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With sweeping orders, Trump aims to control race teaching, boost school choice
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
via The Washington Post (Washington)Trump signed orders Wednesday to punish schools for teaching about race and gender, promote school choice, and facilitate deportation for some campus protesters.
Racism, Parent Involvement
Trump’s orders take aim at critical race theory and antisemitism on college campuses
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
via The Associated Press (Washington)President Donald Trump is ordering U.S. schools to stop teaching what he views as 'critical race theory' and other material dealing with race and sexuality or risk losing their federal money.
Racism
Education savings accounts would give military families freedom they deserve
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
via The Washington Times (District of Columbia)Military families exemplify the best of America — sacrifice, service and dedication to our nation's security. Yet, too often, their children are shortchanged by an education system that fails to meet their needs. As President Trump begins his second term, we have an unprecedented opportunity to fix that.
Racism
University of Iowa ‘school of intellectual freedom’ among bevy of GOP bills battling ‘woke’
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)A new "school of intellectual freedom" at the University of Iowa was among the sprawling higher ed priorities Iowa lawmakers advanced Tuesday.
Racism
Do you ever just want to smash something? There’s a room for that in Sauk City
Wednesday, January 29th, 2025
via Wisconsin State Journal (Wisconsin)At Disorderly Conduct Rage Rooms, people can process anger or grief, or simply have fun, with a basket of breakables and a baseball bat.
Racism
South Carolina schools’ race, gender rules face civil rights lawsuit
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
via The Washington Post (South Carolina)The South Carolina Department of Education faces a civil rights lawsuit challenging its restrictions on how race and sex are taught in the state's K-12 schools.
Racism
Eliminating diversity programs in Missouri is ‘much more real’ as Republicans join Trump’s push
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)Rep. Ben Baker, a Neosho Republican, is sponsoring a bill to ban state departments from spending money on programs and staff 'related to 'diversity, equity, and inclusion' or similar initiatives.'
Racism
Here’s how Utah has taken a groundbreaking step toward helping grieving children
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)Bereaved children — left behind after the death of parents, caregivers and other close family members — often have no access to counseling or grief support groups. Utah has a first-in-the-nation strategy to try to help.
Racism
Newark leaders demand action on school racism report
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via NJ (New Jersey) (New Jersey)Superintendent urged to address racial tensions at Global Studies high school.
School Board – General, Racism
The CRT debate is back at the Indiana Statehouse, but this time, it’s DEI
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via Courier & Press (Indiana)Indiana is one of dozens of states swept into the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion purge, supported fervently by President Donald Trump.
Racism
NYC students should know Jewish history
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via New York Daily News (New York)New York educational institutions have seen more than a year of anti-Israel activists campaigning to condition Jewish identity in public life — whether pressuring their Jewish peers to denounce Zio…
Racism
Proposals on gender identity, parental rights enter Connecticut schools debate
Monday, January 27th, 2025
via New Haven Register (Connecticut)More than a dozen 'culture war' bills have been introduced in Connecticut's legislature this session.
Racism, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Senator Rucker, now chairing Government Organization, plans to introduce ‘Restoring Sanity Act’ again
Sunday, January 26th, 2025
via WV MetroNews (West Virginia)The bill, if it were to gain traction, would be another in a series of state and federal actions to crack down on diversity, equality and inclusion standards often called by the acronym DEI.
Racism
Iowa lawmakers float bills saying what should be taught on campus
Sunday, January 26th, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)Iowa's new House Higher Education Committee has introduced a spate of study bills directed at Iowa's public, private and community colleges and universities -- including several going further to limit diversity, equity and inclusion on the campuses and others imposing new mandates around what can and should be taught.
Racism
Trump talks ‘free speech’ while moving to muzzle those he disagrees with
Sunday, January 26th, 2025
via Los Angeles Times (California)President Trump issued an executive order purporting to end government censorship. Critics scoffed, saying his actions do just the opposite.
Racism
NC celebrates Black History Month amid debate about diversity, equity and inclusion
Saturday, January 25th, 2025
via The News & Observer (North Carolina)Organizers of the state-sponsored African American Cultural Celebration say it's more important than ever to recognize Black History Month.
Racism
Kristi Noem Is Confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary
Saturday, January 25th, 2025
via The New York Times (Texas)The former South Dakota governor now leads the agency that runs the nation's immigration system.
Racism
Va. lawmakers tackle Confederate bills on day of honor for Black pioneers
Saturday, January 25th, 2025
via The Washington Post (Virginia)Leaders of both parties honored 100 Black lawmakers from the Reconstruction era, then turned to modern battles over Confederate heritage.
Racism
Critical race theory is banned in Idaho, whose U.S. senators have new bill targeting it
Friday, January 24th, 2025
via The Spokesman-Review (Idaho)Idaho's U.S. senators introduced a bill in Congress this week to ban critical race theory in education, even though the topic is already prohibited in Idaho
Racism