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Banquet explores how Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream continues into present day
Monday, January 15th, 2024
via Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa)On the eve of the 2024 Iowa Caucus, Michael Blackwell related how Martin Luther King Jr.'s dreams are still relevant today.
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At MLK tribute Youngkin reflects on history — and the future
Monday, January 15th, 2024
via The Daily Progress (Virginia)Youngkin reflected on a figure in more recent history: Del. Don Scott Jr.
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10 years ago, Gov. Peter Shumlin highlighted the opioid crisis. Has Vermont made any progress?
Monday, January 15th, 2024
via Valley News (Vermont)Vermont's Legislature-opening State of the State speech is usually a predictable affair where the governor outlines a laundry list of accomplishments and priorities. But on Jan. 8, 2014, Gov. Peter…
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VOICES: Martin Luther King and Coretta Scott King: Good troublemakers
Sunday, January 14th, 2024
via Dayton Daily News (Ohio)In the spring of 1963 during the campaign to integrate Birmingham, Alabama's downtown business district, Martin Luther King was arrested for leading protests in spite of local injunctions prohibiting…
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The unusual political vocabulary of Ron DeSantis
Saturday, January 13th, 2024
via The Washington Post (South Carolina)DeSantis's at times esoteric political vocabulary reflects who he is as a presidential candidate: wonkish, cerebral and attuned to the leading edges of a conservative 'war on woke.'
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Veteran CT teacher claims in lawsuit he was punished for criticizing district DEI initiative
Saturday, January 13th, 2024
via Hartford Courant (Connecticut)The suit, filed in U.S. District Court, asks for erasure of the discipline, as well as financial compensation and legal fees.
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DC Area Educators for Social Justice to host curriculum fair ahead of BLM ‘Week of Action’
Friday, January 12th, 2024
via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)DC Area Educators for Social Justice is hosting a fair to push public schools into "national demands based in the Black Lives Matter guiding principles."
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Utah state board rejects proposal to repeal ‘educational equity’ rule for public schools
Friday, January 12th, 2024
via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)The Utah State Board of Education narrowly rejected a proposal to repeal its "educational equity" rule for K-12 public schools. The rule promises equal educational opportunities for all students, but…
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A Utah lawmaker’s anti-DEI bill targets diversity statements and more
Friday, January 12th, 2024
via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)Here's a look at the first anti-DEI bill now public ahead of Utah's legislative session that targets diversity statements, trainings, course syllabi and more.
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Abcarian: Diversity efforts wrecked to prove we’re all equal
Friday, January 12th, 2024
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The New Segregation on Campus
Thursday, January 11th, 2024
via The Wall Street Journal (California)UCLA's medical school divides students by race to teach ‘antiracism.'
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Americans oppose most Trump policies
Thursday, January 11th, 2024
via The Washington Post (Washington)Only four of 30 policies polled had the support of a majority of Americans.
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Nursing students have strong feelings about DEI initiatives at their schools
Thursday, January 11th, 2024
via Miami Herald (Florida)BestColleges conducted a survey to learn more about the role of DEI initiatives in nursing school and the nursing profession.
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Superintendent Jill Underly talks diversity, censorship and challenges facing Wisconsin schools
Thursday, January 11th, 2024
via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)Wisconsin schools superintendent Jill Underly discusses student progress, culture wars, school vouchers and the health of public schools
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Don Scott becomes first Black speaker in Virginia Legislature’s 400-year history
Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
via Delaware Public Media (Delaware)Del. Don Scott, a rising star among Virginia Democrats with a unique personal story, was voted in as speaker of the Virginia Statehouse.
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Former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer reflects on his tenure, criticizes right-wing extremism ⋆ Michigan Advance
Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
via Michigan Advance (Michigan)Although the city of Detroit was facing significant budget woes on Jan. 2, 1994 — his first day on the job — former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer told the Advance that he is proud of his two-term tenure…
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In Massachusetts’ richest towns, many top-ranked schools cling to outdated methods of teaching reading
Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)More than a third of children in the state's 50 wealthiest communities failed to meet expectations on last spring's English Language Arts MCAS exam, according to a Globe analysis of test results for grades 3-8.
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January 3, 2024 Davison County Commissio
Wednesday, January 10th, 2024
via Mitchell Republic (South Dakota)JANUARY 3, 2024 CALL TO ORDER Auditor Kiepke called the first meeting of 2024 of the Davison County Board of Commissioners to order at 9:00 a.m. Members of the Board present were Claggett, Kiner,…
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South Carolina Republican agenda includes energy resilience, gender care, Black history and guns
Tuesday, January 9th, 2024
via The Associated Press (South Carolina)Republican lawmakers who pull all the levers of the South Carolina Legislature want to dispense with so-called 'social issues' this session and focus on pocketbook matters.
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