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Vivek Ramaswamy’s 5 boldest declarations on identity and belonging, and why it matters

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via al.com (Alabama)

Young biotech investor and billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy is taking the GOP by storm with his ultra-conservative policy proposals and statements about what it means to be American, and how that could change if he's elected.

Parents

School board adopts transgender model policies

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via The Daily Progress (Virginia)

Madison County School Board members have adopted the state's new model policies for the treatment of transgender students in K-12 schools.

Parent Involvement, School Board – General

Red states quit nation’s oldest library group amid culture war over books

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

They are turning down money and training from a 150-year-old organization they believe is set on promulgating explicit books for children's reading.

Parent Involvement, School Board – General

2 asked to leave CCSD board meeting over sex ed comments

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nevada)

Two people were asked by police to leave a Clark County School Board meeting Thursday after yelling at trustees while they considered an item about a Sex Education Advisory Committee.

Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, School Board – General

Teacher-union head slammed for comparing school-choice backers to segregationists

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

Teachers' union chief Randi Weingarten equated parents who seek alternatives to traditional public schools to segregationists, a comparison that didn't sit well with conservatives, starting with Sen. Tim Scott.

Parents

Moms for Liberty is in Mesa tonight. Who are they and why are they here?

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via azcentral.com (Arizona)

Parents

Judge restricts use of FOI in Missy Bosch case for 60 days

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)

Judge's order temporarily restricting use of FOI in MIssy Bosch lawsuit against Cabot schools applies to everyone, not just those involved in Bosch lawsuit.

Parents

Capitol Notebook: State senator calls ethics complaint against her ‘politically motivated’

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via The Gazette (Iowa)

Legislative committee deadlocks on complaint against Cedar Rapids Democrat

Parent Involvement, School Board – General

Youngkin signs budget with hoopla and no nod to defeats

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

The bill sent to Gov. Glenn Youngkin's desk scrapped his proposed corporate cuts entirely and turned his recurring cuts for individuals into one-time rebates.

Parents

Oklahoma is promoting PragerU materials in schools. Critics call it ‘right-wing propaganda’

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via WPXI-TV (Pennsylvania)

Oklahoma will encourage its teachers to use material from conservative website PragerU, making it the latest state to take steps toward what critics call a whitewashing of American history in…

Parent Involvement, Racism, School Board – General

Tim Scott blasts teachers union leader for comparing parental rights to segregation

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via The Gazette (Colorado)

Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) slammed American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten on Wednesday for her comparison of parental rights advocates to Jim Crow-era segregationists, claiming white liberals will cry

Parents

Md. judiciary chairman: Youth violence is ‘a failing … of all of us’

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Maryland)

Overall youth violence in Maryland has been declining for over a decade, but with carjackings and gun violence up, lawmakers are looking for solutions.

Parents

Yaeger and Briscoe vying to replace Spokane Valley City Councilwoman Brandi Peetz

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via The Spokesman Review (Washington)

The two conservatives are both making their first runs for office.

Parents

65th District candidates debate at University of Mary Washington

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via Fredericksburg (Virginia)

Lee Peters III and Joshua Cole are vying for the redrawn 65th House District, which includes all of Fredericksburg, four precincts in Spotsylvania and 10 in Stafford.

Parents

Open-records law subject of hearing in federal suit over school ban

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

The Arkansas Freedom of Information Act was front and center Wednesday in a federal court hearing called to determine if attorneys for a Cabot woman banned from public schools in the city will be…

Parent Involvement, School Board – General

Maryland father organizes international student walkout for parental rights on Thursday

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

A Frederick County, Maryland, parent is pushing for an international school walkout on Thursday.

Parents

Parents, students and staff clash over book ban in Carroll County

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via WBAL-TV 11 (Maryland)

Parents, educators and students are debating what books should be allowed on school shelves in Carroll County after the superintendent pulled several books.

Parent Involvement, Book Bans

Carroll County parents and librarians rally against 58 book removals brought about by Moms for Liberty

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via Baltimore Sun (Maryland)

Dozens of supporters and proponents of taking books off Carroll County's public school library shelves traded perspectives inside and outside the school board meeting Wednesday night. School board members did not comment on the issue.

Parent Involvement, School Board – General

Parental rights, fourth high school among issues broached by School Board candidates

Wednesday, September 13th, 2023

via The Winchester Star (Virginia)

Frederick County School Board candidates shared their positions on issues facing the school system at a forum on Tuesday night.

Parent Involvement, School Board – General