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Missouri Republicans continue push to bar state funding of diversity, equity and inclusion
Monday, February 17th, 2025
via Springfield News-Leader (Missouri)Previous attempts have failed, but after federal cuts to diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Missouri lawmakers have re-filed anti-DEI bills.
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What would a Harris-Walz administration be doing right now?
Saturday, February 15th, 2025
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)What would the first month of the Harris-Walz administration have looked like? Things would be going very differently, to say the least.
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The latest: Federal workers face mass layoffs
Saturday, February 15th, 2025
via MPR News (Minnesota)Federal workers all over the country have responded with anger and confusion Friday toward President Donald Trump's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce. And second federal…
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Missouri Republicans continue push to bar state funding of DEI
Saturday, February 15th, 2025
via News Tribune (Missouri)Missouri lawmakers have rekindled a crusade against diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs with a handful of bills seeking to outlaw DEI in state-funded entities.
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Naval Academy faculty told to avoid ‘divisive concepts’ like ‘systemic racism’
Friday, February 14th, 2025
via The Baltimore Banner (Maryland)After President Trump's recent DEI-focused executive order, Naval Academy faculty were told to stop teaching about systematic racism and sexism.
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The Latest: Zelenskyy says Trump is key to ending Russia-Ukraine conflict
Friday, February 14th, 2025
via The Washington Post (California)Federal workers all over the country have responded with anger and confusion Friday toward President Donald Trump's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce
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Trump’s education secretary may be asked to dismantle the Education Department. Here’s what it does
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via The Associated Press (Washington)If Linda McMahon is confirmed as education secretary, President Donald Trump has said he wants the former wrestling executive to 'put herself out of a job.'
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Trump cuts affect signature Youngkin lab school program in Virginia
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via The Washington Post (Washington)A Virginia Commonwealth University program that helps teach computer skills to high schoolers was targeted as wasteful or discriminatory by the Trump administration.
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The school board was the testing ground for the fall of our democracy
Thursday, February 13th, 2025
via Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia)A few years ago, a colleague asked me what I believed to be the 'endgame' for all the chaos we had witnessed in America's school boards.
Racism, School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Wisconsin education leaders left confused about legality of Trump executive order on K-12
Wednesday, February 12th, 2025
via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)On Jan. 29, President Donald Trump released an executive order titled
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For Wisconsin educators, Trump’s K-12 demands could threaten local control
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)Plus: What might the 2025 MLB season hold for the Milwaukee Brewers?
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Incumbent Superintendent Jill Underly says she’ll remain ‘No. 1 advocate for public education’ • Wisconsin Examiner
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)Incumbent Jill Underly faces education consultant Brittany Kinser and Sauk Prairie Schools Superintendent Jeff Wright in the primary.
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Beyond Black History: Kennebunk High School’s innovative approach to teaching race
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025
via Seacoastonline.com (New Hampshire)The semester-long course challenging students to examine their own preconceptions about race.
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How Trump’s education plans might affect Illinois schools
Monday, February 10th, 2025
via Chicago Sun-Times (Illinois)Trump plans to try to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Most school funding is local, as are policy decisions. But his actions could still leave a lasting mark.
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‘We must wash our hands of DEI’: Sen. Tuberville, colleagues introduce the Dismantle DEI Act
Monday, February 10th, 2025
via WVTM (Alabama)Sen. Tuberville is backing a bill that would codify President Trump's executive order terminating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and initiatives.
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In Botetourt County and nationwide, libraries remain ideological hotspots
Sunday, February 9th, 2025
via The Roanoke Times (Virginia)Some citizens in Botetourt County are still concerned that materials within the county's libraries are inappropriate and harmful for children.
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19 Black trailblazers that may not have been in your history book
Saturday, February 8th, 2025
via PIX11 (New York)While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators (and their students) are eager to learn more about underrepresented trailblazers like Lewis Latimer, Marsha P. Johnson, and Max Robinson.
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As Ground Shifts, ‘Flailing’ Democrats Struggle to Find Footing in Diversity Fight
Saturday, February 8th, 2025
via The New York Times (Texas)President Trump's aggressive moves against transgender rights and diversity, equity and inclusion programs have left the Democratic Party casting about for a strategy for how to respond.
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Iowa House leader: We’re tackling higher education because of Regents’ inaction
Friday, February 7th, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)Committee chair thinks that's 'a major problem'
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