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Georgia senators again push conservative aims for schools
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024
via The Associated PressGeorgia's Republican state senators are making another attempt to impose a conservative stamp on the state's public schools.
Sex Education
Hundreds gather outside Supreme Court to protect access to abortion pill
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024
via The Washington PostJustices were hearing arguments over restricting access to mifepristone, a medication used in more than 60 percent of U.S. abortions.
Sex Education
Transcript: Stephen Breyer, Former Supreme Court Justice & Author, ‘Reading the Constitution’
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024
via The Washington PostTranscript: Stephen Breyer, Former Supreme Court Justice & Author, 'Reading the Constitution'
School Board – General
Georgia lawmakers agree on pay raises in upcoming budget, but must resolve differences by Thursday
Tuesday, March 26th, 2024
via The Associated PressGeorgia lawmakers are agreeing on pay raises for public school teachers and state employees, although they still have differences to work out in the upcoming budget.
School Safety
High school teacher and students sue over Arkansas’ ban on critical race theory
Monday, March 25th, 2024
via The Associated PressA high school teacher and two students are suing Arkansas over the state's ban on critical race theory in public schools.
Racism
The post-2020 surge in calls for banning books, visualized
Monday, March 25th, 2024
via The Washington PostData from the American Library Association shows how calls for removing books have been more common in red states.
School Board – General
Wyoming governor vetoes bill to allow concealed carry in public schools and meetings
Saturday, March 23rd, 2024
via The Associated PressWyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon has vetoed a bill that would have allowed people to carry concealed guns in schools and government meetings.
School Safety
Putting chaplains in public school is the latest battle in culture wars
Friday, March 22nd, 2024
via The Washington PostEnergized by Supreme Court rulings weakening church-state separation, lawmakers across the country are filing bills to put chaplains in public schools.
School Board – General
Review: ‘Broken’ by Jessica Pryce
Friday, March 22nd, 2024
via The Washington PostIn 'Broken,' Jessica Pryce shares stories from her career as a child welfare worker, with a focus on parents.
Parents
Lorrie Moore wins National Book Critics Circle award for fiction, Judy Blume also honored
Friday, March 22nd, 2024
via The Associated PressLorrie Moore has won the prize for fiction and Judy Blume received a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Critics Circle.
Book Bans
A Nebraska bill to subject librarians to charges for giving ‘obscene material’ to children fails
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
via The Associated PressA bill that would have held school librarians and teachers criminally responsible for providing 'obscene material' to Nebraska students in grades K-12 failed to advance Wednesday in the Legislature.
Book Bans, Sex Education
Alabama GOP passes bill restricting DEI programs in public schools
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe bill, now at Gov. Kay Ivey's desk, the bill would restrict teaching 'divisive concepts' and limits DEI programming at public schools and state agencies.
Racism
Biden skipped visiting a Black church on his recent Michigan trip, angering some community leaders
Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
via The Associated PressPresident Joe Biden headed to Michigan last week to boost his support with Black voters and possibly hedge against growing opposition that the White House's staunch support for Israel has sparked with Muslim-Americans in the critical swing state.
School Board – General
Georgia lawmakers may be close to deal to limit rise in property tax bills
Tuesday, March 19th, 2024
via The Associated PressA deal between the Georgia House and Senate on limiting how much assessed home values can rise for tax purposes may be solidifying, But questions remain about the election-year push for property tax relief.
School Board – General
A Nebraska lawmaker faces backlash for invoking a colleague’s name in a graphic account of rape
Tuesday, March 19th, 2024
via The Associated PressA Nebraska lawmaker is facing calls for his resignation after reading a graphic account of rape that included a colleague's name on the floor of the Nebraska Legislature.
Book Bans
Lawmaker inserts colleague’s name into rape scene during book ban debate
Tuesday, March 19th, 2024
via The Washington PostAt least three colleagues called for Nebraska state Sen. Steve Halloran's (R) resignation after he read a passage from Alice Sebold's 'Lucky,' inserting 'Senator Cavanaugh.'
Book Bans
Parents of Michigan school shooting victims say more investigation is needed
Monday, March 18th, 2024
via The Associated PressThe parents of four students killed at a Michigan school are calling for a state investigation of all aspects of the 2021 mass shooting.
School Board – General
Early voting to start in Wisconsin for president and constitutional amendments
Monday, March 18th, 2024
via The Associated PressEarly voting will begin in Wisconsin for a host of local races, two proposed constitutional amendments that could alter how future elections are run and the now anticlimactic presidential primary.
School Board – General
The education of a true believer
Sunday, March 17th, 2024
via The Washington PostLinda Wenhold absorbed the Patriot Academy's message that America is falling apart as it drifts from its biblical roots. Then she won a local school board seat.
School Board – General, Book Bans