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State accepting proposals for second round of Healing Illinois grants
Monday, October 23rd, 2023
via Daily Herald (Illinois)The Illinois Department of Human Services recently launched the 2023-24 season of Healing Illinois, the state's $4.5 million racial healing grant-making initiative.
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Long before the Kentucky legislature waged war on ‘woke,’ it accused people of communism
Monday, October 23rd, 2023
via The Columbian (Washington)FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Kentucky saw growing demands for change in the late 1960s — civil rights protests, environmental protests, the anti-war movement, poor people organizing against their own exploitatio
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Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, Oct. 14-20
Saturday, October 21st, 2023
via The New York Times (New York)A lot of players had nonanswers for this week's toughest word.
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Busybody Republicans and their neurotic quest to control public education
Friday, October 20th, 2023
via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)On the Neurotic Style in Arkansas Politics: Sanders and company want to poke around at schools to make sure there's no diversity, equity, inclusion or other indoctrination. So they engage in dreary…
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Michigan Chronicle’s Top Stories of the Week For Oct. 14 – Oct. 20
Friday, October 20th, 2023
via Michigan Chronicle (Michigan)Here are the top stories from the Michigan Chronicle for the Week of Oct. 14 – Oct. 20 Black Tech Weekend Launches in Detroit Black Tech Weekend recently launched in Detroit, bringing together Black tech founders, thought-leaders, and investors to foster innovation and collaboration in the city's thriving tech ecosystem. The event aimed to provide … Continued
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David Banner, Rhapsody Talk on the Intersection of Critical Race Theory and Hip Hop at
Friday, October 20th, 2023
via Michigan Chronicle (Michigan)David Banner, Rhapsody Talk on the Intersection of Critical Race Theory and Hip Hop at
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Meet the Ute Tribe’s new chairman: a bison-wrangling leader ready to protect his people
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023
via The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)Meet the Ute Tribe's new chairman: a bison-wrangling leader ready to protect his people and their land.
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Judges, schools, trash rates and monster warehouses: This local election has everything
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023
via PennLive.com (Pennsylvania)In Pennsylvania, the state of local government, the upcoming municipal election gives voters a chance to shape their communities in a bunch of ways; but school boards seem to be where all the action…
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October 10, 2023 CALL TO ORDER Chairpers
Wednesday, October 18th, 2023
via Mitchell Republic (South Dakota)October 10, 2023 CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Reider called the regular meeting 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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Justice Department and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey Announce Investigation of the City of Trenton and the Trenton Police Department
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
via Shore News Network (New Jersey)Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke for the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Philip R.… Justice Department and U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey Announce Investigation of the City of Trenton and the Trenton Police Department
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Johnson County school board election could be district’s ‘most crucial’ ever. Here’s why
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)Two distinct slates of candidates are running in an election largely focused on diversity and hot political topics.
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State licenses PragerU for classrooms, watchdog weary of ‘extremist’ content
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
via Daily Inter Lake (Montana)Montana Office of Public Instruction licensed PragerU, known for videos misrepresenting history and pushing false right-wing narratives, to provide educational content to schools in the state, should…
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Randall B. Michaelis: Protect our kids by paying attention to school board elections
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
via The Spokesman-Review (Idaho)By Randall B. Michaelis
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Missouri education panel to discuss social-emotional learning standards
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
via News Tribune (Missouri)Missouri's board of education will decide today whether to implement social emotional learning standards for K-12 students.
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Did The CTA Willfully Defy Members By Not Opposing SB 274?
Monday, October 16th, 2023
via California Globe (California)The Bills California Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 274, which eliminates suspensions for willful defiance, truancy, and chronic tardiness, into law last week. The bill was rightfully criticized as…
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Arkansas lawmakers sputter through tedious inquiry into diversity, equity and inclusion on campus
Monday, October 16th, 2023
via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)Dan Sullivan and other neurotic Republicans go hunting for troublesome tidbits of diversity, equity and inclusion.
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For Book Fairs, Scholastic Will Separate Titles That Deal With Race and Gender
Monday, October 16th, 2023
via The New York Times (Florida)Schools can opt to display these books — or not. The list includes biographies of the civil rights icon John Lewis and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
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Missouri education board set to discuss social-emotional learning standards • Missouri Independent
Monday, October 16th, 2023
via Missouri Independent (Missouri)The Missouri State Board of Education will review hundreds of comments critiquing the state department's social-emotional-learning plan.
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Several oppose state bill requiring partisan elections for school board members
Monday, October 16th, 2023
via Dayton Daily News (Ohio)The Ohio School Board Association and some local school board members oppose a state bill that would require school board members to run in partisan elections.
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