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The Supreme Court leaves in place the admissions plan at an elite Virginia public high school
Tuesday, February 20th, 2024
via The Associated PressThe Supreme Court has left in place the admissions policy at an elite public high school in Virginia, despite claims that it discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans.
School Board – General
Maryland ‘Freedom to Read Act’ bill aims to protects books and librarians
Monday, February 19th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe 'Freedom to Read Act' of Maryland is proposed to protects books and librarians
School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
In a Maryland school library, empty shelves are about to get emptier
Saturday, February 17th, 2024
via The Washington PostWhile the nation has been focusing on book bans, some schools have gone without enough (noncontroversial) books. One in Maryland has been trying to raise funds.
Book Bans
In Melbourne, an Enchanting Hyperlocal Paper for the Digital Age
Friday, February 16th, 2024
via The New York TimesThe Paris End seeks to celebrate a recovering Australian city.
Sex Education
Students sue over Va.’s controversial transgender policy in schools
Thursday, February 15th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe ACLU of Virginia filed lawsuits on behalf of two transgender students, asking judges to vacate state guidance rolling back trans protections in schools.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Lawsuits ask courts to overturn Virginia’s new policies on the treatment of transgender students
Thursday, February 15th, 2024
via The Associated PressThe ACLU of Virginia is suing the state Department of Education to challenge Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin's policies on the treatment of transgender students.
School Board – General
Florida law blasted after permission slip sent to hear Black author’s book
Thursday, February 15th, 2024
via The Washington PostA parental bill of rights signed by Ron DeSantis in 2022 is under renewed scrutiny after a school asked for parental consent for a guest speaker to read a book written by an African American.
Parents
Georgia Senate passes plan meant to slow increases in property tax bills
Thursday, February 15th, 2024
via The Associated PressGeorgia senators want to limit how much assessed home values can rise for tax purposes, in an election-year effort to hold down property taxes.
School Board – General
Utah school board seeks resignation of member who questioned athlete’s gender
Thursday, February 15th, 2024
via The Associated PressThe Utah State Board of Education has voted to censure and seek the resignation of a board member whose social media post questioning the gender of a high school basketball player incited threats against the girl.
School Board – General
Steady ascent or sudden splash? North Carolina governor’s race features men who took different paths
Thursday, February 15th, 2024
via The Associated PressFront-runners for North Carolina's major-party nominations for governor in next month's primaries have taken dramatically different paths to prominence.
Sex Education
Trans adults on edge as legislatures broaden focus beyond children
Thursday, February 15th, 2024
via The Washington PostLawmakers have filed a record number of bills impacting how transgender people live their lives. Increasingly, they are turning their focus to trans adults.
LGBTQ+
‘How to Have Sex’: A movie made to get audiences talking about consent
Thursday, February 15th, 2024
via The Washington Post'How to Have Sex' writer-director Molly Manning Walker and star Mia McKenna-Bruce discuss bad sex education, drunken holidays and taking the film into schools.
Sex Education
Teacher sued over accusations he tried to sell junior high students’ art
Wednesday, February 14th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe students were told to make a piece in the style of Basquiat. Then they found their art for sale online on almost 3,000 items, such as cushions and bags.
School Board – General
Democrats seek to strengthen majority in Pennsylvania House as voters cast ballots
Tuesday, February 13th, 2024
via The Associated PressDemocrats have an opportunity to strengthen their hold on the Pennsylvania House as voters cast their ballots in Bucks County.
School Board – General
School board member who questioned teen’s gender faces calls to resign
Monday, February 12th, 2024
via The Washington PostNatalie Cline, a Republican member of the Utah State Board of Education, erroneously implied that a girls' basketball player was transgender, eliciting calls for her to resign.
School Board – General, LGBTQ+
MAGA label dogs candidate for key state House seat in Pennsylvania
Sunday, February 11th, 2024
via The Washington PostCandace Cabanas is walking a tricky tightrope between firing up Donald Trump's base and distancing herself from the former president with state House control at stake.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Lost at Parkland: ‘Peter Was Always My Translator’
Sunday, February 11th, 2024
via The New York TimesFor one family, grieving the child they lost in the Parkland, Fla., school shooting is complicated by differences in language and culture.
School Board – General
How anarchists in North Carolina rescued books banned in Florida
Saturday, February 10th, 2024
via The Washington PostA bookshop in left-leaning Asheville is now sending children's books banned from a Florida school district back to readers in the Sunshine State.
Book Bans, Racism, Parent Involvement
Republican lawmakers are backing dozens of bills targeting diversity efforts on campus and elsewhere
Saturday, February 10th, 2024
via The Associated PressDiversity initiatives would be defunded or banned from universities and other public institutions under a slate of bills pending in Republican-led legislatures, with some lawmakers counting on the issue resonating with voters in this election year.
Racism