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Kansas reporter files federal lawsuit against police chief who raided her newspaper’s office

Friday, September 1st, 2023

via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Illinois)

One of the reporters who works at the small Kansas newspaper that was raided by authorities last month filed a federal lawsuit against the police chief Wednesday.

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The GOP presidential race reaches the classroom as candidates speak out on parents’ rights, school choice

Thursday, August 31st, 2023

via Deseret News (Utah)

GOP presidential candidates have called for more parent involvement in K-12 education

Parent Involvement, Racism, School Board – General

Satisfaction with K-12 education ties all-time low in new poll

Thursday, August 31st, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

A new poll says the public is overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the quality of K-12 education in the United States.

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This Bucks County man spent $500,000 on the last Pa. school board races. Here’s what we know about his involvement this year.

Thursday, August 31st, 2023

via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)

The Back to School political action committee Paul Martino started is now branding itself as a conservative super PAC seeking to 'stop the liberal left.'

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Explicit books removed from K-12 school libraries but only after a public reading at school board

Thursday, August 31st, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

At least 20 books are being removed from libraries in a Florida school district as the result of parents reading out loud objectionable passages from the books they deemed sexually explicit and inappropriate for children at a school board meeting.

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St. Charles County parents aim to remove students from lessons with ‘ideological subversion’

Thursday, August 31st, 2023

via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Illinois)

'Operation Opt-Out' gives parents 'as much knowledge as possible to combat the ideological subversion that is being forced on our children.'

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Biden’s Department of Education: Segregation is sort of OK

Thursday, August 31st, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

Last week, the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance telling school districts that segregating students by race is perfectly acceptable, so long as it isn't strictly enforced.

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Bank agrees to settlement in Tulsa ‘redlining’ case

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023

via The Journal Record (Oklahoma)

An Oklahoma-based bank accused of 'redlining' its operations to exclude Black and Hispanic people from getting loans has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Does social and emotional learning work? Let’s hope not

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

Social and emotional learning (SEL) advocates always insist that their enterprise is 'evidence-based.' There is, in truth, remarkably little rigorous evidence demonstrating SEL's academic benefits. A 2017 Rand Corporation review of the SEL literature found a single study meeting its highest…

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Florida reviewers of AP African American Studies sought ‘opposing …

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023

via The Virginian-Pilot (Virginia)

Alexander Weheliye, African American studies professor at Brown University, said the evaluators' comments on the units about slavery were a 'complete distortion' and 'whitewashing' of what happened historically.

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Atomic Brands and Orendain Family Partner to Bring Tequila to the U.S. Market

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023

via WAFF (Alabama)

Atomic will distribute their Ollitas Tequila line within the U.S. and strengthen presence moving forward. MIAMI, Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Atomic Brands, a fast-growing spirits producer, and…

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Governors may make good presidents − unless they become ‘imperial governors’ like DeSantis

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023

via KSTP TV LLC. (Minnesota)

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.)

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Ask Dr. E: How do I convince my daughter not to send my grandkids to a ‘crazy’ public school?

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

In my opinion, America's educational system is a complete mess. I'm having a hard time, however, convincing my daughter not to send my grandkids to one of these crazy local public schools. Can you offer any advice?

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Locals discuss history class battle

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023

via Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. (Arkansas)

While none of Jefferson County's three public school districts offer the pilot Advanced Placement African American Studies course, the debate over it at the state Capitol resonates across Arkansas.

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Idaho school trustees recalled in rebuke of hiring, ‘hidden agendas’

Wednesday, August 30th, 2023

via Spectrum News (North Carolina)

The trustees hired an unqualified superintendent.

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Pennridge approves controversial new curriculum despite opposition, but delays some courses until next year

Tuesday, August 29th, 2023

via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)

One woman said her grandchildren have 'been traumatized with all the federal influence' on schools, and called Hillsdale, a Christian school, 'an honorable college with good moral values.'

Parent Involvement, Racism, School Board – General

DeSantis facing criticism from Black leaders after Jacksonville …

Tuesday, August 29th, 2023

via The Washington Post (Iowa)

Many Black Floridians' anger at DeSantis erupted anew as the Republican presidential candidate responded to racist violence in his home state.

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Residents pack Horry County school board meeting to debate book bans

Tuesday, August 29th, 2023

via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)

The Horry County School District has removed 12 books from library shelves and restricted access to nine others, requiring students to receive parental permission before they can read them. These

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Gov. DeSantis faces Black leaders’ anger after racist killings in Jacksonville

Tuesday, August 29th, 2023

via CBS News (Pennsylvania)

State House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell said DeSantis' policies on race combine to embolden racists and extremists

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