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Johnson, Linton elementaries ‘blindsided’ by PSD’s revised closure, consolidation plans
Tuesday, May 14th, 2024
via Fort Collins Coloradoan (Colorado)Johnson and Linton elementaries were largely left out of earlier plans for school closures but are now in the thick of it and fighting for survival.
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Pilot program at Southfield Academy viewed as a success
Sunday, May 12th, 2024
via The Oakland Press (Michigan)Outside of a training fee for instructors teaching the class, the program is free for participating school districts.
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‘Late Admissions’ Review: Glenn Loury’s Rise, Fall and Rise
Friday, May 10th, 2024
via The Wall Street Journal (Washington)An economist tenured at a young age, Glenn Loury was always inclined to question orthodoxies.
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SAU 16’s diversity, equity director Andres Mejia resigns: Here’s why and what’s next
Friday, May 10th, 2024
via Foster's Daily Democrat (New Hampshire)Mejia has 'been a driver in championing diversity initiatives and advocating for inclusion and social justice,' according to Superintendent Ester Asbell.
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Brandeis Center and ADL File New Federal Complaints Against Occidental and Pomona Colleges
Thursday, May 9th, 2024
via California Globe (California)This week the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under the Law and the Anti-Defamation League expanded and amended the federal civil rights complaint against the Berkeley Unified School…
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Judge temporarily halts enforcement of parts of Arkansas law on public school curriculum
Thursday, May 9th, 2024
via Southwest Times Record (Arkansas)A federal judge on Tuesday issued an injunction protecting plaintiffs from punishment for teaching about divisive topics.
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Column: We all pay the price for wasteful government spending
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
via The Virginian-Pilot (Virginia)Wasteful spending abounds thanks to the Biden administration and all Americans are paying the price, the Heritage Foundation's David Ditch writes.
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House Republicans rip school leaders for retaining educators following antisemitism complaints
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
via NY1 (New York)House Republicans wanted the educators fired
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Arkansas cannot prevent 2 teachers from discussing critical race theory in classroom, judge rules
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
via The Associated Press (Arkansas)A federal judge has ruled Arkansas cannot prevent two high school teachers from discussing critical race theory in the classroom but is stopping short of a broader prohibition against the state's ban on teaching such subjects in the schools.
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Judge partly sides with plaintiffs suing to stop Arkansas’s ban on ‘critical race theory,’ ‘indoctrination’
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)Though Judge Lee Rudofsky's ruling was narrow, he said it
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Federal judge bars state from enforcing indoctrination section of the LEARNS Act
Wednesday, May 8th, 2024
via Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Arkansas)A federal judge in Little Rock has granted a preliminary injunction to prevent the state from implementing or enforcing a section of the LEARNS Act that proponents say prohibits 'indoctrination' but…
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Education has become too political, focused on wrong things, outgoing NC superintendent Truitt says
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
via WRAL (North Carolina)By Emily Walkenhorst , WRAL education reporterEducation has become too political and focused on wrong things, outgoing North Carolina Superintendent Catherine Truitt told a gathering of hundreds of…
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Too many college students have been indoctrinated in extremist, far-left ideologies
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
via OC Register (California)Ivy League college presidents find themselves in precarious positions, swallowing the poisoning pills of the politicization of higher education.
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South Carolina lawmakers rekindle bill limiting how topics like race are taught
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
via The Associated Press (South Carolina)A small group of lawmakers in South Carolina has rekindled debate on a bill that would limit how topics like race can be taught in public school K-12 classrooms.
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NC officials, state candidates discuss future of education at ‘Eggs and Issues’ breakfast
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
via CBS 17 (North Carolina)Candidates for state and local offices spent Tuesday talking about their future plans for education.
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Maine Commercial Real Estate Transactions: April 2024
Tuesday, May 7th, 2024
via Portland Press Herald (Maine)Broker submitted sales and leases for land, industrial, office, retail and more.
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HISD’s Black, Hispanic students underrepresented in GT program in 2022-23 year, report finds
Monday, May 6th, 2024
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)HISD is overidentifying students as gifted and talented, but Black and Hispanic students remain underrepresented in the program, per a new report.
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Is the Utah convention system still relevant?
Monday, May 6th, 2024
via Daily Herald (Utah)It was among the most memorable moments from the Utah Republican Party's state nominating convention last Saturday. From the moment Utah Gov. Spencer Cox walked out onto the stage, he was met with a…
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‘Fear hovering over us’: As Florida dismantles DEI, some on campuses are pushing back
Friday, May 3rd, 2024
via Detroit Free Press (Michigan)Students and faculty have devised workarounds to DEI bans in Florida, which along with Texas, has the most extreme anti-DEI laws in the country.
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