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Bible will still be allowed in Broward school libraries
Thursday, December 7th, 2023
via Sun Sentinel (Florida)The Superintendent's Review Committee, created this year to comply with a state law allowing parents to challenge books, voted unanimously Wednesday to keep the Bible on Broward school librar…
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In Michigan, a new push for greater home-schooling rules, oversight
Thursday, December 7th, 2023
via The Washington Post (California)The effort comes days after a ‘horrifying' Washington Post story about the torture and murder of a home-schooled boy from Michigan
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DeSantis appointees accuse Disney district predecessors of cronyism; Disney calls them revisionist
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)The board released a series of reports Wednesday defending their takeover of the district following Disney's opposition to the Parental Rights in Education Act.
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DeSantis’ Disney board vows to take on affordable housing, traffic woes
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Members of Gov. Ron DeSantis' tourism oversight board are vowing to tackle affordable housing and traffic issues they say their Disney-controlled predecessors ignored.
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Oklahoma’s HB1775 inspires another complaint against Union Public Schools
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)At the center of the latest complaint is a web-based supplemental course for high school students titled 'Social Problems I: A World in Crisis." #oklaed
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Is California Legislature representing its constituents?
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
via CalMatters (California)Members of the California Legislature are supposed to represent their constituents. Are they meeting that duty?
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Leadership changes in Massachusetts’ child welfare system prompt hope for a new vision
Wednesday, December 6th, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)A changing of the guard is coming for the state's child welfare system and with it, perhaps, an unusual opportunity to overhaul an overburdened system responsible for the well-being of more than 40,000 children.
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WESH 2 Investigates: Both party leaders call for chair of Florida GOP to step down
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
via WESH (Florida)Christian Ziegler is being investigated by Sarasota police for an alleged sexual battery on a woman at her home on Oct. 2.
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Floodgates open on calls for Florida GOP chairman to resign amid rape investigation
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)Just about the only prominent Florida Republican not demanding Christian Ziegler resign is Donald Trump.
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Scott Maxwell: Florida’s sad-sack SAT scores drop even more while Education Commissioner Manny Diaz wages culture wars, trolls Twitter
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Scott Maxwell: Florida SAT scores drop again while politicians and education leaders troll Twitter, wage culture wars
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Moms for Liberty suing Yolo County library, claiming free speech violations at forums
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
via The Sacramento Bee (California)'They not only allow their ideological allies to disrupt speakers whose views they reject, they actively censor speech with which they disagree.'
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Florida GOP to consider discipline for party chair Ziegler accused of sexual battery
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)The vice chair of the state Republican party has called a special meeting in Orlando on Dec. 17 to consider potential 'censure or discipline' chairman Christian Ziegler.
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Florida schools are for government messaging, Attorney General says
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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Florida GOP calls for special meeting to vote on Ziegler’s future
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)Christian Ziegler, who is chairperson of the Republican Party of Florida, is accused of rape and is being investigated by police.
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Indian child welfare coalition and ACLU of Nebraska file brief in Lincoln case on appeal
Tuesday, December 5th, 2023
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)The Nebraska Court of Appeals is set to hear oral arguments in the case involving the Indian Child Welfare Act later this month.
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Few Republicans echo DeSantis’ call for GOP chairman to resign amid rape accusation
Monday, December 4th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)Ziegler is accused of rape by a woman with whom he and his wife, a Moms for Liberty co-founder, once had a three-way sexual encounter.
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Why questioning certain material in California schools isn’t about banning books or hate
Monday, December 4th, 2023
via CalMatters (California)A parental rights activist says reasoned debate about possibly obscene material is a worthwhile discussion for California's school boards.
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Does Florida’s GOP scandal impact the party’s education agenda?
Monday, December 4th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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Details of Sexual Assault Allegation Against Florida G.O.P. Chair Add to Party Turmoil
Monday, December 4th, 2023
via The New York Times (New York)The details of the allegation against the state party chairman, Christian Ziegler, emerged in an affidavit. He has denied any wrongdoing.
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