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More Than $400,000 Raised So Far In Chicago’s 2024 School Board Elections

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024

via Block Club Chicago (Illinois)

The money is a mix of donations from friends and family, sizable personal loans and support from existing political and labor groups, according to a Chalkbeat analysis.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Drummond asks U.S. Supreme Court to rule on pronouns case from Wisconsin

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

via Tulsa World (Oklahoma)

Oklahoma has joined Virginia and 14 other states to request that the U.S. Supreme Court review a case against a Wisconsin school district involving a gender identity policy for students.

Parents

Anoka-Hennepin school board mulls rewrite of gender-inclusion policy to boost parents’ rights

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

via Star Tribune (Minnesota)

The district's discussion about updating its guidance comes amid debate nationwide over how to craft policies that create safe environments for LGBTQ students.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

GOP adopts education platform that follows Florida’s lead

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state

School Board – General, School Safety, Parent Involvement

Sarasota School Board elections: Karen Rose and Liz Barker face off for District 2 seat

Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

via Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)

In what could be seen as a referendum on the Sarasota School Board leadership, the incumbent board chairwoman faces reelection against a local mother.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

N.H. advocacy groups considering legal action against recently signed anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Monday, July 22nd, 2024

via Concord Monitor (New Hampshire)

New Hampshire advocacy groups are considering legal action to challenge several anti-LGBTQ bills signed into law by Gov. Chris Sununu late last week.Devon Chaffee, executive director of the American…

Parents

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.

Parents

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.

Parents

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.

Parents

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.

Parents

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."

Parents

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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