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Johnson has a plan on migrants
Wednesday, September 6th, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)Good Wednesday morning, Illinois. I hear thunder, and there's a break in the heat. Four more buses carrying asylum seekers will land in Chicago today, according to Mayor Brandon Johnson, who accused…
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Six things to know heading into the 2023-24 school year in Western New York
Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
via The Buffalo News (New York)Here are six things to know as the school year gets underway in Western New York.
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‘Friday Night Lights’ author Buzz Bissinger is an unlikely hero in book-ban fight
Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
via Detroit Free Press (Michigan)Book Bans, Racism
Organization that threatened Waterloo with lawsuit positive it would win
Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
via Waterloo Courier Inc (Iowa)'We would take them to federal court,' Liberty Counsel's founder and chairman Mat Staver said.
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LIST: Which books have been challenged in Palm Beach County Schools?
Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
via Palm Beach Post (Florida)School district records show that all the complaints were filed by parents, although the records do not say where the parents' children attended school.
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Southbury residents push back on book bans
Monday, September 4th, 2023
via Republican-American (Connecticut)SOUTHBURY - About 30 or so area residents gathered under a tree in front of Playhouse Corner in Southbury Sunday afternoon to rally against what they say is the targeted banning of certain books in…
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Biden fights back against GOP onslaught on education — cautiously
Sunday, September 3rd, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)Some activists want the president to confront conservatives more directly on school-related issues
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Moms for Liberty growing in state
Sunday, September 3rd, 2023
via Madison.com (Wisconsin)K-12 EDUCATION CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT
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Wes Anderson says Roald Dahl books shouldn’t be edited
Friday, September 1st, 2023
via Deseret News (Utah)Anderson says he doesn't even want artists to change their work
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What can Florida school vouchers pay for? New lists are raising eyebrows.
Friday, September 1st, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)A roundup of Florida education news from around the state
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Jodi Picoult speaks out about Iowa school district banning her New York Times bestseller
Friday, September 1st, 2023
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)Jodi Picoult spoke out about Urbandale schools banning her New York Times No. 1 bestselling book
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Kansas reporter files federal lawsuit against police chief who raided her newspaper’s office
Friday, September 1st, 2023
via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Illinois)One of the reporters who works at the small Kansas newspaper that was raided by authorities last month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief Wednesday.
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Librarians facing more staffing challenges, threats and even violence amid book bans
Thursday, August 31st, 2023
via WPXI-TV (Pennsylvania)Many public librarians are being forced to quit over concerns about their safety.
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Satisfaction with quality of K-12 education falls to record low: Gallup
Thursday, August 31st, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)Americans' satisfaction with the K-12 education system has tied for a record low at the start of the 2023-2024 school year, according to a poll released by Gallup Thursday. Only 36 percent of Americans today are completely or somewhat satisfied with U.S. education, equaling the low seen in 2000. The record comes as both Republicans...
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‘Questioning their own validity’: Most challenged books in Iowa tell stories of underrepresented people
Thursday, August 31st, 2023
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General
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‘Contra/Banned’ at the Siskel Center: Sex, religion, Jayne Mansfield and other movie troublemakers
Thursday, August 31st, 2023
via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)"Contra/Banned" curator Rebecca Fons: "With book bans around the country right now, it felt like the Film Center could do something in response."
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Panel recommends cutting or consolidating nearly half of Iowa boards and commissions
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
via Quad City Times (Iowa)The committee tasked with reviewing Iowa's boards and commissions has identified 88 boards for elimination and dozens more for consolidation.
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Residents pack Horry County school board meeting to debate book bans
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)The Horry County School District has removed 12 books from library shelves and restricted access to nine others, requiring students to receive parental permission before they can read them. These
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In Iowa and elsewhere, bans on LGBTQ+ ‘conversion therapy’ become a conservative target
Tuesday, August 29th, 2023
via Waterloo Courier Inc (Iowa)Threatened litigation that caused the Waterloo council to repeal its ban on 'conversion therapy' is part of a deepening national movement to challenge protections for LGBTQ+ kids.
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