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What can be done to end polarization in the U.S.? Ask Eli Tillemann
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via Deseret News (Utah)Eli Tillemann leads both the Republican and Democrat clubs at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. Can he help heal America?
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Nebraska legislative hearing focuses on parental involvement in schools
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via Omaha World-Herald (Nebraska)School board members told the Education Committee that they were in the best position to evaluate and respond to what was being taught in K-12 schools.
Social Emotional Learning, Racism, School Board – General
Nebraska legislative hearing focuses on parental involvement, controversial topics taught in schools
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via Journal Star (Nebraska)School board members told the Education Committee they were in the best position to evaluate and respond to what was being taught in K-12 schools.
Social Emotional Learning, Racism, School Board – General
Hearing on hot-button education issues signals Nebraska conservatives’ plans for next year
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via KOB 4 (New Mexico)An out-of-session hearing by the Nebraska Legislature's Education Committee is signaling plans by conservatives to again push for legislation to determine how schools deal with race, LGBTQ+ issues and other hot-button issues. Sen. Dave Murman is the conservative chairman of the Nebraska Legislature's Education Committee. His hearing Monday mostly discussed social-emotional learning, or SEL, which has become a lightning rod among conservatives who say schools use it to promote progressive ideas about race, gender and sexuality. The decades-old concept seeks to teach students how to manage their emotions, make good decisions, share and collaborate. But several testifiers invited by Murman made far-fetched claims that it's being used to teach critical race theory in public schools.
Social Emotional Learning, Racism
Progressives want to grow the ‘White Stripe’ of a multiracial coalition
Tuesday, August 1st, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)With help from Ella Creamer, Rishika Dugyala, Jesse Naranjo, Jessica Piper and Teresa Wiltz
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Florida poised to become first state to adopt conservative standardized entrance exam program
Monday, July 31st, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)Florida could become the first state to accept a new standardized test that is popular among Christians and conservatives for its public universities. The latest move as Gov. Ron DeSantis
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Oldest Black fraternity won’t meet in Florida due to ‘hostile’ politics
Monday, July 31st, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)The oldest historically Black collegiate fraternity in the U.S. says it is relocating a planned convention in two years from Florida because of what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration's…
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DeSantis’s top issue of fighting ‘woke’ ideology not a primary concern for voters: Poll
Monday, July 31st, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)The majority of Republican primary voters said they would not support a GOP presidential candidate who wages a war against 'woke' ideology, according to a poll released Monday.
Parent Involvement, Racism
‘Scare tactics,’ a censure and a lawsuit: Crowded Olathe school board race heats up
Monday, July 31st, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)'Our board meetings need to return to ‘normal,'' one candidate says. 'The drama needs to be voted OUT not IN.'
Racism, School Board – General
At the NAACP Convention, a day of policy discussions and recognizing progress
Monday, July 31st, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)Affirmative action, anti-critical race theory legislation, and rollbacks on LGBTQ+ rights will shape the policy recommendations 2,000 delegates will vote on Monday morning in Boston.
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As lawmakers celebrate Truman order desegregating military, Congress battles over diversity
Monday, July 31st, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)'It's so strange that it just so happens that this week we will be celebrating Truman, who he thought was paving the way for future freedoms,' said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.
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Did Democrats hand Republicans a winning strategy in parents’ rights?
Monday, July 31st, 2023
via Deseret News (Utah)Glenn Youngkin's victory shows the power of parents, and Democrats have been slow to answer, analysts say
Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General, Racism
Senators introduce bill to block taxpayer dollars for CRT at Department of Education
Sunday, July 30th, 2023
via DJournal.com (Mississippi)(The Center Square) – U.S. Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., reintroduced the Protect Equality and Civics Education (PEACE) Act, a bill that would block tax dollars from
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Two West Bonner School District trustees face recall election amid superintendent controversy
Sunday, July 30th, 2023
via The Spokesman Review (Washington)PRIEST RIVER, Idaho – Voters in the West Bonner County School District will decide next month the political fate of two school board members who backed the hiring of a new controversial superintendent.
Social Emotional Learning, School Board – General, Racism
Candidates for local office scramble as Aug. 1 election looms
Sunday, July 30th, 2023
via The Spokesman Review (Washington)Ballots are due Tuesday for the August primary, in which Spokane voters will select the two candidates that will compete for the mayor's office, positions on the City Council and the Spokane Public…
LGBTQ+, School Board – General, Racism
Debate on budget shifts to debate on future of Baton Rouge schools leader
Sunday, July 30th, 2023
via The Advocate (Louisiana)A 10-week fight over the budget will soon give way to a long, perhaps longer debate about how the East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and Superintendent Sito Narcisse should
Racism, School Board – General
State’s LEARNS Act takes effect this week
Sunday, July 30th, 2023
via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)A new paradigm for Arkansas education begins Tuesday when Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' education overhaul, the LEARNS Act, comes into effect.
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D.C. Digest: Lankford says something has changed in Hunter Biden case
Sunday, July 30th, 2023
via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)While legal problems mounted for the nation's two leading 2024 presidential candidates last week, the state's all-Republican Congressional delegation zeroed in on the unraveling of Hunter Biden's plea…
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