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Texas AG Ken Paxton files lawsuit against Coppell ISD, accusing them of teaching ‘woke and hateful critical race theory’
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via WFAA (Texas)Paxton accused a district administrator of talking about how the district has gotten around prohibitions against the use of CRT.
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‘I thought I had outlived that’: Iowa Black Caucus leaders decry bills trying to erase DEI
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)The Iowa Legislative Black Caucus' concerns mounted Tuesday as the Iowa House passed three of the DEI-related bills.
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Online petition urges Conroe ISD trustees to reverse use controversial Bluebonnet curriculum
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)A month after the Conroe ISD Board of Trustees adopted the controversial Bluebonnet curriculum, an online petition urges the district to reverse that decision.
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Iowa House Republicans pass bills barring DEI in higher education and across government
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)Various bills passed by House Republicans restrict DEI at higher education institutions and across governmental entities in Iowa.
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How at-large voting creates conservative majorities on Texas school boards
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via The Texas Tribune (Texas)In six Texas districts that used at-large voting systems, ideologically driven groups successfully helped elect school board members who have moved aggressively to ban or remove educational materials…
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Iowa House passes bills further dismantling DEI programs
Tuesday, March 18th, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)Iowa House Republicans continued their efforts to reform higher education policies in the state by passing a series of bills Tuesday aiming to — among other things — further curtail diversity, equity and inclusion programming across not only Iowa's public universities but its private campuses as well.
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Report finds instances of misconduct within NYPD’s community response team
Monday, March 17th, 2025
via NY1 (New York)Created in the fall of 2022, the CRT was billed as an elite unit and worked directly on Mayor Eric Adams' public safety priorities.
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In Texas, Christian right grows confident and assertive
Monday, March 17th, 2025
via The Associated PressTestifying this month against bills that would put more Christianity in Texas public schools, the Rev.
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Lawsuit: University of California systematically discriminates against Asian American applicants
Sunday, March 16th, 2025
via The San Diego Union-Tribune (California)Representatives of the University of California unequivocally denied the allegations.
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Lynchburg GOP calls for library control board after residents debate access to books
Sunday, March 16th, 2025
via NewsAdvance.com (Virginia)Lynchburg Republicans want city council to create a library board that would oversee operations of the city's two-branch library system, with one of the board's mandates being to remove children's…
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Now is the time to teach Iowa’s future about the world’s mistakes in the past
Sunday, March 16th, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)Increased Iowa State Patrol presence at Iowa Capitol on Feb. 24 Hadley Harvey is an impressive young Iowan. Highly intelligent, …
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‘It is very valid to be anxious’: University leaders react to rapidly changing federal environment for higher ed
Saturday, March 15th, 2025
via Lawrence Journal-World (Kansas)University leaders have been told a lot recently. In February there was a 'Dear Colleague' letter from the U.S. Department of Education that was a little light on the 'dear.' The letter to university…
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Pinball Wizards
Thursday, March 13th, 2025
via Eugene Weekly (Oregon)Why go to a bar and get bored on your night off, when you could go to an arcade? From nostalgic classics to new modern style games, there is something for every age. Despite arcades losing populari…
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Forest Hills School District board vice president submits resignation
Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
via Enquirer (Ohio)Stewart is an Anderson Township native and was elected to the school board in 2021.
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Western Pa. school leaders uncertain how Education Department cuts will affect them
Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
via TribLive (Pennsylvania)Leaders of Western Pennsylvania school districts reacted Wednesday to the sweeping job cuts announced at the U.S. Department of Education with uncertainty, saying they did not yet know how the cuts…
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Like last year, two blocs of Waukesha School Board candidates square off before April 1 election
Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)Although school board races are supposed to be nonpartisan, the six candidates for the Waukesha School Board seem to be split along party lines.
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How chaos at the Education Department impacts Illinois schools
Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
via Chicago Sun-Times (Illinois)Trump is moving to cut the staff by half and dismantle the department. He's also going after DEI in higher education and funding for research.
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Grand Forks Air Force Base removes web content celebrating Black history, LGBTQ+ Pride
Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
via Grand Forks Herald (North Dakota)Posts and media releases have been removed from the air base's website and social media following a U.S. Defense Department order to purge content focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Iowa regents tell campuses to ‘refrain’ from political and policy posts
Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)'The proposed revisions clarify expectations regarding university management and oversight of institutional social media accounts,' according to a summary of those policy revisions, which came back before the board for approval in February. 'The universities are generally expected to refrain from issuing statements on political, social, or public policy matters.'
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