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In the Oxford school shooting: historic punishment, familiar sadness
Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe trials of Jennifer and James Crumbley overflowed with the lies the culture tells itself.
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Librarians fear new penalties, even prison, as activists challenge books
Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
via The Associated PressAcross the country, book bans and attempted bans have soared to the highest levels in decades. Public and school-based libraries have been inundated with complaints from community members and conservative activists.
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NAIA bans all transgender women from women’s sports
Monday, April 8th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe association of small colleges voted Monday to ban transgender women from women's competitions starting next school year, spurring concerns among transgender-rights advocates that the NCAA may…
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‘Eureka Day’ and Sondheim Revue Join Broadway’s Next Season
Monday, April 8th, 2024
via The New York TimesBernadette Peters and Lea Salonga will star in Sondheim's 'Old Friends' in Manhattan Theater Club's Broadway season, which also includes 'Eureka Day.'
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Maia Kobabe’s ‘Gender Queer’ tops list of most criticized library books for third straight year
Monday, April 8th, 2024
via The Associated PressMaia Kobabe's graphic memoir 'Gender Queer' continues its troubled run as the country's most controversial book, topping the American Library Association's 'challenged books' list for a third straight year.
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High schools to high majors: Final Four includes 3 coaches with roots in high school
Friday, April 5th, 2024
via The Associated PressAlabama coach Nate Oats had become comfortable coaching at Romulus High School outside of Detroit. His desire to take any Division I college coaching job waned through the years before he got an opportunity on Bobby Hurley's staff at Buffalo.
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Progressive Candidate Could Upend the San Francisco Mayor’s Race
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
via The New York TimesThe contest has been dominated by Mayor London Breed and her moderate challengers. Supervisor Aaron Peskin seeks to change that.
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Which states are restricting, or requiring, lessons on race, sex and gender
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe Washington Post is tracking state laws, rules and policies that regulate instruction about topics ranging from the role of slavery in American history to the lives of nonbinary people.
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America has legislated itself into competing red, blue versions of education
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
via The Washington PostStates have passed a blizzard of education laws and policies in recent years that have reshaped how schools teach and present issues of race, sex and gender.
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Movie Review: In ‘Girls State,’ Missouri teens start a mock government
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
via The Associated PressWhat would an all-female government look like in the U.S.? Or even a majority female government? It's something that remains a fantasy.
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It’s a Free Country. For How Much Longer?
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024
via The New York TimesThree new books explore the complications of liberty and the seductions of authoritarianism in American life.
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Teachers in Iowa district that had school shooting can get retention bonus next year under new bill
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024
via The Associated PressTeachers and staff in the rural Iowa district where a deadly school shooting took place earlier this year could get bonuses if they don't quit their jobs under a new bill approved by lawmakers and sent to the governor.
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Oklahoma court considers whether to allow the US’ first publicly funded Catholic school
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024
via The Associated PressOklahoma's attorney general is urging the state's highest court to stop the creation of what would be the nation's first publicly funded religious charter school.
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Okla. Supreme Court to weigh nation’s first religious charter school
Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024
via The Washington PostThe Oklahoma Supreme Court is set to hear arguments over a proposed Catholic charter school, in a case testing the constitutional bounds of taxpayer funding for religious education.
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Trump aims to be a fearless warrior for White advantage
Monday, April 1st, 2024
via The Washington PostThe former president's team and allies assure his base that the federal government won't use balanced scales.
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In Taiwan, a group is battling fake news one conversation at a time — with a focus on seniors
Monday, April 1st, 2024
via The Washington PostA group in Taiwan is focusing on seniors as it tries to combat fake news, one conversation at a time
Sex Education
Four Montgomery schools lose Title I money after change in poverty metric
Sunday, March 31st, 2024
via The Washington PostFour Montgomery County schools lost their Title I funding this school year. School officials say the change caught them by surprise.
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LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps
Saturday, March 30th, 2024
via The Washington PostAfter the 1959 revolution, Cuba repressed gay people and many were sent to labor camps
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Some state lawmakers want school chaplains as part of a ‘rescue mission’ for public education
Saturday, March 30th, 2024
via The Associated PressLawmakers in more than a dozen states have proposed legislation to allow spiritual chaplains in public schools.
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