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Iowa regents tell campuses to ‘refrain’ from political and policy posts
Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)'The proposed revisions clarify expectations regarding university management and oversight of institutional social media accounts,' according to a summary of those policy revisions, which came back before the board for approval in February. 'The universities are generally expected to refrain from issuing statements on political, social, or public policy matters.'
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‘Squishes’ and controversial posts: Micah Beckwith takes different approach to lt. gov. role
Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
via The Indianapolis Star (Indiana)The GOP activists who elected Lt. Gov. Beckwith appreciate his aggressive, upfront style. Others view it as an affront to the institution.
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Naomi Matunda: Charter school students deserve same funding as other public school students
Wednesday, March 12th, 2025
via The Spokesman-Review (Washington)I am the mother of three boys in public schools here in Spokane – 14-year-old twins and a 7-year-old.
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Rafael Cruz, father of Ted Cruz, wants Texas to require school lessons about ‘evil’ of communism
Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
via The Texas Tribune (Texas)The prominent right-wing pastor told state lawmakers that an anti-communist curriculum is crucial to reaffirming that America is a 'Christian country.'
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Judge blocks Trump order canceling teacher training grants after California, others sue
Tuesday, March 11th, 2025
via Los Angeles Times (California)California and other states win court order temporarily blocking Trump shutdown of teacher training programs.
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State orders Southwick schools to take ‘corrective actions’ after ‘mock slave auction’ last year
Monday, March 10th, 2025
via Boston.com (Massachusetts)State officials found that the district failed to comply with the Civil Rights Act "because the school knew, or should have known, of a hostile environment based on race."
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What bills are moving at the Iowa legislature this year?
Monday, March 10th, 2025
via Globe Gazette (Iowa)Session's first deadline winnows bills that won't advance.
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St. Louis teacher training program slashed in Trump administration’s education cuts
Monday, March 10th, 2025
via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Illinois)Rising Teachers at SLU pays for school staff to earn degrees and teacher certificates while working in high-need districts across St. Louis.
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What bills still are moving at the Iowa Legislature this year?
Monday, March 10th, 2025
via Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier (Iowa)Session's first deadline winnows bills that won't advance.
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Virginia Education Department still hasn’t released all history teaching materials
Sunday, March 9th, 2025
via The Daily Progress (Virginia)Virginia's Education Department was supposed to release new history teaching standards last week. There's still no sign of them.
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Two San Diego women talk about their path to success after leaving the criminal justice system
Sunday, March 9th, 2025
via The San Diego Union-Tribune (California)One woman was tutoring other former inmates in a post-prison program, helping them get better grades when a staff member urged her into another program that would help her with her own education. A…
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DEI bans, Medicaid work requirements: Which bills are alive after Iowa’s 1st ‘funnel’ week?
Sunday, March 9th, 2025
via The Des Moines Register (Iowa)High-profile Republican priorities are advancing after the Iowa Legislature's first
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Iowa lawmakers introduced 1,500+ bills this session. Which survived the ‘funnel’ deadline?
Sunday, March 9th, 2025
via The Ames Tribune (Iowa)High-profile Republican priorities are advancing after the Iowa Legislature's first
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D.C.’s Black Lives Matter mural will be erased. Look back at the iconic street painting
Saturday, March 8th, 2025
via Georgia Public Broadcasting (Georgia)Over the past five years, Washington, D.C.'s iconic Black Lives Matter street painting has served as a powerful symbol of activism and a gathering place for joy and resistance.
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What bills still are moving at the Iowa Capitol this year?
Saturday, March 8th, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)State lawmakers hit the 2025 session's first 'funnel' deadline, which revokes the eligibility of bills that did not reach a certain approval threshold.
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Shelli Boggs appeals school grant axed in Trump anti-DEI cuts
Saturday, March 8th, 2025
via The Arizona Republic (Arizona)The Maricopa County School Superintendent's Office received a three-year, $11.2 million grant in 2023 to fund 20 full-time positions in 15 schools.
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Complete results from Day 2 of the PIAA Class 2A Wrestling Championships
Friday, March 7th, 2025
via PennLive (Pennsylvania)The finals are set after Day 2 of the PIAA 2A Wrestling Championships in Hershey
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Iowa university websites accumulate dead links as they scrub DEI content
Friday, March 7th, 2025
via The Gazette (Iowa)'I am directing the institutions to pull down any current or archived web pages regarding diversity, equity, and/or inclusion,' regents President Sherry Bates said in a statement last month following continued criticism from Republican lawmakers upset with any evidence of diversity, equity and inclusion work across the public universities.
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VMI’s first Black superintendent says ouster is based on politics, not job performance
Friday, March 7th, 2025
via The Associated Press (Washington)The first Black superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute says his forced departure is the result of politics rather than his job performance.
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