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Former dean of College of Charleston business school lost son to fentanyl overdose
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)The 5th annual 'Light the Way for Hope' honors those who have tragically lost their lives to overdose. Beginning at 7 p.m., the event will be held at the Mount
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Does social and emotional learning work? Let’s hope not
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)Social and emotional learning (SEL) advocates always insist that their enterprise is 'evidence-based.' There is, in truth, remarkably little rigorous evidence demonstrating SEL's academic benefits. A 2017 Rand Corporation review of the SEL literature found a single study meeting its highest…
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Florida reviewers of AP African American Studies sought ‘opposing …
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
via The Virginian-Pilot (Virginia)Alexander Weheliye, African American studies professor at Brown University, said the evaluators' comments on the units about slavery were a 'complete distortion' and 'whitewashing' of what happened historically.
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Florida’s push for parental rights in education has deep national roots
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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The pronoun circus continues in Fairfax County as the district defies Gov. Youngkin
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)In the first days of the school year, teachers in many of Fairfax County's classrooms distributed surveys to students that included questions regarding gender identity and preferred pronouns. The district's superintendent, Michelle Reid, has stated that she is defying Gov. Glenn Youngkin's (R-VA)…
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Rugby makes switching countries easier for players, and the World …
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)A loophole that has allowed rugby players to more easily switch allegiances is helping reshape a sport that has previously tended to tie representative players to one country for life
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Rugby makes switching countries easier for players, and the World Cup more competitive
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
via WTOP (District of Columbia)Jeff Toomaga-Allen's All Blacks test career lasted 12 minutes. The tall tighthead prop was a late replacement in 2013 as New Zealand beat Japan 54-6 in Tokyo. In his brief action…
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8/30/2023 7489611 State of Con…
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
via The Courant (Connecticut)8/30/2023 7489611 State of Connecticut Superior Court Juvenile Matters Order of Notice Notice To:...
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California district accused of transitioning girl without telling mother settles for $100,000
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)A California school district has agreed to pay $100,000 to a mother who accused educators of encouraging her daughter to switch genders behind her back, a deal hailed by her attorneys as a 'resounding victory for parental rights.'
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Idaho school trustees recalled in rebuke of hiring, ‘hidden agendas’
Wednesday, August 30th, 2023
via Spectrum News (North Carolina)The trustees hired an unqualified superintendent.
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Shaheen pushes to restore sex ed funding for cut by Executive Council
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
via WCAX-TV (Vermont)New Hampshire Senator Jeanne Shaheen is working to restore funding for sex education in the Granite State that was cut by the state's Republican-controlled Executive Council.
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Pennridge approves controversial new curriculum despite opposition, but delays some courses until next year
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)One woman said her grandchildren have 'been traumatized with all the federal influence' on schools, and called Hillsdale, a Christian school, 'an honorable college with good moral values.'
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Here’s who’s running for Indiana governor in 2024
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
via Indystar (Indiana)Indiana will have one of its most competitive gubernatorial races in decades in 2024. Here are the candidates.
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Residents pack Horry County school board meeting to debate book bans
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)The Horry County School District has removed 12 books from library shelves and restricted access to nine others, requiring students to receive parental permission before they can read them. These
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Archibald: They’re coming for your library
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
via al.com (Alabama)"If we cut the funding they will be closed and our children will not be exposed to this mess,' the mayor wrote.
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The Christian home-schooler who made ‘parental rights’ a GOP …
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Colorado)On a private call with Christian millionaires, home-schooling pioneer Michael Farris pushed for a strategy aimed at siphoning billions of tax dollars from public schools
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As Virginia schools reject transgender model policies, Youngkin …
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)School boards in Virginia are weighing the state's guidance on transgender students. The governor is pushing back against those reluctant to adopt the policies.
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Florida reviewers of AP African American Studies sought ‘opposing viewpoints’ of slavery
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)A lesson in the AP course focused on how Europeans benefited from trading enslaved people and the materials enslaved laborers produced. The state objected to the content.
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‘Parent Information Series’ guides Maryland families of students needing special education services
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)The Maryland Department of Education published a series of booklets to increase collaboration between families of students with disabilities and their school system.
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