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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.
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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.
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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.
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How a liberal billionaire became America’s leading anti-DEI crusader
Saturday, February 10th, 2024
via The Washington PostBill Ackman used Wall Street tactics to oust Harvard's first Black president, part of a wave of business leaders attacking diversity initiatives spurred by George Floyd's death.
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Council members admonish Montgomery school officials’ handling of misconduct reports
Friday, February 9th, 2024
via The Washington PostMontgomery County Council members reprimanded the school system for its handling of employees' misconduct reports over several years during a meeting Thursday.
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AP Decision Note: What to expect in the latest Pennsylvania House special election
Friday, February 9th, 2024
via The Associated PressControl of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives hangs in the balance in a special election in the Philadelphia suburbs.
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Kansas’ AG is telling schools they must out trans kids to parents, even with no specific law
Friday, February 9th, 2024
via The Associated PressKansas' attorney general is telling public schools that they're required to tell parents their children are transgender or non-binary even if they're not out at home.
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Utah governor says school board member who questioned a student’s gender ‘embarrassed the state’
Friday, February 9th, 2024
via The Associated PressUtah's Republican governor and other state officials are calling out a conservative state school board member for insinuating in an online post that a member of a girl's high school basketball team was transgender, when in fact she is not.
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A West Virginia ‘Women’s Bill of Rights’ is an effort to suppress transgender people, critics say
Thursday, February 8th, 2024
via The Washington PostDozens of speakers have condemned a bill in the West Virginia Legislature that would narrow the definitions of gender
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Alsobrooks pitches shifting tax funds to pay for Pr. George’s schools
Thursday, February 8th, 2024
via The Washington PostAs Maryland law requires more education spending, Prince George's County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks asks legislators for more discretion on funding schools.
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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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