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NC school year to begin under new parental rights law
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via WRAL (North Carolina)As students around the state prepare to return next week for the start of the traditional school year, teachers are trying to figure out what they'll need to do to comply with the newly enacted Parents' Bill of Rights.
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‘Timing issues’ implementing parental rights law as school starts in NC
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via CBS 17 (North Carolina)RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – The new school year begins with new requirements as the Parents' Bill of Rights takes effect, following the legislature's vote to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of the controversial legislation. The new law requires schools to inform parents when a child changes the names or pronouns they use and blocks instruction […]
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North Dakota schools implement transgender restrictions for new academic year
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)Schools across North Dakota are starting the new school year with new rules about addressing students claiming transgender identity.
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California library kicks out ex-college athlete after being accused of misgendering
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)A former college athlete was kicked out of a library in California after she was accused of misgendering people while talking about transgender athletes in women's sports.
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Federal law change lets Air Force Academy cadets keep parental rights
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)When Melissa Hemphill became pregnant as a cadet at the Air Force Academy with her son in 2009, she faced a harsh set of options: Leave the academy, get an
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How Ron DeSantis joined the ‘ruling class’ — and turned against it
Sunday, August 20th, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)Early last year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis nestled into his chair onstage in Naples, Florida, to explain to an audience of the would-be conservative elite his journey through the reigning liberal one they hoped to destroy.
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PART TWO: Facing South Florida for Aug 20: Back to School with the Superintendents
Sunday, August 20th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)Jim also interviews the presidents of the Broward and Miami-Dade teacher unions about educators' concerns
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How Ron DeSantis Joined the ‘Ruling Class’ — and Turned Against It
Sunday, August 20th, 2023
via The New York Times (Florida)Over the years, Mr. DeSantis embraced and exploited his Ivy League credentials. Now he is reframing his experiences at Yale and Harvard to wage a vengeful political war.
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The Education of Ron DeSantis: 5 Takeaways
Sunday, August 20th, 2023
via The New York Times (Florida)Mr. DeSantis, the Republican governor and presidential candidate, leaned heavily on his Ivy League schooling before using it as fodder in the culture wars. Here are key findings from a Times…
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Worcester Bishop issues policy requiring students to act based on their biological sex
Saturday, August 19th, 2023
via The Courant (Connecticut)A new gender identity policy in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester is receiving praise from the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts but strong condemnation from several state lawmakers.
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Republicans gather in city where Trump was indicted but mention former president gingerly, if at all
Saturday, August 19th, 2023
via The Parkersburg News and Sentinel (West Virginia)ATLANTA (AP) — For much of the Republican presidential field, Donald Trump is the candidate who must not be named — or at least not criticized too harshly. Multiple GOP White House contenders took the…
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GOP nom says he supports bill outing trans kids
Saturday, August 19th, 2023
via The Daily Progress (Virginia)Parents
Teacher Is Fired for Reading Book on Gender Identity in Class
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via The New York Times (Georgia)The teacher in Georgia was fired for reading to fifth graders 'My Shadow Is Purple,' which is about a child who cannot relate to the colors blue and pink.
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School policies draw ire from Missoula LGBTQ+ community, trustees
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via Missoulian (Montana)A new set of policies requiring parental permission to join extracurriculars and restricting the honoring of preferred pronouns will be implemented across Missoula County Public Schools.
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What’s in a name? Indiana parents now must know
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)As schools try to remedy student learning loss from the COVID-19 pandemic, they're also navigating 'culture war' issues that inspired new laws from conservative state lawmakers who dominate the Indiana General Assembly. One of the laws calls for parents to be notified of student name changes, whether it's a pronoun change or just a nickname, if it's different from the name the student was registered under by a guardian.
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Orange County middle school on a hold after report of weapon on campus, officials say
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via WESH (Florida)Parent Involvement, School Board – General
Orange County middle school on lockdown after report of weapon on campus, officials say
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via WESH (Florida)Parent Involvement, School Board – General
Gordon, state library, call on library association to open discussions about group’s direction
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming)A letter to ALA Executive Director Tracie Hall says that these discussions and 'action toward meaningful change will inform the decision to renew our membership for our 100th year."
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Courts rule in favor of transgender students, citing Supreme Court’s LGBTQ discrimination ruling
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)Supreme Court Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion of a 2020 decision protecting LGBTQ employees from workplace discrimination that the landmark ruling does not apply to school policies on transgender youths' use of bathrooms and locker rooms. Nonetheless, lower courts have ruled in favor of transgender students by striking down school restrictions on restrooms and locker rooms and upholding policies that support students' sexual identities.
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