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Florida Board of Education approves new Black history standards that critics call ‘a big step backward’
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)The new standards require instruction for middle school students to include "how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit."
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School board outrage over LGBTQ lessons pushes California governor to rush new textbook law
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via PENNLive (Pennsylvania)During the nine-hour Temecula Valley Unified meeting, which ran past midnight, some angry parents spoke in support of the conservative majority on the school board and its bucking of state standards for inclusive and diverse education.
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Temecula school board outrage over LGBTQ lessons motivates Newsom to rush new textbook law
Thursday, July 20th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two San Francisco Democrats were at the center of a chaotic school board meeting in Southern California on Tuesday: Gov. Gavin Newsom and slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk.
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Political rejection in Mississippi led incoming Wake superintendent back to NC
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via WRAL (North Carolina)Incoming Wake schools Superintendent Robert Taylor was welcomed into largely Democratic Wake County after a rejection by Republican lawmakers in Mississippi.
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Military academy officers testify before Armed Services Committee on affirmative action exemption
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)The bipartisan House Armed Services Committee held a hearing Tuesday afternoon on the diversity and admissions practices of United States military academies following the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action in higher education.
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Francis Howell School Board set to rescind anti-racism resolution
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Illinois)The resolution in response to racism and discrimination was passed in August 2020 and hangs in some school buildings.
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Florida OKs new Black history standards; critics call it ‘whitewash’
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Florida adopted new African American history standards that state leaders called 'robust' but critics said provided 'sterilized' lessons.
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‘It Happens Here’ explores reactions to new indigenous education standards
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via Mpr News (Minnesota)WTIP North Shore Community Radio recently looked at the debate over how to teach kids about Minnesota's past, with a focus on new statewide standards that will require schools to include indigenous…
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Florida board OKs Black history standards, rejects concerns about omitting history
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via Palm Beach Post (Florida)In a letter to board member Ben Gibson, a group of 11 organizations, including the NAACP and the Florida Education Association, criticized the state for omitting or rewriting 'key historical facts about the Black experience.'
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Arizona is on the front line of US culture wars. How did we get here? The Gaggle explains
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via azcentral.com (Arizona)Legislatures are waging war on books, drag shows and trans youth. In AZ, Gov. Hobbs has kept the culture war at bay, barely. The Gaggle explores how.
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Publishers struggle to sell textbooks amid culture wars over education
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)The culture wars are making it harder to sell textbooks to schools.
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Medtronic recalls 348K defibrillators over concerns they deliver reduced, no shock
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)Medtronic has issued a recall for over 348,000 defibrillators because there is a risk they deliver low shock, or no shock at all.
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House GOP advances bill to slash funding for Transportation Department after heated markup
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)Republican appropriators Tuesday evening approved a bill to cut spending for the Department of Transportation and reject many of President Joe Biden's budget proposals for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Medtronic recalls over 348K defibrillators that may not work
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
via KSTP TV LLC. (Minnesota)Medtronic is recalling implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) because they may have a reduced-energy shock or no shock at all.
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Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, SC teacher’s supporters pack meeting over halted lesson on his book
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)Lexington-Richland Five has faced backlash after officials halted study of a book about racism by Ta'Nehisi Coates, who attended the board's July 17 meeting. In February, students complained the…
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Author Ta-Nehisi Coates, SC teacher’s supporters pack meeting over halted lesson on book
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)Lexington-Richland Five has faced backlash after officials halted study of a book about racism by Ta-Nehisi Coates, who attended the board's July 17 meeting. In February, students complained the…
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Ta-Nehisi Coates, SC teacher’s supporters pack meeting over halted lesson on author’s book
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)Lexington-Richland Five has faced backlash after officials halted study of a book about racism by Ta-Nehisi Coates, who attended the board's July 17 meeting. In February, students complained the…
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Ta’Nehisi Coates, SC teacher’s supporters pack board meeting over halted lesson on his book
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)Lexington-Richland Five has faced backlash after officials halted study of a book about racism by Ta'Nehisi Coates, who attended the board's July 17 meeting. In February, students complained the…
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DeSantis’ latest policy plan, this time on the military, again focuses on ‘woke’
Tuesday, July 18th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)The Florida governor vowed to ban drag shows on military bases and reinstate service members who defied a pandemic-era coronavirus vaccine mandate.
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