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Democrats Begin Highly Targeted Campaign Up and Down Pennsylvania Ballot
Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
via The New York TimesA $500,000 program will send canvassers in the critical battleground state out to voters with locally tailored messages.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Hayfield football cleared by Fairfax County after transfers investigation
Wednesday, August 28th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe Alexandria program had drawn scrutiny after a flurry of player transfers followed new Hawks coach Daryl Overton from Freedom (Woodbridge).
School Board – General
Threatened for protesting book bans, this librarian won’t keep quiet
Tuesday, August 27th, 2024
via The Washington PostIn her book 'That Librarian,' Amanda Jones shares the story of what happened to her when she stood up against censorship.
Book Bans
Cellphone bans spread in schools amid growing mental health worries
Tuesday, August 27th, 2024
via The Washington PostMore states and school districts are forbidding or restricting students' access to cellphones.
School Board – General
This state calls itself the ‘most pro-life.’ But moms there keep dying.
Tuesday, August 27th, 2024
via The Washington PostGiving birth in Arkansas, especially its rural southeast, comes with more risk and less care. The challenges feel acute for someone like doula Hajime White.
Sex Education
Ground Game: Harris aims to define herself, GOP attacks Walz’s military record, RFK Jr. suspends campaign
Monday, August 26th, 2024
via The Associated PressThis newsletter was originally sent out via email to our Ground Game subscribers on date. You can subscribe at any time at apnews.com/newsletters
Parents
Indian Americans conflicted about Kamala Harris pose campaign challenge
Monday, August 26th, 2024
via The Washington PostIn an Indian American immigrant community stratified by religion, language and class, Kamala Harris's background is embraced by some but rings hollow for others.
School Board – General
Fighting Sexual Temptation? Play Badminton, Hong Kong Tells Teenagers.
Monday, August 26th, 2024
via The New York TimesTop officials in the Chinese territory have defended new sex education guidance that critics call regressive. Young people are amused.
Sex Education
How busing, school desegregation shaped Kamala Harris’s views of race
Sunday, August 25th, 2024
via The Washington PostKamala Harris was bused as a child during school desegregation in the 1970s. The experience exposed her to diversity and tensions, childhood peers say.
School Board – General
Arlington school district will pilot cellphone storage for students
Saturday, August 24th, 2024
via The Washington PostArlington Public Schools is launching a pilot program to use magnetic poches to lock away cell phones during the school day, the latest Northern Virginia district to announce such an effort.
School Board – General
Families scramble after D.C. school abruptly closes: ‘I don’t have a plan at all’
Saturday, August 24th, 2024
via The Washington PostHundreds of families are searching for new schools after the closure of Eagle Academy, a charter school beset by falling enrollment and financial woes.
School Board – General
Oklahoma revokes license of teacher who gave class QR code to Brooklyn library in book-ban protest
Friday, August 23rd, 2024
via The Associated PressA former public high school teacher in Oklahoma had her teaching license revoked by the State Board of Education Thursday for providing students a link to a list of banned books posted online two years prior.
Racism, Book Bans
For many Asian Americans, Ferguson unrest set them on a path of resistance and reflection
Friday, August 23rd, 2024
via The Associated PressThis month marks 10 years since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. It turns out that the way Black Lives Matter protesters were treated in the days that followed has led to some unexpected ripple effects.
Racism
Jury sides with Pennsylvania teacher in suit against district over Jan. 6 rally
Thursday, August 22nd, 2024
via The Associated PressA federal jury says a Pennsylvania school district violated a teacher's constitutional rights by falsely suggesting he took part in the U.S.
School Board – General
School choice and a history of segregation collide as one Florida county shutters its rural schools
Thursday, August 22nd, 2024
via The Associated PressTens of thousands of students have left Florida's public schools in recent years amid an explosive growth in school choice.
School Board – General
‘The fever is breaking’: DeSantis-backed school board candidates fall short in Florida
Wednesday, August 21st, 2024
via The Associated PressGov. Ron DeSantis' campaign to expand his conservative education agenda in Florida schools hit a stumbling block on Tuesday.
Parents
A Harris Victory Would Give Minnesota Its First Female Governor
Tuesday, August 6th, 2024
via The New York TimesLt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan would also become the first Native American person in the role.
School Board – General
Fairfax schools to lock cellphones away in pouches on some campuses
Tuesday, August 6th, 2024
via The Washington PostFairfax County Public Schools is set to use Yondr pouches to lock cellphones in some schools, aiming to boost student focus and reduce distractions.
School Board – General
Takeaways: A Project 2025 author makes plans, rallies loyalists as Trump aims for 2nd term
Monday, August 5th, 2024
via The Associated PressRussell Vought, a key architect of the controversial Project 2025, speaks as a general marshaling troops to tame a 'woke and weaponized' federal government.
Racism