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As long school funding lawsuit ends in Kansas, some fear lawmakers will backslide on education goals
Wednesday, February 7th, 2024
via The Associated PressKansas' highest court has closed out a nearly 13-year-old lawsuit that repeatedly forced the Republican-controlled Legislature to boost funding for public schools.
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Montgomery school board apologizes for mishandling misconduct complaints
Wednesday, February 7th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe Montgomery County school board apologized to employees after a report revealed several problems with the school system's handling of misconduct complaints.
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Indiana senators want to put school boards in charge of approving lessons on sexuality
Tuesday, February 6th, 2024
via The Associated PressIndiana lawmakers are considering legislation that would require school boards to approve teachings on sexuality.
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Florida considers allowing volunteer chaplains in public schools
Tuesday, February 6th, 2024
via The Associated PressTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school districts could opt to allow volunteer chaplains in schools under a bill approved Tuesday by a Senate committee.
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Not wearing a mask during COVID-19 health emergency isn’t a free speech right, appeals court says
Tuesday, February 6th, 2024
via The Associated PressA federal appeals court has shot down claims that there's a First Amendment right not to wear face masks during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Democrats are defending their majority in the Pennsylvania House for 4th time in a year
Tuesday, February 6th, 2024
via The Associated PressThe balance of power in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives is at stake for the fourth time in a year.
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Conservative Nebraska lawmakers push bills that would intertwine religion with public education
Tuesday, February 6th, 2024
via The Associated PressConservative lawmakers who want to intertwine religion with school curriculum in Republican-dominated Nebraska have presented several bills to the state Legislature's education committee.
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Montgomery school board says it intends to appoint Felder as interim leader
Monday, February 5th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe Montgomery County school board announced that it intends to appoint former Orange County schools superintendent Monique Felder as its interim superintendent.
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Gabriella Durán Blakey chosen as new superintendent for New Mexico’s largest school district
Monday, February 5th, 2024
via The Associated PressThe Albuquerque Public Schools board has named the district's current chief operations officer as its new superintendent.
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Two men wanted to start a family. Soon, they could be outlaws.
Monday, February 5th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe Italian government is trying to criminalize having children using surrogates abroad, a move that critics say targets same-sex couples.
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New California Senate leader says his priorities are climate change, homelessness and opioid crises
Saturday, February 3rd, 2024
via The Associated PressSACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When California Sen. Mike McGuire takes over as leader of the state Senate on Monday, it will be the first time in decades that the state's top two legislative leaders aren't from a major urban center.
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Montgomery County Schools Superintendent Monifa McKnight stepping down
Friday, February 2nd, 2024
via The Washington PostMonifa B. McKnight stepped down as Montgomery County schools superintendent amid questions about how the district handled misconduct allegations involving a former principal.
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Read the Filing From Fani Willis
Friday, February 2nd, 2024
via The New York TimesFani T. Willis, the Fulton County, Ga., district attorney said in a court filing that her relationship with a subordinate should not disqualify her from the election interference case.
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Transcript: Race in America: Giving Voice with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Actor, ‘Origin’
Friday, February 2nd, 2024
via The Washington PostTranscript: Race in America: Giving Voice with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Actor, 'Origin'
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Indiana legislation could hold back thousands of third graders who can’t read
Thursday, February 1st, 2024
via The Associated PressIndiana's Republican leaders in the statehouse have promised to address declining literacy rates with legislation that would hold back thousands more third graders who don't pass the state's literacy test.
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The debate over Native American mascots persists as some schools reinstate the logos
Thursday, February 1st, 2024
via The Washington PostA passionate student letter prompted a southern Pennsylvania school district to change its Native American logo years ago
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The battle to change Native American logos weighs on, but some communities are reinstating them
Thursday, February 1st, 2024
via The Associated PressA passionate student letter prompted a southern Pennsylvania school district to change its Native American logo years ago.
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How Carter G. Woodson turned February into Black History Month
Thursday, February 1st, 2024
via The Washington PostCarter G. Woodson's classic 'The Mis-Education of the Negro' still resonates in today's charged political debates over how Black history is taught in schools.
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She was reprimanded for teaching a book on race. Then she tried again.
Thursday, February 1st, 2024
via The Washington PostSouth Carolina teacher Mary Wood decided over the summer that she had to teach Ta-Nehis Coates' 'Between the World and Me' again.
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