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U.S. teachers on edge as school year begins
Monday, August 28th, 2023
via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)Across the country, teachers are reporting to their unions and principals what they describe as a list of accruing traumas from their classrooms. From disruptions to hallway melees to pushy parents to anxieties around censorship and the increasingly political nature of their jobs, many educators say they are starting this school year on edge.
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An alarming affront
Monday, August 28th, 2023
via NWA Media (Arkansas)On the eve of the new academic year, Gov. Sarah Sanders determined that AP African American History would not be offered for high school credit in Arkansas. The course was in the second year of pilot…
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Requests to ban books hit a 21-year high. See which titles were the most challenged
Sunday, August 27th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)Last year, the ALA recorded 1,050 requests to censor library books in 2022, a 70% increase over the 619 requests in 2021.
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Mobile residents may challenge up to 30 library books that include LGBTQ+ concepts
Sunday, August 27th, 2023
via al.com (Alabama)The women are inspired by efforts elsewhere in the state and nationwide, and have already asked for a review of four books they deem troubling for children to read.
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Biden struggling to keep eyes on 2024 prize, not latest GOP drama
Sunday, August 27th, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)President Joe Biden returns to Washington, D.C., this week following an extended vacation in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, at which point the president plans to resume his regularly scheduled campaign programming.
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Man removed from Fort Worth school board meeting while reading book pulled from shelves
Sunday, August 27th, 2023
via Texarkana Gazette (Arkansas)FORT WORTH, Texas -- Tensions flared at the Fort Worth school district's board meeting Tuesday when a community member was escorted out of the meeting by law enforcement while speaking out against books with sexual content.
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In some schools, dread over the new year: ‘We’re scared to teach’
Sunday, August 27th, 2023
via The Day (Connecticut)After two years, Tyler Johnson had seen enough. Fights had been starting more frequently at the Maryland school where he taught special-education social studies, and students were having verbal outbu...
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Right-wing sheriffs group that challenges federal law gaining acceptance across US
Saturday, August 26th, 2023
via The Daily Progress (Virginia)A national group of sheriffs that claims the top law enforcers in American counties are not bound by federal law has quietly spread its ideology across the U.S.
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In some schools, dread over the new year: ‘We’re scared to teach’
Saturday, August 26th, 2023
via Press Herald (Maine)cross the country, teachers are reporting to their unions and principals what they describe as a list of accruing traumas from their classrooms.
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Teachers are being threatened and attacked in schools
Saturday, August 26th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Iowa)Educators report being threatened and attacked by students and, in some cases, their parents. Elsewhere, they worry about censorship.
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Poll finds Missouri voters back bans on transgender health care
Saturday, August 26th, 2023
via The News Tribune (Missouri)As Missouri awaited a court decision on whether minors will be barred from receiving puberty blockers or gender transition surgery, a poll released this week shows strong public support for the law.
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Lawrence school board changes policy on who can file complaints about content provided to students
Saturday, August 26th, 2023
via LJWorld.com (Kansas)The Lawrence school district has long had a process for students, parents and community members to formally complain about the content of textbooks and other instructional materials. Now the group of…
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Ashnikko’s ‘Weedkiller’ takes you into a queer dystopian world
Friday, August 25th, 2023
via Kunr (Nevada)Ashnikko takes you into a dystopian apocalyptic wasteland of her own creation with her debut studio album Weedkiller.
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Developer plans homes for grassy area near former Johnson Elementary in Davenport
Friday, August 25th, 2023
via Quad City Times (Iowa)The council voted 7-2, with one abstaining, to allow the redevelopment despite some pushback from neighbors who urged the council to keep the land as is.
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The 13 most banned books in the U.S.
Thursday, August 24th, 2023
via The Dallas Morning News, Inc. (Texas)These are the most frequently banned books in the U.S. Books about gender, sexuality and race are the most frequent targets.
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Cobb schools write new book ban chapter under Georgia ‘parental rights’ law
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via home - georgia recorder (Georgia)Cobb County schools have banned a pair of allegedly explicit books soon after firing a teacher under Georgia's ‘parental rights' law.
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Man kicked out of North Texas school board meeting for reading from banned book
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via The Dallas Morning News, Inc. (Texas)A man was kicked out of a Fort Worth school board meeting after reading a passage from a banned book.
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Poll finds majority of Missourians support anti-transgender policies
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Illinois)The results mirror a national poll released in May.
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Support for gender-affirming care, LGBTQ rights is limited in Missouri, new poll shows
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)The new poll is the state's first in-depth look at Missourians' support of gender-affirming care in the wake of a raft of proposed anti-LGBTQ legislation this year.
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