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Trump’s call to dismantle Education Department shows Republican rightward lurch and his grip on GOP
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
via The Associated Press (Mississippi)Since it was created in 1979, the Education Department has enjoyed enough bipartisan support to keep it in business, with some Republicans even embracing its role in funding and shaping public schools.
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Four points people need to understand about Trump’s Education Department closure
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
via Los Angeles Times (California)The dismantling of the department has been unofficially in progress for weeks, but Trump's impact on education already has been substantial in California.
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Texas Senate passes bill to eliminate DEI in K-12 schools
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
via KXAN (Texas)Texas state senators voted along party lines this week to pass an education omnibus bill that would eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies at K-12 public schools.
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What does Education Department do and what will Trump’s order mean?
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
via NBC Chicago (Illinois)Amid reports the White House is preparing an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education, many are asking what that might mean for the U.S. and schools.
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‘More of a struggle’: Some parents worry how Trump’s Ed Department order will harm children, schools
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)The Trump administration issued an executive order Friday to dismantle the Department of Education.
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Alabama state library leader fired after two years of conservative scrutiny
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
via al.com (Alabama)Nancy Pack was fired effective immediately.
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House, Senate pass competing parental rights bills
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
via The Union Leader (New Hampshire)Ending years of frustration and narrow defeats, House Speaker Sherman Packard celebrated Thursday after a sweeping parental rights bill cleared the House of Representatives with a smattering of…
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Both sides of the school voucher debate are invoking the Civil Rights Movement. Who is right?
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
via San Antonio Express-News (Texas)Sen. Ted Cruz has likened vouchers to 'the civil rights issue of our time." But critics note they were used in the 1950s to fight integrated schools.
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Will Texas ban DEI in public schools? Here’s what the Senate is proposing, advancing.
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
via Austin American-Statesman (Texas)The Texas Senate gave initial approval to a bill that would prohibit diversity training and hiring practices in schools and ban some student clubs.
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Fear, sadness and anger: LGBTQ communities in central Illinois respond to Trump policies
Thursday, March 20th, 2025
via The State Journal-Register (Illinois)Parents
Trump said to sign order aimed at dismantling Education Department
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via The Spokesman-Review (Washington)President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday instructing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dismantling the agency, according to two White House officials.
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Trump Is Said to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via The New York TimesThe order, which President Trump may sign on Thursday, will lay the groundwork for eventually shuttering the agency, reassigning some of its primary duties.
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Controversial home-school legislation passes key House test
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via Daily Herald (Illinois)SPRINGFIELD — After nearly three hours of debate before a packed hearing room, a state House committee on Wednesday voted to advance a bill that would impose new requirements on home schooling,…
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Fewer California kindergarten students immunized against measles last year, new data show
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via Los Angeles Times (California)New data from the California Department of Public Health showed a drop in immunization among school-age children. Measles vaccination rates have dropped dangerously low in some counties.
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Arizona Supreme Court taps AI avatars to make the judicial system more ‘publicly accessible’
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via ABC15 Arizona (Arizona)Arizona's highest court has created a pair of AI-generated avatars to deliver news of every ruling issued by the justices.
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Transgender-related locker room complaint puts Lake County middle school in national spotlight; ‘The girls … want their privacy back’
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)In a statement, the school district said students are not required to change into gym clothes in front of others in locker rooms, and have 'multiple options to change in a private location if they …
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Chicago Public Schools, Illinois Board of Ed violated civil rights law, complaint alleges
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via FOX 32 Chicago (Illinois)Two conservative legal organizations claim CPS and the Illinois Board of Education are violating students' civil rights with their policies about gender identity.
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How the Ohio Senate plans to fix an AI-driven energy shortage: Capitol Letter
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via Cleveland.com (Ohio)The bill could hit the Senate floor Wednesday.
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House Health Committee removes religious, philosophical exemptions from vaccine bill
Wednesday, March 19th, 2025
via Parkersburg News and Sentinel (West Virginia)CHARLESTON — After weeks since its first hearing in the House Health and Human Services Committee, lawmakers removed a proposed religious and philosophical exemption from a bill dealing with West…
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