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TPS administrators received $341,000 in donor funds without school board’s knowledge
Thursday, March 14th, 2024
via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)Details are scant, but public records obtained by the Tulsa World and interviews with the Tulsa Public Schools officials involved reveal insights into why select top administrators received bonuses. #oklaed
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Former Ohio teacher, State Board of Ed member sees literacy as ‘key civil rights issue’ • Ohio Capital Journal
Thursday, March 14th, 2024
via Ohio Capital Journal (Ohio)In our latest feature in a series on Ohio women leaders, former teacher and State Board of Education member Christina Collins shares her story and work advocating for public education: "Literacy is a…
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Anne Arundel school board candidates discuss critical race theory, book-banning at forum
Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
via Capital Gazette (Maryland)About half of the 19 candidates running for Board of Education seats discussed critical race theory, book-banning and other subjects at a forum Tuesday in Annapolis.
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Arizona schools chief calls for better teacher pay, more student discipline
Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
via Arizona Daily Star (Arizona)Arizona faces a 'public sector crisis,' with thousands of teachers leaving every year and not enough new teachers coming in to replace them, Tom Horne, the state schools superintendent told
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Biden budget seeks to spend hundreds of millions to train school teachers in DEI
Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
via Inside NoVa (Virginia)(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden's budget proposal seeks to set aside billions of dollars to push progressive gender, sexuality and race ideology at home and around the globe.
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A new generation of readers embraces bell hooks’ ‘All About Love’
Tuesday, March 12th, 2024
via The Associated Press (New York)It's the kind of book friends recommend to each other, especially if someone is going through a time of loneliness or romantic loss.
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NAACP is urging Black student-athletes to ‘reconsider’ Florida universities. Here’s why
Monday, March 11th, 2024
via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)The NAACP is calling on Black student-athletes to boycott Florida universities after the University of Florida eliminated its DEI positions.
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The 2024 Queens Power 100
Monday, March 11th, 2024
via City & State NY (New York)The movers and shakers who have the borough abuzz.
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FotoFest 2024 features 335 works by 24 artists from 14 countries. Here are the must-sees
Sunday, March 10th, 2024
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)20th International FotoFest Biennial 2024 at Sawyer Yards, Winter Street and Silver Street theme is Critical Geography
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Jonathan Okamura: UH Needs To Remain Committed To Diversity Despite National Backlash
Sunday, March 10th, 2024
via Honolulu Civil Beat (Hawaii)A push by Republican lawmakers across the U.S. to ban DEI programs at public universities would have disastrous effects in Hawaii.
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Ken Williams: Parents in Orange County have had enough of woke indoctrination in our schools
Saturday, March 9th, 2024
via OC Register (California)Voters made clear they want schools to get back to the core aims of education to inculcate facts and knowledge and critical thinking abilities.
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CBS 17 interviews Michele Morrow after primary upset win against NC superintendent
Saturday, March 9th, 2024
via CBS 17 (North Carolina)Michele Morrow defeated current North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt after receiving about 4% more votes Tuesday night.
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Cory Mills: My Background in the Military Will Help With New Congressional Committee Assignments
Saturday, March 9th, 2024
via Florida Daily (Florida)Share this Story via Text Message, Facebook, X, Gmail, Outlook, or Yahoo MailAs he continues his first days in Congress, U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., announced his committee assignments this week.…
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Affirmative action: As colleges work to comply with court ruling, Dave Yost says it also applies to scholarships
Friday, March 8th, 2024
via Cleveland.com (Ohio)Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost told college leaders that the U.S. Supreme Court's affirmative action admissions decision applies to another realm: race-based scholarships.
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Rep. Burgess Owens says DEI programs are ‘cancer’ residing in academic institutions
Friday, March 8th, 2024
via Deseret News (Utah)The congressional hearing touched on whether learning standardized English is racist
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Republicans seeking to unseat Cox pan diversity, new state flag at St. George political event
Friday, March 8th, 2024
via St. George News (Utah)ST. GEORGE — The four candidates running in the Republican primary to unseat Gov. Spencer Cox made their case to be governor and took questions during the Washington County Republican Women's monthly…
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Alabama House passes bill that would impact diversity programs, college bathrooms
Thursday, March 7th, 2024
via al.com (Alabama)SB129 would prohibit DEI offices and programs in state institutions
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‘Disastrous’: A shaken Texas House prepares for rightward shift after record GOP primary upsets
Thursday, March 7th, 2024
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)Voters were clear, one Republican strategist said: No more "betraying conservative principles or collaborating with Democrats."
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Florida Senate doesn’t confirm Moms for Liberty co-founder to ethics post
Thursday, March 7th, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)Tina Descovich already sits on the Florida Commission on Ethics.
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