in order to monitor and deter social media threats, hate speech, bullying and harassment by students. Pointing out that the social media monitoring program being…