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Oklahoma schools chief says teachers unions aim to convert students to ‘Democratic voters’

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

EXCLUSIVE — If Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma state superintendent of public instruction, had his way, he'd get teachers unions and the federal Department of Education out of public schools.

Parents

Who should decide what is taught in schools?

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via KHON2 (Hawaii)

Q. Book banning has been around for a long time. As far back as the Civil War, there were attempts by the South to whitewash history. Eighty years ago, Catcher in the Rye was cond…

Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, Racism, Book Bans

Biden wades into Virginia races, but Youngkin is more popular

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) enjoys a significantly higher approval rating among Virginians than President Joe Biden, something that could play a role in the commonwealth's statewide elections in November and, if Democrats aren't careful, in 2024.

Parents

Cross examination shows gaps in education department’s handling of records requests

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via The Billings Gazette (Montana)

The lawyer representing defendants admitted that the requested searches for records "should have been better," but that this doesn't prove defendants' intentional violation of the Public Records Act.

Parents

Her students reported her for a lesson on race. Can she trust them again?

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

Mary Wood's school reprimanded her for teaching a book by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Now she hopes her bond with students can survive South Carolina's new laws.

Parent Involvement, School Board – General

New NC parent activist group wants to focus on real issues and not ‘manufactured’ ones

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)

With a focus on ‘the boogeymen of CRT' and hostility against LGBTQ+ students and staff real-world problems are being ignored, says Stacy Staggs of Public School Strong.

Parent Involvement, Racism, Book Bans, School Board – General

New NC parent activist group wants to focus on real issues — not ‘manufactured’ ones

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)

Amid talk about ‘the boogeymen of CRT' and hostility against LGBTQ+ students and staff, real-world problems are being ignored, says Stacy Staggs of Public School Strong.

Parent Involvement, Racism, Book Bans, School Board – General

Albuquerque’s teacher union raises concerns over school board candidates

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via KRQE News 13 (New Mexico)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – School board elections are around the corner, and candidates are looking to win over voters. The Albuquerque Teachers Federation (ATF) has already endorsed three contende…

Parent Involvement, School Board – General

New Jersey is still rich

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via POLITICO (New York)

Good Monday morning!Where did all the millionaires go? It's been three years since New Jersey raised its top tax bracket on income over $1 million to 10.75 percent.You heard at the time a lot of…

Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+

A plan to take Trump off the California ballot

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via POLITICO (New York)

Parents

Gender comments ‘real flat-earth thinking’

Sunday, September 17th, 2023

via The Durango Herald (Colorado)

Perhaps a small silver lining was created when Moms for Liberty visited Durango, sponsored by La Plata County Republican Secretary Hope Scheppelman. Our peaceful 'good commotion' protest advanced an o...

Parent Involvement, Book Bans

Why supporters of LGBTQ+ rights protested a Constitution Day event at an NC library

Saturday, September 16th, 2023

via The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)

Groups including Union County Pride say the county was unfair in making a policy exception for an event hosted by Moms for Liberty and not others.

Parents

Amherst School Board opts against adopting state’s model transgender policy

Saturday, September 16th, 2023

via News Advance (Virginia)

On a 6-1 vote, the Amherst County School Board opted to maintain a nondiscrimination policy on the books from a year ago and not adopt a model transgender policy from Gov. Glenn Youngkin's…

Parent Involvement, School Board – General

Looking for books temporarily banned in Carroll County? Enoch Pratt is here to help.

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via thebaltimorebanner.com (Maryland)

Enoch Pratt Free Library reminded residents of Carroll County that no matter what happens in their school districts, Marylanders always have access to banned books.

Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General

Decision made on five of 58 books threatened with removal from Carroll County school libraries

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via Baltimore Sun (Maryland)

Carroll County public schools officials have made a decision about five of the 58 books that the superintendent ordered to be removed from library shelves last month amid challenges from the Carroll County chapter of Moms for Liberty.

Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General

Tom Horne strikes alliance with Moms for Liberty over flipping Arizona school boards

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via azcentral.com (Arizona)

Parents

Carroll County School District questions appropriateness of books following parent complaints

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via CBS News (Pennsylvania)

The Carroll County School District is currently re-evaluating the appropriateness of almost five dozen books in school libraries after a group of community members expressed concerns about their…

Parent Involvement, School Board – General

Library ad opposes pulling books from school shelves

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via WBAL-TV 11 (Maryland)

The Enoch Pratt Free Library system is jumping into the debate over pulling certain books off Carroll County school shelves.

Parent Involvement, Book Bans

Piden a dos que abandonen reunión del CCSD por comentarios sobre educación sexual

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada)

La policía pidió a dos personas que abandonaran la reunión de la junta escolar después de gritarles a los miembros de la junta mientras consideraban un punto sobre un Comité Asesor de Educación Sexual.

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