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Effort to recall two Bay Area school board members leading in initial results
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
via San Francisco Chronicle (California)Two school board members facing recall over a perceived Pride flag ban in their tiny East Bay district are losing their efforts to remain on the board.
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Judge’s order greatly expands where Biden can’t enforce a new rule protecting LGBTQ+ students
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024
via The Associated Press (Alaska)A federal judge in Kansas has blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation.
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Harford teachers union ‘disappointed’ in school board vote against curriculum
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
via The Baltimore Sun (Maryland)The Harford County teachers union voiced disappointment with the Harford Board of Education for not supporting Advanced Placement African American Studies and Social Science curriculums due to what…
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Indy Education: Pahrump HS senior reflects on first state education board term
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2024
via The Nevada Independent (Nevada)In this week's Indy Education, learn about the State Board of Education's student member Michael Keyes, a Pahrump high school student. Plus, book protesters disrupt a school board meeting.
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Search of Christian Ziegler’s cellphone was illegal, judge says
Monday, July 1st, 2024
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)The judge ruled that the police search of Ziegler's cellphone was unconstitutional.
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This San Francisco store ships LGBTQ+ books to places where they are banned
Sunday, June 30th, 2024
via Lincoln Journal Star (Nebraska)The books have gone to places like a Pride center in west Texas and an LGBTQ-friendly high school in Alabama.
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Phil Murphy Continues to Stack State School Board With Progressives
Sunday, June 30th, 2024
via Shore News Network (New Jersey)TRENTON, NJ — Senator Parker Space recently expressed strong opposition on the Senate floor to the proposed removal of Andy Mulvihill, Vice President of the
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A San Francisco store is shipping LGBTQ+ books to states where they are banned
Saturday, June 29th, 2024
via The Associated Press (Alabama)A bookstore in San Francisco is sending boxes of LGBTQ+ books to parts of the country where they are banned.
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Federal government weighs in on suit against…
Friday, June 28th, 2024
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)The federal government 'has a strong interest' in the lawsuit challenging a law requiring teachers to use pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth, according to the brief.
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California lawmakers send student gender notification bill to Newsom after explosive Assembly debate
Friday, June 28th, 2024
via Los Angeles Times (California)After an emotional and combative debate, California lawmakers sent a bill to Gov. Gavin Newsom that would ban schools from requiring that changes to a student's gender identity be flagged to their…
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Stefan Bean will back charter schools at a time when they are under attack in California
Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
via OC Register (California)We wish him the best.
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Alabama libraries struggle to understand rule changes, possible funding issues
Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
via al.com (Alabama)The library service is making changes while also dealing with a nine percent budget cut.
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‘Sociopathic,’ ‘Slippery Eel of Nothingness’ Gov. Newsom Responsible for Two More Celebrities Leaving California – California Globe
Tuesday, June 25th, 2024
via California Globe (California)Jillian Michaels, Adam Carolla leaving 'Horrible' California
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Meet Stefan Bean, Orange County’s newest superintendent
Tuesday, June 25th, 2024
via OC Register (California)Bean has previously worked as a charter school executive director, superintendent and principal.
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Colorado ballot initiative proposing ban on gender-affirming care for youth is rejected by state Supreme Court
Monday, June 24th, 2024
via The Denver Post (Colorado)The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday rejected a proposed ballot measure that would have broadly banned gender-affirming care and surgery for minors.
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LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books
Saturday, June 22nd, 2024
via The Associated Press (Idaho)Worldwide Pride Month events are underway but they are coming at a time when many people who identify as LGBTQ+ say they are facing increasing difficulties at work, ranging from being repeatedly misgendered to physically assaulted.
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Parts of Washington state parental rights law criticized as a ‘forced outing’ placed on hold
Saturday, June 22nd, 2024
via The Associated Press (Washington)A judge has paused parts of a new Washington state parental rights law derided by critics as a "forced outing" measure.
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O.C. Ed Board taps longtime charter school leader Stefan Bean as new superintendent
Friday, June 21st, 2024
via Los Angeles Times (California)Four trustees on the conservative-majority panel endorsed Bean's bid to unseat Supt. Al Mijares in 2022. On Tuesday, the board appointed the Garden Grove charter leader to succeed Mijares, retiring…
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NC superintendent’s race: Former Guilford schools leader? Or Cary education activist? The stakes are high.
Friday, June 21st, 2024
via Winston-Salem Journal (North Carolina)He's a lawyer who led a school system and recently ran a foundation. She's a nurse who became a homeschool teacher and then an education activist.
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