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Column: We all pay the price for wasteful government spending

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

via The Virginian-Pilot (Virginia)

Wasteful spending abounds thanks to the Biden administration and all Americans are paying the price, the Heritage Foundation's David Ditch writes.

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House Republicans rip school leaders for retaining educators following antisemitism complaints

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

via NY1 (New York)

House Republicans wanted the educators fired

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Arkansas cannot prevent 2 teachers from discussing critical race theory in classroom, judge rules

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

via The Associated Press (Arkansas)

A federal judge has ruled Arkansas cannot prevent two high school teachers from discussing critical race theory in the classroom but is stopping short of a broader prohibition against the state's ban on teaching such subjects in the schools.

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Judge partly sides with plaintiffs suing to stop Arkansas’s ban on ‘critical race theory,’ ‘indoctrination’

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)

Though Judge Lee Rudofsky's ruling was narrow, he said it

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Federal judge bars state from enforcing indoctrination section of the LEARNS Act

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

via Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Arkansas)

A federal judge in Little Rock has granted a preliminary injunction to prevent the state from implementing or enforcing a section of the LEARNS Act that proponents say prohibits 'indoctrination' but…

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Education has become too political, focused on wrong things, outgoing NC superintendent Truitt says

Tuesday, May 7th, 2024

via WRAL (North Carolina)

By Emily Walkenhorst , WRAL education reporterEducation has become too political and focused on wrong things, outgoing North Carolina Superintendent Catherine Truitt told a gathering of hundreds of…

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Too many college students have been indoctrinated in extremist, far-left ideologies

Tuesday, May 7th, 2024

via OC Register (California)

Ivy League college presidents find themselves in precarious positions, swallowing the poisoning pills of the politicization of higher education.

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South Carolina lawmakers rekindle bill limiting how topics like race are taught

Tuesday, May 7th, 2024

via The Associated Press (South Carolina)

A small group of lawmakers in South Carolina has rekindled debate on a bill that would limit how topics like race can be taught in public school K-12 classrooms.

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NC officials, state candidates discuss future of education at ‘Eggs and Issues’ breakfast

Tuesday, May 7th, 2024

via CBS 17 (North Carolina)

Candidates for state and local offices spent Tuesday talking about their future plans for education.

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Maine Commercial Real Estate Transactions: April 2024

Tuesday, May 7th, 2024

via Portland Press Herald (Maine)

Broker submitted sales and leases for land, industrial, office, retail and more.

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HISD’s Black, Hispanic students underrepresented in GT program in 2022-23 year, report finds

Monday, May 6th, 2024

via Houston Chronicle (Texas)

HISD is overidentifying students as gifted and talented, but Black and Hispanic students remain underrepresented in the program, per a new report.

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Is the Utah convention system still relevant?

Monday, May 6th, 2024

via Daily Herald (Utah)

It was among the most memorable moments from the Utah Republican Party's state nominating convention last Saturday. From the moment Utah Gov. Spencer Cox walked out onto the stage, he was met with a…

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‘Fear hovering over us’: As Florida dismantles DEI, some on campuses are pushing back

Friday, May 3rd, 2024

via Detroit Free Press (Michigan)

Students and faculty have devised workarounds to DEI bans in Florida, which along with Texas, has the most extreme anti-DEI laws in the country.

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Beveridge: How did Americans’ recent antisemitism begin?

Friday, May 3rd, 2024

via Delaware State News (Delaware)

Where did all this antisemitism come from in the United States of America? Looks like some of those colleges where anti-Israel rallies and lockdowns are unfolding did a poor job of teaching recent…

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UT’s Jay Hartzell praised as other university presidents take heat over protest

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

via KXAN (Texas)

Hartzell told a state senator he called for backup because he was unwilling to let the University of Texas at Austin become the next Columbia University, which was making headlines as protesters erected encampments across campus.

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Counterpoint: Into American history without fear

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

via Star Tribune (Minnesota)

Let's consider what commentary writer Katherine Kersten ignores about Minnesota's ethnic studies curriculum.

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Gov. DeSantis signs bill ending ban on credit unions holding state deposits

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)

Gov. Ron DeSantis signs bills in Jacksonville letting credit unions hold state deposits and stopping "indoctrination" in teacher preparation programs.

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DeSantis signs law targeting teacher-training ‘indoctrination’

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday signed into law a bill seeking to prevent what he called 'indoctrination' in teacher-training programs.

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UT-Austin’s Jay Hartzell praised by GOP leaders as university presidents nationwide take heat over protest response

Thursday, May 2nd, 2024

via The Texas Tribune (Texas)

Hartzell's protest response has also resulted in condemnations from students and faculty.

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