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September 5, 2023 CALL TO ORDER Chairper …

Wednesday, September 13th, 2023

via Mitchell Republic (South Dakota)

September 5, 2023 CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Reider called the regular meeting of the Davison County

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CCSD superintendent defends self to school board

Tuesday, September 12th, 2023

via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)

CCSD board member calls surprise emergency meeting on Sept. 11 "a complete waste of time" and an "embarrassment."

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Virginia parents take critical race theory lawsuit against school board to higher court

Tuesday, September 12th, 2023

via The Gazette (Colorado)

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Republicans blast National Archives’s taxpayer-funded equity policies and trainings

Tuesday, September 12th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

(The Center Square) – The federal archive agency that helped spark former President Donald Trump's first federal indictment has come under fire from Republicans after reporting showed the agency has embraced far-left diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

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Garret Graves: GOP majority needs to focus on winning rather than shutting down government

Tuesday, September 12th, 2023

via NOLA (Louisiana)

WASHINGTON – Congressman Garret Graves says Republicans need to coalesce around issues on which the party agrees rather than drive the nation into shutdown over points that don't have enough

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President of SC school librarian group resigns amid tension with state superintendent

Monday, September 11th, 2023

via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)

The president of the South Carolina Association of School Librarians stepped down after the state superintendent of education cut ties with the group and criticized it as having a 'lack

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Meet the parents who say their rights are ignored by the ‘parental rights’ movement

Monday, September 11th, 2023

via home - louisiana illuminator (Louisiana)

Right-wing groups have emerged as a potent political force in the latest chapter of the decades-old 'parental rights' movement.

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Yale study: Asian-American medical students experience racism

Monday, September 11th, 2023

via The Courant (Connecticut)

A Yale School of Medicine study found Asian-American medical students experience racism and invisibility.

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‘Virginia Is the Test Case’: Youngkin Pushes for G.O.P. Takeover This Fall

Monday, September 11th, 2023

via The New York Times (Nevada)

Glenn Youngkin, a popular Republican governor with national ambitions, is trying to help his party take full control of state government in crucial legislative races this year.

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Florida teachers face stiffer sanctions over classroom restrictions

Monday, September 11th, 2023

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

A roundup of Florida education news from around the state

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Challenger to long-time incumbent on Central Valley School Board says district should forgo $33M levy

Monday, September 11th, 2023

via The Spokesman Review (Washington)

There's a lot that differentiates candidates for the Central Valley School Board seat representing district 1.

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These 5 books banned from Florida school shelves might surprise you

Monday, September 11th, 2023

via Palm Beach Post (Florida)

According to a list from the department of education, material removed from school libraries include a book about a mammal from Asia and Michelangelo.

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Meet the parents who say their rights are ignored by the ‘parental rights’ movement ⋆ Michigan Advance

Monday, September 11th, 2023

via Michigan Advance (Michigan)

While right-wing groups like Moms for Liberty have emerged as a potent political force in the latest chapter of the decades-old 'parental rights' movement, parents of LGBTQ+ children and children of…

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Trump rally highlights Republican division with booing of absent Thune, Rounds, Johnson

Sunday, September 10th, 2023

via Mitchell Republic (South Dakota)

The state's all-Republican, three-member congressional delegation — Sens. John Thune and Mike Rounds, and Rep. Dusty Johnson — did not attend the event.

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Naomi Klein Sees Uncanny Doubles in Our Politics

Sunday, September 10th, 2023

via The New Yorker (New York)

A conversation with the writer about her new book, 'Doppelganger,' and the strange intersections of right and left.

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Materials on AP African American studies classes in state sent, firm says

Sunday, September 10th, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

Ahead of Friday's deadline for the six schools offering an Advanced Placement African American studies course to submit all class materials to the state Department of Education, the organization that…

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Mead School Board incumbent casts himself as candidate of change, challenger critical of political element on board

Sunday, September 10th, 2023

via The Spokesman Review (Washington)

Known for authoring a controversial proposal to ban critical race theory from Mead's curriculum, school board member Michael Cannon is running for a second term, saying he'll defend parental rights.…

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Black history is ‘being attacked.’ These parents found alternatives.

Saturday, September 9th, 2023

via Press Herald (Maine)

After Florida began changing its teaching standards on Black history, Kristin Fulwylie Thomas, a former political organizer, quit her job and decided to work full time on a nonprofit she had founded…

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Newsom to Democrats: ‘Buck up’ and back Biden

Saturday, September 9th, 2023

via The New York Times (Texas)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in an interview that he was not running for president and that the time has come for Democrats to rally around President Joe Biden.

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