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Rep. Duchow: Votes for public safety

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

via WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)

Madison, WI – Today, State Representative Cindi Duchow (R-Delafield) voted with her colleagues in the Assembly to approve a public safety package that focuses on increasing penalties for certain crimes including reckless driving, intentional harm to a police or fire...

Parents

Greg Abbott cites debunked claim that public schools catered to ‘furries’ in latest voucher push

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

via Houston Chronicle (Texas)

The governor's remarks seemed to call back unfounded rumors that public schools across the country were catering to students who identified as animals.

Parents

Greg Abbott releases details on TEA probe into HISD’s Bellaire High over student pronoun allegations

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

via Houston Chronicle (Texas)

Gov. Abbott called for Bellaire High School employees to be investigated for child "abuse or neglect" after allegedly calling a student by different pronouns.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

‘Parental rights’ or ‘book banning zealots’? RI bill opens up culture war over school libraries.

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

via The Providence Journal (Rhode Island)

This year's Freedom to Read bill has opened a crack in the culture wars around book banning.

Parents

Students with disabilities may receive less support after Education Department layoffs

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

via NBC New York (New York)

The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Trump and his education secretary, Linda McMahon.

Parents

What Education Dept. layoffs mean for students with disabilities

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

via NBC Chicago (Illinois)

The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Trump and his education secretary, Linda McMahon.

Parents

Court rules against Florida parents in school gender case that gained national attention

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

The Tallahassee mother who sued sat with First Lady Melania Trump during President Trump's address to Congress last week.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

In Annapolis, Democrats foolishly stick to DEI READER COMMENTARY

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

via The Baltimore Sun (Maryland)

Maryland Democrats offer pro-DEI non-binding resolution that will risk federal funding while accomplishing nothing for the state.

Parents

Republicans and Democrats have tense debate over bill to ban gender-affirming care for youth • Wisconsin Examiner

Thursday, March 13th, 2025

via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)

This is the fourth bill related to transgender youth to get a hearing in the Wisconsin Assembly in the last two weeks.

Parents

Morrisey signs anti-trans ‘gender definition’ bill into law

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025

via The Herald-Dispatch (West Virginia)

Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Wednesday signed into law his priority bill defining 'men' and 'women."

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Partisan politics infiltrating non-partisan local Illinois elections

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025

via Quad-City Times (Illinois)

Though municipal and school board races in Illinois are nonpartisan, voters may see many of the same political themes that were hallmarks of races during the 2024 presidential election cycle.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Partisan support divided among six candidates for Cedarburg School Board

Wednesday, March 12th, 2025

via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)

School board races are nonpartisan. Nevertheless, the six candidates running for Cedarburg School Board have found themselves supported by partisan groups.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement, Social Emotional Learning

Wheeler High School students get firsthand look at judicial system

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

via The Times (Indiana)

A panel of Indiana Court of Appeal judges heard oral arguments of an actual case in front of around 60 students at Wheeler High School on Tuesday.

Parents

Suit claims Pa. Human Relations Commission’s LGBTQ+ protections are unconstitutional • Pennsylvania Capital-Star

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

via Pennsylvania Capital-Star (Pennsylvania)

The suit claims PHRC 'created a heretofore unimagined meaning of 'sex' within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.'

Parents

School choice debate intensifies at Texas House

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

via FOX 7 Austin (Texas)

The school choice debate intensified on Tuesday. Those for and against the idea faced off during a committee hearing in the state house.

Parents

Education Department Plans to Fire Up to Half Its Staff

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

via The New York Times (New York)

The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.

Parents

‘We’re disposable’: Supporters rally outside Department of Education’s DC offices

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

via WTOP (District of Columbia)

Dozens of supporters rallied outside the Department of Education's D.C. headquarters as the agency faces cuts and even possible dismantling under Trump.

Parents

Bedford County resident Joy Powers announces campaign for Va.’s House 51 district

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

via NewsAdvance.com (Virginia)

Bedford County resident Joy Powers has announced she is running for Virginia's House 51st District in the Nov. 4 election.

Parents

Two Florida universities face federal scrutiny over civil rights

Tuesday, March 11th, 2025

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state

School Safety, Parent Involvement