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August 15, 2023 CALL TO ORDER Chairperso
Saturday, August 19th, 2023
via Mitchell Republic (South Dakota)August 15, 2023 CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Reider called the regular meeting of the Davison County Board of Commissioners to order at 9:00 a.m. Members of the Board present were Claggett, Nebelsick,…
Racism
Latino Museum in D.C. is essential. Let’s not ruin it with Florida-style politics
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)A recent controversy over the politics of a Smithsonian exhibit must not derail the anticipated National Museum of the American Latino, says Fabiola Santiago.
Racism
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An Iowa school district used ChatGPT to ban Buzz Bissinger’s ‘Friday Night Lights.’ He’s not happy.
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)'If you're going to ban a book, you might as well read it,' Bissinger said.
Racism, Book Bans
Georgia teacher fired for reading a book to class about gender identity
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)A teacher in Georgia was fired on Thursday after she read a book to her fifth-grade class last school year about gender identity. The Cobb County School Board voted along party lines in a 4-3 vote to terminate Katie Rinderle for reading 'My Shadow Is Purple' by Scott Stuart at Due West Elementary School in...
School Board – General, Racism
Arkansas schools will teach AP African American Studies despite state’s objections
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via azcentral.com (Arizona)Arkansas rejected the course as the school year began, saying it wouldn't count for credit toward graduation and the course was a form of indoctrination.
Racism
‘Black facts, not fiction:’ Dozens blast ‘revisionist’ state standards on slavery history
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via Palm Beach Post (Florida)Superintendent Mike Burke said the district will use longstanding state law to teach Black history. He's called the new standards
Racism, School Board – General
Gen. Milley on Ukraine, Tuberville and ‘wokeness’
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)In today's edition … What we're watching: Camp David summit … American democracy is cracking. These forces help explain why. … but first …
Racism
Controversial character education program OK’d for Carlisle school
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via PENNLive (Pennsylvania)The "Character Strong" program is the subject of a parent court challenge in West Shore School District.
School Board – General, Racism
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AI flags iconic book ‘Friday Night Lights’ as sexually explicit, bans it in Iowa district
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via The Dallas Morning News, Inc. (Texas)'Friday Night Lights,' the bestselling 1990 book about the 1988 Odessa Permian football team, has been banned from schools in Mason City, Iowa. The decision...
Racism
6 Arkansas schools say they are moving forward with AP African American studies course
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via 8 News NOW (Nevada)LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The six Arkansas schools that planned to offer an Advanced Placement course on African American studies say they will continue to do so despite the state saying the class won't count toward a student's graduation credit. The North Little Rock and Jacksonville North Pulaski school districts and eStem Charter Schools […]
Racism
Teachers unions spent summer scheming how to bring liberal ideas into classrooms: Report
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)The nation's two largest teachers unions spent their summer conferences training their rank-and-file members on how to incorporate ideas of gender, sexuality, and critical race theory into the classroom, according
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Rowan faculty and staff are questioning the university’s DEI commitments after three leaders of color left
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)'Having three powerful women of color simultaneously resign from Rowan ... makes us understandably concerned...," the letter said. The provost said the goal is to make things even better.
Racism
School districts call state ed department’s bluff, keep AP African American Studies on the books
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)Arkansas school districts weren't cowed by the state's bungled last-minute attack on a new course focused on African American history and experiences.
Racism
EStem High School still offering AP African American studies course, will offer medal to students who complete class
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)Parents were notified through a letter sent by eStem Public Charter Schools in response to the state Department of Education's removal of the course from its course code listings.
Racism
What to know about the 9 most challenged books in Iowa schools, from ‘Tricks’ to ‘Lawn Boy’
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)Out of 60 books challenged in Iowa schools in the past 3 years, 9 came up most often. Here's a summary of each and whether they were kept or removed:
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Bettendorf library (inadvertently) hosts both sides on book-ban issue
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via Quad City Times (Iowa)One attendee said the Iowa and Illinois Quad-Cities are "like a completely different world."
Book Bans, Racism
Records show how Dems are collecting DeSantis oppo
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)Good morning and thanks for reading Playbook. Texts, emails, calendars, letters and receipts can become damning material against political enemies.And opponents of Ron DeSantis regularly request such…
Parent Involvement, School Board – General, Racism
Tennessee’s Justin Pearson protests education policy in Florida
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)Democratic Tennessee state Rep. Justin Pearson joined dozens of teachers, students, and educational activists in marching to a Miami county school board meeting to protest Florida's black history teaching standards,
School Board – General, Racism
Arkansas school district says it will continue offering AP African American Studies course
Wednesday, August 16th, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)The Little Rock School District says it will continue offering an Advanced Placement course on African American studies that Arkansas education officials have said won't count toward a student's graduation
Racism