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The former Uvalde schools police chief asks judge to throw out the charges against him
Friday, September 6th, 2024
via The Associated PressThe former Uvalde, Texas, schools police chief is asking a judge to throw out the criminal indictment against him over the slow law enforcement response to the 2022 school shooting massacre.
School Safety
Georgia school shooting stirs debate about safe storage laws for guns
Friday, September 6th, 2024
via The Associated PressA deadly shooting at a Georgia high school has stirred debate about laws encouraging the safe storage of guns.
School Safety
Security alerts at Apalachee helped save lives, officials say
Friday, September 6th, 2024
via The Washington PostBut many questions still remain about whether more could have been done to prevent the shooting.
School Board – General, School Safety
JD Vance says school shootings are a ‘fact of life,’ calls for better security
Thursday, September 5th, 2024
via The Associated PressRepublican vice presidential nominee JD Vance says school shootings are a 'fact of life" and the U.S. needs to harden security to prevent more carnage.
School Safety
Georgia school shooting elevates gun violence as issue in Harris-Trump race
Thursday, September 5th, 2024
via The Washington PostThe shooting came as the two presidential candidates have been campaigning most prominently on issues including the economy, abortion rights and immigration.
School Safety
Corrections: Sept. 5, 2024
Thursday, September 5th, 2024
via The New York TimesCorrections that appeared in print on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024.
Parents
Schools hiring more teachers without traditional training. They hope Texas will pay to prepare them.
Wednesday, September 4th, 2024
via The Associated PressWhen Texas lawmakers passed legislation in 2015 that created a pathway for public schools to hire more teachers without formal classroom training, one goal was to make the profession more attractive to individuals from different paths who could offer hands-on learning to students.
School Board – General
JD Vance’s Catholicism helped shape his views. So did this little-known group of Catholic thinkers
Wednesday, September 4th, 2024
via The Washington PostOhio Sen. JD Vance's 2019 conversion to Catholicism helped shape his political worldview
Racism
DeSantis’s cuts to arts funding put pressure on schools, rural areas
Wednesday, September 4th, 2024
via The Washington PostArtists and community leaders are still reckoning with a surprise cut to the state's Republican-approved arts budget.
Parents
Takeaways from AP’s report on JD Vance and the Catholic postliberals in his circle of influence
Wednesday, September 4th, 2024
via The Associated PressOhio Sen. JD Vance's 2019 conversion to Catholicism put him in close touch with a Catholic intellectual movement known as postliberalism.
Racism
From School Librarian to Activist: ‘The Hate Level and the Vitriol Is Unreal’
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024
via The New York TimesAmid a surge in book bans nationwide, the librarian Amanda Jones was targeted by vicious threats. So she decided to fight back.
Book Bans
Condoms can’t be trusted and boys don’t cry in Catholic Paraguay’s first sex ed program
Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024
via The Associated PressIn predominantly Catholic Paraguay, with the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in South America, the Ministry of Education has approved the country's first national sex education curriculum.
Sex Education
Ground Game: Courting influencers, third-party candidates, and noncitizen voting
Monday, September 2nd, 2024
via The Associated PressThis newsletter was originally sent out via email to our Ground Game subscribers on September 02, 2024. You can subscribe at any time at apnews.com/newsletters.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
With his 1776 Commission on patriotism, Trump helped spark a culture war
Monday, September 2nd, 2024
via The Washington PostTrump attempted to use federal power to define how America's history is taught -- and promises to try again
School Board – General, Racism
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is hitting the road to promote her new memoir, ‘Lovely One’
Sunday, September 1st, 2024
via The Associated PressSupreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is embarking on a high-profile, nationwide tour to promote her new memoir, 'Lovely One.'
School Board – General
Illegal voting by noncitizens is rare, yet Republicans are making it a major issue this election
Sunday, September 1st, 2024
via The Associated PressFederal law already allows only U.S. citizens to vote in elections for president and Congress. Yet Republicans are raising concerns about the potential for noncitizens voting in this year's elections.
School Board – General
New Montgomery superintendent excited at chance for a ‘reset’ in district
Sunday, September 1st, 2024
via The Washington PostMontgomery County Superintendent Thomas Taylor outlines entry plan, goals for improving school safety, academic performance and trust in the district.
School Board – General
The country’s largest publishers sue Florida over school book bans
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via The Washington PostWorks by hundreds of authors, from Maya Angelou to Judy Blume, have been challenged and removed from school libraries. Now a group is suing to bring them back.
School Board – General, Book Bans
San Diego School Superintendent Is Fired After Misconduct Investigation
Saturday, August 31st, 2024
via The New York TimesLamont Jackson, who led California's second-largest school district, engaged in 'unwelcome, sex-based behavior' toward two female employees, the investigation found.
School Board – General