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To opt in or opt out? The choice changes for parents in Florida schools
Thursday, September 28th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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A new front line: The public library
Thursday, September 28th, 2023
via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)Parent Involvement, Book Bans
Longtime Mead school board incumbent faces first challenge in 25 years; candidates differ on funding and many other issues
Thursday, September 28th, 2023
via The Spokesman Review (Washington)In his 25 years on the Mead School Board, Denny Denholm has never faced an opponent. This November, he faces Alan Nolan in a referendum on his long years of service.
Parent Involvement, School Board – General, Racism
How a Moms for Liberty-aligned attack on library content is upending politics in Philly burbs
Thursday, September 28th, 2023
via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)The situation exemplifies how culture-war battles previously playing out across the country in school board meetings have found a new front line: the public library.
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General
As Muslims’ status as political punching bag fades, some are fighting against LGBTQ+ acceptance
Thursday, September 28th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)For months, hundreds of religious parents have regularly rallied outside a Maryland school board building, aghast at curriculum featuring books that portray LGBTQ+ families to elementary school kids.
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General
Republican debate takes bizarre twist over who is ‘sleeping’ with teachers
Thursday, September 28th, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)The Republican debate took a bizarre turn Wednesday as former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Vice President Mike Pence traded comments about "sleeping" with teachers.
Parents
Orange County Public Schools superintendent holds town hall
Thursday, September 28th, 2023
via WESH (Florida)Orange County school families got a chance Wednesday to speak with the leader of that school system.
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
U.S. lawmakers propose resolution on book bans
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
via WBAL-TV 11 (Maryland)A group of lawmakers teamed up in Washington, D.C., to send a message: stop banning books. One Maryland representative is leading the charge.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans
Florida school district orders removal of all books with gay …
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)A Florida school district has ordered the removal of almost all books with gay characters from classrooms and libraries
Parents
Florida school district orders removal of all books with gay characters before slightly backing off
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)A Florida school district has ordered the removal of almost all books with gay characters from classrooms and libraries.
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Rep. John Smithee emerges as House hero among Paxton supporters, floated for speaker
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
via Texas Tribune (Texas)On the day the House impeached Ken Paxton, Smithee delivered a 20 minute speech, criticizing the impeachment process as opaque, rushed and unfair to the accused.
Parents
Farrant blasts LGBTQ+ proclamation before Orange School Board adopts it
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Orange school board declares October "LGBTQ+ Awareness and History" month, despite complaints from board member Alicia Farrant.
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
Cartoonist Alison Bechdel Headlines the Green Mountain Book Festival
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
via Seven Days (Vermont)Eight days before she was to deliver the headliner address opening Burlington's Green Mountain Book Festival, Alison Bechdel confessed that she was still trying to...
Parents
Dozens speak out for and against book removals at Volusia School Board meeting
Wednesday, September 27th, 2023
via WESH (Florida)More than 30 people spoke during public comment.
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
Parents sue to make school district adopt Youngkin’s trans policies
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)The lawsuit would compel the Virginia Beach School Board to bar trans students from bathrooms and sports teams that match their gender.
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
Group says Illinois parents should know sex ed opt-out rights
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)As the new school year is well underway, a parent's rights advocacy group is urging Illinois families to know what their options are concerning sex education being taught in some schools.
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+
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Feds: Florida’s poor oversight of psychotropic meds put foster kids at risk
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A study by the Department of Health & Human Services reveals lax controls and missing records for children prescribed powerful medications within Florida's child welfare system
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Florida school board candidates make issue of library books
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
Parent Involvement, School Board – General
Pittsburgh children’s author writes a ‘Banned Book’
Tuesday, September 26th, 2023
via WESA Studios (Pennsylvania)Pittsburgh-based children's author Jonah Winter, himself the victims of book bans, has written a picture book on the subject.
Parent Involvement, Book Bans