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Waverly-Shell Rock superintendent’s leadership praised after school board evaluation

Friday, July 14th, 2023

via Waterloo Courier Inc (Iowa)

The board held the superintendent's annual assessment Monday in closed session.

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Florida schools struggle to apply new book law in which even Shakespeare is ‘suspect’

Friday, July 14th, 2023

via Herald-Tribune (Florida)

To be or not to be on the shelf? That's the question Florida school districts are asking as they figure out how to apply a new book challenge law.

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City of Cedar Falls recognized for financial excellence

Thursday, July 13th, 2023

via Waterloo Courier Inc (Iowa)

The certificate is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting.

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California replaces textbooks canceled by far-right board

Thursday, July 13th, 2023

via POLITICO (New York)

Newsom's announcement is the latest development in a feud between state Democrats and a conservative school board.

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State senator wants to ban book bans in Pennsylvania

Thursday, July 13th, 2023

via CBS News (Pennsylvania)

A Pennsylvania state senator is introducing a bill that would basically ban schools and public libraries from banning books.

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Requests to remove 39 books from school libraries to be reviewed by Carroll County Public Schools committee

Thursday, July 13th, 2023

via Baltimore Sun (Maryland)

Superintendent Cynthia McCabe said Wednesday that the system has received about 30 formal requests in the past several weeks to remove books and each will be considered individually. She said next steps are review by a superintendent-appointed Reconsideration Committee.

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New Energy Blue facility good for farmers, workers

Thursday, July 13th, 2023

via Globe Gazette (Iowa)

A new biofuel plant is set to begin construction next spring. Its products will eventually be used to make plastic products.

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Reading for fun plunges to ‘crisis’ level for US students

Thursday, July 13th, 2023

via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)

Amid a cascade of devastating reports showing classroom test scores plummeting nationwide, U.S. students have also hit a record low in their leisure time: Casual reading has collapsed. Only 14 percent of students say they read for fun every day, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) report released recently, down three points...

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School’s Out, but Education News Churns On

Thursday, July 13th, 2023

via The New York Times (Mississippi)

Stephanie Saul, a national education reporter, shares what she's been hearing on college campuses, even in the summer months.

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Winning Powerball Double Play ticket worth $50,000 sold in Portage

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

Someone who purchased a Powerball Double Play lottery ticket for Monday's drawing at a Northwest Indiana gas station likely has a big smile on their face.

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About the series

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via Quad City Times (Iowa)

This year's legislative session was hugely consequential, criticized by some Iowans and praised by others. The laws passed, from tax cuts to school regulations to book bans to restrictions on

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Abortion already practically unavailable in Indiana even before new restrictions take effect

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

"Our health centers are overbooked for abortion appointments and our patients are overwhelmed trying to get care," said Rebecca Gibron, Indiana Planned Parenthood CEO.

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Children’s picture books are the next targets for book bans

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

This series examines who and what drive objections to K-12 texts amid a culture war over what children should read.

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Old Lyme library refuses to remove two controversial books from its shelves

Wednesday, July 12th, 2023

via The Day (Connecticut)

Old Lyme ― The Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library Board of Trustees on Tuesday weighed in on a controversy that has raised questions about the definition of censorship in the small, shoreline town…

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Moms for Liberty objections lead Leon County Schools superintendent to pull five books

Tuesday, July 11th, 2023

via Palm Beach Post (Florida)

Following prodding from a Moms for Liberty chapter, Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna decided to remove five books from high school libraries.

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Hoosier parents urged to get children vaccinated before school starts

Monday, July 10th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

"Routine immunizations are the best way to protect children from highly contagious diseases," said Dr. Lindsay Weaver, state health commissioner.

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Sanctioned former Indiana attorney general seeking Republican governor nomination

Monday, July 10th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

Former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill Jr. announced Monday he is seeking the 2024 Republican nomination for governor.

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How one university is bolstering rural health care

Monday, July 10th, 2023

via POLITICO (New York)

Across the country, there has been rising alarm over the potential for hundreds of closures of rural hospitals that have been facing economic strain.

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Maine home-schooling numbers remain high following pandemic spike

Sunday, July 9th, 2023

via Press Herald (Maine)

Experts, parents and advocates cite a number of reasons for a dramatic rise of a system that provides an alternative to traditional schooling.

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