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Quashing AR teachers’ spark

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023

via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)

With recent changes to the TESS rubric, ADE presents an 'ideal teacher' who is nothing like the favorite teachers we knew and loved.

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Davenport man arrested for allegedly selling cocaine, possessing a firearm as a felon

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023

via Quad City Times (Iowa)

A Davenport man is facing drug and gun charges after he allegedly was caught by Iowa State Patrol troopers with a bag of cocaine and a 9mm pistol early Sunday.

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Sarasota School Board Vice-Chair Karen Rose files to run for reelection in 2024

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023

via Herald-Tribune (Florida)

Rose, who has been in her seat on the board since her election in 2020, is now set to face Liz Barker in the 2024 primary election.

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LISTEN: CEO delivers candid take on turning around Christian crisis in America

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

With Christianity on the decline and cultural chaos enveloping young people, how can churches and believers turn back the tide?

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Abortion rights: 5 legal questions courts may decide if proposed amendment passes

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023

via Cleveland.com (Ohio)

Just look to Kansas to see a possible future in Ohio. The legislature there continues to try to ban abortion, despite the will of Kansas voters.

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New education-related laws now in effect, one blocked in court

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

(The Center Square) – Three new education-related laws are now in effect. They require public higher education institutions to allow athletes to compete only according to their biological sex, to ban DEI policies and programs, and to impose restrictions on tenure.

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5 burning questions that will define N.J.’s new school year

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023

via NJ.com (New Jersey)

The kids are back in class. These key issues will shape their experiences.

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Six things to know heading into the 2023-24 school year in Western New York

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023

via The Buffalo News (New York)

Here are six things to know as the school year gets underway in Western New York.

Social Emotional Learning, Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General

Can Teachers and Parents Get Better at Talking to One Another?

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023

via The New Yorker (New York)

Families are more anxious than ever to find out what happens in school. But there may be value in a measure of not-knowing and not-telling.

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Playbook PM: New polling jitters rattle Biden world

Tuesday, September 5th, 2023

via POLITICO (New York)

And Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) may be mulling a guilty plea.

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Higher Ground: Pope ignites fury

Monday, September 4th, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

Welcome to Higher Ground, the newsletter and website dedicated to helping families of faith navigate a chaotic world with rigorous reporting, commentary and analysis on national, global and cultural issues, with reporting from the experienced journalists of The Washington Times.

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School choice foes turn to ballot referendums as states expand voucher programs

Monday, September 4th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

Voters in Nebraska are likely to weigh in on the state's school choice program after a group submitted more than 100,000 signatures last week, seeking to force a ballot referendum.

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Whatever happened to this cartoonist’s grandmother in Wuhan? She’s 16 going on 83!

Monday, September 4th, 2023

via KNPR (Nevada)

In 2020, Laura Gao hoped to visit her birthplace, Wuhan, to see her grandparents. COVID caused her to cancel. How have grandpa and grandma fared? She says she's "walking backward" toward the sun.

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Mother of trafficked Virginia girl sues school district over secret gender transition

Monday, September 4th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

EXCLUSIVE — A Virginia mother is suing her local school district in federal court, saying staff there secretly transitioned her daughter, putting her in such dangerous situations that she ran away only to be kidnapped and sex-trafficked.

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Quashing spark

Monday, September 4th, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

Close your eyes and think about your favorite teacher.

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‘Don’t ask us to censor those renting’ VFW

Sunday, September 3rd, 2023

via The Durango Herald (Colorado)

For the past five years, I have served as an elected (and unpaid) officer of VFW Post 4031 in Durango. VFW Post 4031 includes two large halls and a commercial kitchen, which are available to the…

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Biden fights back against GOP onslaught on education — cautiously

Sunday, September 3rd, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

Some activists want the president to confront conservatives more directly on school-related issues

Parent Involvement, Book Bans

Teachers deserve respect, courtesy and financial support

Sunday, September 3rd, 2023

via Daily Inter Lake (Montana)

It's that time of year again when our public school children are getting ready to head back to school and our public school teachers are busy preparing their classrooms to welcome students.

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Moms for Liberty growing in state

Sunday, September 3rd, 2023

via Madison.com (Wisconsin)

K-12 EDUCATION CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT

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