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Readers Write: How kids actually learn

Saturday, October 28th, 2023

via Star Tribune (Minnesota)

Education methods matter.

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Colony Ridge development in Texas under fire from state GOP leaders

Saturday, October 28th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Washington)

The huge development north of Houston has been under fire from the state's GOP leaders. Supporters defend it as a community of families trying to make good.

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Educators alarmed by recent bias incidents at Long Island schools

Saturday, October 28th, 2023

via Newsday (New York)

Recent reports of anti-Semitic and racist incidents have alarmed advocates and Long Island educators, who say more needs to be done to address disturbing behaviors by students.

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Who’s running for school boards in Johnson County? Your voter guide to Nov. 7 election

Friday, October 27th, 2023

via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)

We asked dozens of candidates about their positions to help you cast your vote in the upcoming municipal elections.

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Who’s running for president? Here’s a rundown of the 2024 candidates

Friday, October 27th, 2023

via Newsday (New York)

With more than a year until the 2024 presidential contest, the field of candidates is largely set.

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A year later, Musk’s X is tilting right. And sinking.

Friday, October 27th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Ohio)

The billionaire bought Twitter to revive its business and make it less 'woke.' He has achieved only one of those goals.

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The Transition Network’s Long Island chapter seeks to diversify membership

Friday, October 27th, 2023

via Newsday (New York)

Currently, about 1% of the members of the Long Island chapter are women of color.

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As Texas bans diversity and equity offices at public colleges, Rice University’s inclusion efforts march on

Wednesday, October 25th, 2023

via The Texas Tribune (Texas)

DEI efforts have become a lightning rod for debate in American higher education. At the private Houston university, officials admit impact is heard to measure — but they also see progress from their…

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Mooney Spends Big on Constituent Mailings

Wednesday, October 25th, 2023

via The Intelligencer (West Virginia)

CHARLESTON — With the May 2024 Republican primary for U.S. Senate more than six months away, U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., has ramped up spending on mail to constituents in the 2nd Congressional…

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To be frank: Mooney spends big on office communications to constituents

Wednesday, October 25th, 2023

via Parkersburg News and Sentinel (West Virginia)

Editor's note: This story has been edited to remove inaccurate information that resulted from our reporting. The blackout period for members of the U.S. House to send franked communications to their constituents is 60 days from a primary or general election, not 90 days as the story originally indicated. U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney's mailings in […]

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Utah author Shannon Hale speaks out against book bans

Tuesday, October 24th, 2023

via Utah Public Radio (Utah)

The Let Utah Read coalition hosted an event on Saturday where attendees wrote letters to legislators asking them to oppose book bans.

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State accepting proposals for second round of Healing Illinois grants

Monday, October 23rd, 2023

via Daily Herald (Illinois)

The Illinois Department of Human Services recently launched the 2023-24 season of Healing Illinois, the state's $4.5 million racial healing grant-making initiative.

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Long before the Kentucky legislature waged war on ‘woke,’ it accused people of communism

Monday, October 23rd, 2023

via The Columbian (Washington)

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Kentucky saw growing demands for change in the late 1960s — civil rights protests, environmental protests, the anti-war movement, poor people organizing against their own exploitatio

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Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Oct. 14-20

Saturday, October 21st, 2023

via The New York Times (New York)

A lot of players had nonanswers for this week's toughest word.

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Busybody Republicans and their neurotic quest to control public education

Friday, October 20th, 2023

via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)

On the Neurotic Style in Arkansas Politics: Sanders and company want to poke around at schools to make sure there's no diversity, equity, inclusion or other indoctrination. So they engage in dreary…

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Michigan Chronicle’s Top Stories of the Week For Oct. 14 – Oct. 20

Friday, October 20th, 2023

via Michigan Chronicle (Michigan)

Here are the top stories from the Michigan Chronicle for the Week of Oct. 14 – Oct. 20 Black Tech Weekend Launches in Detroit Black Tech Weekend recently launched in Detroit, bringing together Black tech founders, thought-leaders, and investors to foster innovation and collaboration in the city's thriving tech ecosystem. The event aimed to provide … Continued

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David Banner, Rhapsody Talk on the Intersection of Critical Race Theory and Hip Hop at

Friday, October 20th, 2023

via Michigan Chronicle (Michigan)

David Banner, Rhapsody Talk on the Intersection of Critical Race Theory and Hip Hop at

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Meet the Ute Tribe’s new chairman: a bison-wrangling leader ready to protect his people

Wednesday, October 18th, 2023

via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)

Meet the Ute Tribe's new chairman: a bison-wrangling leader ready to protect his people and their land.

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Judges, schools, trash rates and monster warehouses: This local election has everything

Wednesday, October 18th, 2023

via PennLive.com (Pennsylvania)

In Pennsylvania, the state of local government, the upcoming municipal election gives voters a chance to shape their communities in a bunch of ways; but school boards seem to be where all the action…

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