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Some Florida schools try to ease impact of laws aimed at LGBTQ+ students
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)Districts like Pinellas County say they have found ways to show compassion while following new rules.
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Newsom and DeSantis both promote freedom in education. But their focus is wildly different
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
via Los Angeles Times (California)Freedom in DeSantis' Florida means parental control over schooling. Newsom favors freedom of opportunity, through diverse ideas, representation in curriculum.
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California vs. Florida: Why are people moving from one state to the other?
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)Despite the rhetoric, people primarily relocate to other states for economic reasons like high housing costs, not politics, one political scientist said.
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Proposed legislation would notify parents of child library checkouts
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023
via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)Two proposed bills would require libraries to notify parents of what a student checks out, critics fear it's part of a wider effort.
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Amid book challenges, majority of Alabama city’s library board resigns over unknown candidate
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
via al.com (Alabama)The majority of the board members at the Autauga-Prattville public library resigned Monday after the the county commission approved a board member without consulting the board first. Prattville has…
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Sen. Agard: Statement on Republicans continued book banning and censorship efforts
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
via WisPolitics.com (Wisconsin)MADISON – Today, the Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, and Children and Families will hold a public hearing on SB597 and SB598 which would require public and school libraries to…
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Oklahoma Joe: In defense of books, rising pushback against bans
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
via The Journal Record (Oklahoma)Those intent on banning books are seeing their uncompromising efforts backfire.
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Waterloo student part of suit challenging LGBTQ law in schools
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
via Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa)A Waterloo high school student is one of several students who are part of a lawsuit challenging the state law that silences LGBTQ students and restricts books in public schools.
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Iowa LGBTQ students file lawsuit over new state law
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
via Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa)The ACLU of Iowa joined two law firms in filing a lawsuit in federal court challenging Iowa Senate File 496.
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Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required — inside one of Louisiana’s unapproved schools
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
via American Press (Louisiana)Arliya Martin accepted her high school diploma with relief and gratitude. It was her ticket to better-paying work, she felt, after getting kicked out of high school and toiling for eight years at…
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South Dakota inspired ICWA but still has high rate of Native children in foster care
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
via alaskabeacon.com (Alaska)Cheryl Spider DeCoteau was nervous. It was the Sisseton Wahpeton tribal citizen's first time in Washington, D.C., and she sat in front of two senators, multiple congressional aides, lawyers and clerks…
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$465: Diplomas for sale in Louisiana’s off-the-grid schools, with no classes required
Monday, November 27th, 2023
via PIX11 (New York)Unlike public schools, formal homeschooling programs or traditional private schools, nearly 9,000 private schools in Louisiana don't need state approval to grant degrees.
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At some of Louisiana’s unapproved schools, $465 buys you a diploma
Monday, November 27th, 2023
via Orange County Register (California)Sibley Morrison says she is not selling diplomas, but rather lifetime services for homeschooling families. Yet a list of prices is taped to the front window of the school building: $250 for diploma…
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A controversial education advocacy group is encouraging Metro Atlantans to get involved in local politics
Monday, November 27th, 2023
via WABE (Georgia)Earlier this month, Wykeisha Howe left her home in southwest Atlanta to attend a town hall in Gwinnett County hosted by the group Moms for Liberty. Moms for Liberty is […]
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Righteous mother or right-wing zealot? The soccer mom leading California’s parental rights movement
Monday, November 27th, 2023
via Los Angeles Times (California)As board president of Chino Valley Unified, Sonja Shaw has catapulted from soccer mom to the face of California's parental rights movement. She'd say it's part of God's plan.
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Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana’s unapproved schools
Monday, November 27th, 2023
via The Associated Press (Mississippi)Nearly 9,000 private schools in Louisiana don't need state approval to grant degrees. They're unlike public schools, formal homeschooling programs or traditional private schools.
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Williams: Reality, not books, is the greatest threat to students
Sunday, November 26th, 2023
via Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia)In seeking to protect students from books, the protagonists of these bans are missing the big picture: The ugly reality these students inhabit.
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How school boards became one of democracy’s front lines
Sunday, November 26th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)Since the pandemic, Americans are paying closer attention to school boards and their meetings than ever before, but the rubber-meets-the-road government bodies - an original colonial creation - are no strangers to controversy. Nick Melvoin got elected to Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education in 2017 and has not seen a break in...
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Scott Maxwell: Oppose book-banning? Consider giving books as holiday gifts in Florida
Friday, November 24th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Maxwell: With book-banning rampant in Florida, books can make good holiday gifts
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