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Plaintiffs again question federal judge about slow movement on critical race theory lawsuit

Monday, May 20th, 2024

via The Oklahoman (Oklahoma)

For a second time, plaintiffs have asked a federal judge to make rulings to move along a lawsuit over House Bill 1775 filed more than 2 1/2 years ago.

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Meet the candidates running for Iowa Senate District 26 in Nevada, Marshalltown

Sunday, May 19th, 2024

via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)

Two Republicans and a Democrat are running to represent the district in portions of Story County and Marshall County.

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As the Massachusetts Teachers Association wades into the Israel-Hamas war, divisions rise among members

Friday, May 17th, 2024

via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)

The MTA's actions represent a rare foray into international affairs for the state's largest teachers union, which previously had waded into the Iraq War and apartheid in South Africa.

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These California schools connect kids to community services. Will they survive budget cuts?

Friday, May 17th, 2024

via CalMatters (California)

California's community schools got billions in funding. Advocates fear that money may be cut as the state faces a budget deficit.

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Biden meets with Brown v. Board plaintiffs and families during week of outreach to Black communities

Thursday, May 16th, 2024

via NY1 (New York)

Thursday's meeting marked the 70th anniversary of the case

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Southlake Carroll schools made headlines for partisan clashes in 2021. This book examines why.

Thursday, May 16th, 2024

via Texas Standard (Texas)

In "They Came for the Schools," Mike Hixenbaugh explores how the fight over books and classroom material became "the playbook copied all over the country."

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Anti-racism backlash is hardly new

Thursday, May 16th, 2024

via The Daily Progress (Virginia)

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Topeka was at the center of Brown v. Board. Decades later, segregation of another sort lingers

Thursday, May 16th, 2024

via The Associated Press (South Carolina)

The school system in Topeka, Kansas, was at the center of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case that struck down segregated education 70 years ago.

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Book-banning advocates seek elected power as book challenges near fever pitch

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024

via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)

Book challenges can come from community members, parents or activists. In western North Carolina, some school boards saw those challenges come from school board candidates and school board members themselves.

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A GOP Texas school board member campaigned against schools indoctrinating kids. Then she read the curriculum.

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024

via The Texas Tribune (Texas)

Courtney Gore, a Granbury ISD school board member, has disavowed the far-right platform she campaigned on. Her defiance has brought her backlash.

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After a borderland shootout, a 100-year-old battle for the truth

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024

via The Washington Post (Michigan)

A century after three Tejano men were shot to death, the story descendants tell of their killing contradicts official accounts. Whose story counts as Texas history?

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The importance, value of Houston’s Juneteenth Parade in Acres Homes: Our Town

Wednesday, May 15th, 2024

via KPRC (Texas)

This year's Juneteenth parade will be held on June 15, at 10 a.m. first kicking off at the Acres Home Multi-Purpose Center on W Montgomery Rd. and conclude at the iconic Greater Zion Missionary…

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UT System cut 311 former DEI jobs after Texas ban, official says

Tuesday, May 14th, 2024

via Houston Chronicle (Texas)

The DEI closures will save the system about $25 million, Chancellor J.B. Milliken told state senators during a hearing Tuesday in Austin.

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Eric Trump, Alina Habba to headline Temecula conservative fundraiser

Tuesday, May 14th, 2024

via OC Register (California)

Event will raise money for the Inland Empire Family PAC, which helped get five candidates onto southwest Riverside County school boards.

Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Johnson, Linton elementaries ‘blindsided’ by PSD’s revised closure, consolidation plans

Tuesday, May 14th, 2024

via Fort Collins Coloradoan (Colorado)

Johnson and Linton elementaries were largely left out of earlier plans for school closures but are now in the thick of it and fighting for survival.

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Pilot program at Southfield Academy viewed as a success

Sunday, May 12th, 2024

via The Oakland Press (Michigan)

Outside of a training fee for instructors teaching the class, the program is free for participating school districts.

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‘Late Admissions’ Review: Glenn Loury’s Rise, Fall and Rise

Friday, May 10th, 2024

via The Wall Street Journal (Washington)

An economist tenured at a young age, Glenn Loury was always inclined to question orthodoxies.

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SAU 16’s diversity, equity director Andres Mejia resigns: Here’s why and what’s next

Friday, May 10th, 2024

via Foster's Daily Democrat (New Hampshire)

Mejia has 'been a driver in championing diversity initiatives and advocating for inclusion and social justice,' according to Superintendent Ester Asbell.

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Brandeis Center and ADL File New Federal Complaints Against Occidental and Pomona Colleges

Thursday, May 9th, 2024

via California Globe (California)

This week the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under the Law and the Anti-Defamation League expanded and amended the federal civil rights complaint against the Berkeley Unified School…

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