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Judge exempts 7 Mississippi universities from revised Title IX rule

Monday, July 22nd, 2024

via Greenwood Commonwealth (Mississippi)

Community colleges, universities and private institutions are among the schools affected by the Kansas judge's unusual ruling.

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Sarasota School Board elections: Edwards, Wood and Babicz face off for District 3 seat

Monday, July 22nd, 2024

via Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)

In the most contended school board seat up for election in Sarasota, three candidates are vying to represent District 3 on the Sarasota School Board.

Racism, School Board – General, Parent Involvement, Social Emotional Learning

Susan Shelley: The ‘final straw’ for innovation in California

Sunday, July 21st, 2024

via OC Register (California)

But this is a wider problem than any one bill.

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Primaried: 3 in Hamilton County delegation draw partisan challenges

Sunday, July 21st, 2024

via Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)

Parents

Larsen facing seven challengers in August primary for Washington’s 2nd District in U.S. House

Saturday, July 20th, 2024

via The Bellingham Herald (Washington)

Long-term incumbent's opponents come from both the right and the left.

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2 Tucson state legislators face challenge in GOP primary

Saturday, July 20th, 2024

via Arizona Daily Star (Arizona)

Three candidates are running in the July 30 Republican primary for the Arizona House in District 17: Incumbent Reps. Rachel Jones and Cory McGarr and businesswoman Anna Orth. Two out

Racism, Parent Involvement

Scenes from the Republican National Convention • Michigan Advance

Saturday, July 20th, 2024

via Michigan Advance (Michigan)

The Republican National Convention in Milwaukee wrapped Thursday night after former President Donald Trump accepted his party's nomination for president for a third time. The States Newsroom team was…

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‘Everyone is shocked’: How Hillsborough officials nixed a teacher pay tax

Saturday, July 20th, 2024

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

Educators are reeling, and planning legal action, after county commissioners scuttled an expected property tax initiative.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Two Pima County supervisor seats have Democratic, Republican primaries

Saturday, July 20th, 2024

via Arizona Daily Star (Arizona)

A Democratic supervisor faces a primary challenge and two Republican candidates are facing off in the July 30 primaries for eventual challenges in the Nov. 5 general election.

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Tennessee governor’s comparison of school choice to civil rights ‘deeply offensive,’ Democrats say

Friday, July 19th, 2024

via Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)

In one of the battleground states of the Civil Rights Movement, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is drawing heat for his description of school choice as "the civil rights issue of our time."

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DeSantis endorses 5 Tampa Bay school board candidates

Friday, July 19th, 2024

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

The governor is officially backing 23 board candidates across Florida, including three in Pinellas and two in Hillsborough.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

With JD Vance next in line, where does DeSantis go from here?

Friday, July 19th, 2024

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

The governor could run for president again in 2028, but it would be an uphill battle.

Parents

Column: Who elected Elon Musk our arbiter of social norms?

Friday, July 19th, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

Elon Musk says he's relocating his companies to Texas because California laws 'attack ... families.' Wait till he learns about Texas laws restricting parents' rights over their own children.

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Texas’ Christian-influenced curriculum spurs worries about bullying, church-state separation

Friday, July 19th, 2024

via The Texas Tribune (Texas)

Some secular groups and members of other faiths say the curriculum could give schools too much control over how children are taught religion.

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California plants new flag on transgender student protections

Friday, July 19th, 2024

via KXAN (Texas)

California has thrown down a new gauntlet in the fight over transgender students. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) this week signed a law saying teachers could not be required to tell parents about a student's name or pronoun changes in most circumstances, leading to at least one district filing a lawsuit and tech billionaire Elon […]

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Beware of ‘effort to gut our public school system’

Friday, July 19th, 2024

via Durango Herald (Colorado)

As Shane Voss appropriately noted in The Durango Herald and The Journal on June 28, state politicians continue to propose legislation that threatens public education. Even high-performing charter…

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Want to ban books? Durango Public Library just made it tougher

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via Durango Herald (Colorado)

Requests to ban certain books from school and public libraries – some of which target materials aimed at marginalized groups – have surged in recent years in Colorado and across the United States,…

Book Bans, Parent Involvement

The many outfits, opinions of RNC convention attendees

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via The Washington Post

Attendees of the Republican National Convention share their views — and showcase their styles.

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Biden administration’s Title IX rule faces House GOP opposition

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via Deseret News (Utah)

Republicans argue the new rule, aimed at prohibiting sex-based discrimination, would allow transgender athletes to compete on sports teams

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