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Classrooms have become political battlegrounds in Florida. Will it intensify this year?
Sunday, August 13th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)As they prepare to start a new school year, many Miami-Dade and Broward teachers, students and parents are anxious over returning to a classroom given Florida's new education laws.
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, Racism, School Board – General
Maryland religion literacy course an eyeopener for educators
Sunday, August 13th, 2023
via WTOP (District of Columbia)Maryland's nearly 900,000 public school students will soon be heading back to school. Over the summer, teachers in every jurisdiction have taken courses to help them face the many challenges in the…
Racism
Harris claim about states banning teaching Latino history relies on flawed examples
Saturday, August 12th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)PolitiFact | One example included Texas in 2016 rejecting a Mexican American studies textbook because it contained errors and racist content.
Racism
The riverfront brawl in Alabama reignites national debate over race
Saturday, August 12th, 2023
via KNPR (Nevada)Police say the fight in Montgomery, Ala., last week doesn't meet the criteria for hate crime charges. But video clearly shows how the violence broke down on racial lines, historian Derryn Moten says.
Racism
MPD officer shot, 4 arrested after pursuit in north Minneapolis
Saturday, August 12th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)A Minneapolis police officer was shot and injured during what authorities describe as an ambush on the city's north side on Friday evening.
Racism
Florida education commissioner skips forum on Black history standards
Saturday, August 12th, 2023
via Star Advertiser (Hawaii)MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. >> Leaders of a forum on Florida's new standards for teaching Black history encouraged parents to let their discontent be heard by showing up at local school board meetings,…
Racism, School Board – General
Pennsylvania’s culturally relevant and sustaining education guidelines causing controversy
Friday, August 11th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)A controversial regulation for school districts enacted in the last days of the Wolf administration is generating lawsuits today.
Racism
Mark Woods: In Florida, back to school is Shakespearean. Part comedy, part tragedy.
Friday, August 11th, 2023
via Jacksonville.com (Florida)The curtain rises on another school year in Florida, a state where modern-day laws have turned education into Shakespearean-worthy comedy and tragedy.
Parent Involvement, Racism, School Board – General
DeSantis super PAC launches grassroots parents coalition
Friday, August 11th, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)EXCLUSIVE — Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) presidential bid, announced the creation of a new grassroots coalition, Parents Never Back Down.
School Board – General, Racism
An Ohio election that revolves around abortion rights is fueled by national groups and money
Friday, August 11th, 2023
via Sun Sentinel (Florida)Supporters of a ballot question in Ohio that would make it harder to change the state constitution and could determine the fate of abortion rights there say a yes vote will provide a 'defense against out-of-state meddling.'
Racism
Florida’s African-American history standards blasted at South Florida town hall
Friday, August 11th, 2023
via Sun Sentinel (Florida)Hundreds arrived a historic Black church Thursday night looking for answers about Florida's controversial African-American history standards and left ready to fight against what they see as i…
Parent Involvement, Racism, School Board – General
Miami Gardens’ Black history town hall goes on without Manny Diaz, Jr.
Friday, August 11th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)Hundreds of lawmakers, teachers, school board members and parents crowded into a Miami Gardens church Thursday evening for a forum on Florida's new standards for teaching Black history.
Racism, School Board – General
Florida education commissioner skips forum on criticized Black history standards
Friday, August 11th, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)Lawmakers, teachers, school board members and parents crowded into a South Florida church for a forum on Florida's new standards for teaching Black history. But one person was missing.
Racism, School Board – General
DeSantis, campaigning in Coralville, defends ouster of prosecutor
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
via The Gazette (Iowa)'You see these prosecutors who say they're not going to prosecute people, they're not going to hold them accountable,' DeSantis said
Racism
Black leaders blast DeSantis ‘atrocities’ outside state education building
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
via Palm Beach Post (Florida)DeSantis-led reforms have loaded the start of a new school year with controversy not only in the teaching of African-American history.
Racism, School Board – General
Caught in the crossfire: Milley’s tenure bedeviled by clash over values, ‘woke’ debate
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)His critics see a 'woke' military that's losing its edge as left-wing social activism and an obsession with diversity and political correctness take root inside the Pentagon. But Gen. Mark A. Milley sees a fighting force that is by far the most well-prepared, efficient and deadly on the planet — a reality that he says even America's most determined enemies must acknowledge.
Racism
Charges dropped against New College student accused of spitting on trustee
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)The student agreed Thursday to withdraw from the Sarasota school.
Racism
How politics changed education in the Milwaukee suburbs: ‘Now school is about the politics and the fear’
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)With the help of the local GOP and national groups, a new crop of candidates has expanded to take over nearby school boards, posting victories that have turned Waukesha County into a laboratory for…
Parent Involvement, School Board – General, Racism
Biden’s new federal czar for the middle school library
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)'The library looms as the next big confrontation in the culture war,' the Atlantic reports, and President Biden, our Culture‐Warrior‐in‐Chief, is itching for the fight. 'The president signaled a new approach in his late‐April announcement video, when he cited book bans as evidence for his…
Racism, Book Bans, School Board – General