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Dark days: New rules have BYU professors running scared
Monday, January 6th, 2025
via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)Under the LDS Church's new education boss, many BYU faculty members feel demeaned, disrespected, powerless — and afraid.
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Fact check: Trump promised a ‘Michigan miracle.’ Now comes the hard part
Monday, January 6th, 2025
via Bridge Michigan (Michigan)Trump made dozens of promises during 21 campaign stops in Michigan, from lowering taxes to bringing back all auto jobs. We've chronicled them all and gauged what it would take to accomplish his goals.
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100 promises Donald Trump made to Michigan
Monday, January 6th, 2025
via Bridge Michigan (Michigan)As President-election Donald Trump prepares to return to office this month, this is what he promised Michigan voters he'd do. Some of it, he said, will happen "immediately."
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Some new, some veteran legislators meet in Madison for first legislative session of 2025-26 biennium
Monday, January 6th, 2025
via Green Bay Press-Gazette (Wisconsin)Of the area's 10 legislators, four of them are new to the Legislature.
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Unrest in Portland Motivated Christian Leader to Build Parental Rights Movement
Saturday, January 4th, 2025
via Willamette Week (Oregon)Nationwide, parental rights movements have cropped up left and right, often seeking to ban curricula that addresses critical race theory and LGBTQ+ rights. At the heart of many of these movements are…
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California school board’s first trans member pushes back against right-wing wave
Saturday, January 4th, 2025
via San Francisco Chronicle (California)After the November election, the conservative parental rights movement to overtake local school boards is showing success in the blue state.
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Patron speaks out against curricula
Friday, January 3rd, 2025
via Lewiston Tribune (Idaho)GRANGEVILLE — 'I'm here to speak regarding the public comments made at last month's board meeting expressing support for the curriculum programs PragerU and Hillsdale College,' patron Lynette Brinker addressed the Mountain View School District 244 board at the Dec. 19 meeting. 'It's quite concerning to me that the State of Idaho would approve this supplemental curriculum from such a biased source for use schools,' she stated, adding that Hillsdale College was once a public educational institution that, as to avoid complying with federal regulations protecting against discrimination with programs such as Title IX and special education, privatized. 'Even more concerning is the president of this small, conservative, Christian school, Larry Arnn, once led the 1776 Commission, the only national political action committee dedicated to electing conservative school board members,' she said, adding the Hillsdale leader has described education as 'a weapon in the conservative wave to reclaim America.'
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Republicans to focus on school vouchers, DEI, immigration as Idaho Legislature returns
Friday, January 3rd, 2025
via The Spokesman-Review (Idaho)Idaho lawmakers are preparing to head back to the Capitol for the upcoming legislative session next week, and this year, you can expect to see proposals reflecting a Legislature that has shifted even further to the right.
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After 3 years, Missouri attorney general ends lawsuit against Springfield Public Schools
Thursday, January 2nd, 2025
via Springfield News-Leader (Missouri)The Missouri attorney general sued SPS in November 2021 after a broad request was filed seeking documents related to diversity and equity training.
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Gondolas, driverless trucks and more transportation initiatives in Houston reported during 2024
Wednesday, January 1st, 2025
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)Here are the transportation initiatives covered by the Houston Chronicle in 2024.
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Colorado GOP threatens to sue Durango school district over sanctioning LGBTQ, BLM flags
Tuesday, December 31st, 2024
via The Gazette - Colorado Springs (Colorado)The Colorado Republican Party is threatening to sue the Durango School District "for every last dime they have" over a proposed resolution to classify the Black Lives Matter flag and
Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Press Citizen’s 2024 Person of the Year: Activism isn’t what Mandi Remington does, it’s who she is
Tuesday, December 31st, 2024
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)Mandi Remington's dedication to grassroots organizing and activism in Johnson County has earned her the 2024 Press-Citizen's Person of the Year honor.
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Commentary: 2024’s Winners and Losers
Tuesday, December 31st, 2024
via Tennessee Star (Tennessee)For those of us in the news business, 2024 provided a steady stream of stories to cover—and rarely a dull moment. From the Republican primaries early in the year to the assassination attempts and…
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Public schools funding, immigrant students may bear the brunt of Trump education pledges, advocates warn
Monday, December 30th, 2024
via New Pittsburgh Courier (Pennsylvania)Official White House photo of Donald Trump and pencils via Canva stock. (Photo illustration by Natasha Vicens/PublicSource) Local education advocates and policy experts say the incoming president is…
Racism, School Board – General
Look back at some of the best Texas Tribune reads of 2024
Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
via The Texas Tribune (Texas)Our journalists brought life to the experiences of everyday Texans, held powerful institutions accountable and surfaced stories that went beyond the daily news cycles.
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Maryland schools need more CRT. It’s not what you think it is.
Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
via The Baltimore Banner (Maryland)A state-ordered review of reading instruction found most places lacked this strategy for engaging students.
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Court reinstates Tennessee teacher fired for discussing critical race theory
Monday, December 23rd, 2024
via Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)A Sullivan County teacher who was banned from teaching in 2021 may have a chance at reentering the classroom after a chancery court judge's decision to overturn his dismissal.
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Francis Howell school board could lose its conservative majority this spring
Monday, December 23rd, 2024
via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)Two of the five conservatives on the seven-member Francis Howell board are up for reelection in April.
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Embattled St. Charles County school district could lose its conservative majority this spring
Monday, December 23rd, 2024
via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri)Two of the five conservatives on the seven-member Francis Howell board are up for reelection in April.
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