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Anoka-Hennepin school board mulls rewrite of gender-inclusion policy to boost parents’ rights
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
via Star Tribune (Minnesota)The district's discussion about updating its guidance comes amid debate nationwide over how to craft policies that create safe environments for LGBTQ students.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
GOP adopts education platform that follows Florida’s lead
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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Sarasota School Board elections: Karen Rose and Liz Barker face off for District 2 seat
Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024
via Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)In what could be seen as a referendum on the Sarasota School Board leadership, the incumbent board chairwoman faces reelection against a local mother.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
N.H. advocacy groups considering legal action against recently signed anti-LGBTQ+ laws
Monday, July 22nd, 2024
via Concord Monitor (New Hampshire)New Hampshire advocacy groups are considering legal action to challenge several anti-LGBTQ bills signed into law by Gov. Chris Sununu late last week.Devon Chaffee, executive director of the American…
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Judge exempts 7 Mississippi universities from revised Title IX rule
Monday, July 22nd, 2024
via Greenwood Commonwealth (Mississippi)Community colleges, universities and private institutions are among the schools affected by the Kansas judge's unusual ruling.
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Sarasota School Board elections: Edwards, Wood and Babicz face off for District 3 seat
Monday, July 22nd, 2024
via Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)In the most contended school board seat up for election in Sarasota, three candidates are vying to represent District 3 on the Sarasota School Board.
Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement, Social Emotional Learning
Susan Shelley: The ‘final straw’ for innovation in California
Sunday, July 21st, 2024
via OC Register (California)But this is a wider problem than any one bill.
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Primaried: 3 in Hamilton County delegation draw partisan challenges
Sunday, July 21st, 2024
via Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)Parents
Larsen facing seven challengers in August primary for Washington’s 2nd District in U.S. House
Saturday, July 20th, 2024
via The Bellingham Herald (Washington)Long-term incumbent's opponents come from both the right and the left.
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2 Tucson state legislators face challenge in GOP primary
Saturday, July 20th, 2024
via Arizona Daily Star (Arizona)Three candidates are running in the July 30 Republican primary for the Arizona House in District 17: Incumbent Reps. Rachel Jones and Cory McGarr and businesswoman Anna Orth. Two out
Racism, Parent Involvement
Scenes from the Republican National Convention • Michigan Advance
Saturday, July 20th, 2024
via Michigan Advance (Michigan)The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee wrapped Thursday night after former President Donald Trump accepted his party's nomination for president for a third time. The States Newsroom team was…
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‘Everyone is shocked’: How Hillsborough officials nixed a teacher pay tax
Saturday, July 20th, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)Educators are reeling, and planning legal action, after county commissioners scuttled an expected property tax initiative.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
Two Pima County supervisor seats have Democratic, Republican primaries
Saturday, July 20th, 2024
via Arizona Daily Star (Arizona)A Democratic supervisor faces a primary challenge and two Republican candidates are facing off in the July 30 primaries for eventual challenges in the Nov. 5 general election.
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Tennessee governor’s comparison of school choice to civil rights ‘deeply offensive,’ Democrats say
Friday, July 19th, 2024
via Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)In one of the battleground states of the Civil Rights Movement, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is drawing heat for his description of school choice as "the civil rights issue of our time."
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DeSantis endorses 5 Tampa Bay school board candidates
Friday, July 19th, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)The governor is officially backing 23 board candidates across Florida, including three in Pinellas and two in Hillsborough.
School Board – General, Parent Involvement
With JD Vance next in line, where does DeSantis go from here?
Friday, July 19th, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)The governor could run for president again in 2028, but it would be an uphill battle.
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Column: Who elected Elon Musk our arbiter of social norms?
Friday, July 19th, 2024
via Los Angeles Times (California)Elon Musk says he's relocating his companies to Texas because California laws 'attack ... families.' Wait till he learns about Texas laws restricting parents' rights over their own children.
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Texas’ Christian-influenced curriculum spurs worries about bullying, church-state separation
Friday, July 19th, 2024
via The Texas Tribune (Texas)Some secular groups and members of other faiths say the curriculum could give schools too much control over how children are taught religion.
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California plants new flag on transgender student protections
Friday, July 19th, 2024
via KXAN (Texas)California has thrown down a new gauntlet in the fight over transgender students. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) this week signed a law saying teachers could not be required to tell parents about a student's name or pronoun changes in most circumstances, leading to at least one district filing a lawsuit and tech billionaire Elon […]
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