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‘Everyone is shocked’: How Hillsborough officials nixed a teacher pay tax

Saturday, July 20th, 2024

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

Educators are reeling, and planning legal action, after county commissioners scuttled an expected property tax initiative.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

Two Pima County supervisor seats have Democratic, Republican primaries

Saturday, July 20th, 2024

via Arizona Daily Star (Arizona)

A Democratic supervisor faces a primary challenge and two Republican candidates are facing off in the July 30 primaries for eventual challenges in the Nov. 5 general election.

Parents

Tennessee governor’s comparison of school choice to civil rights ‘deeply offensive,’ Democrats say

Friday, July 19th, 2024

via Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee)

In one of the battleground states of the Civil Rights Movement, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is drawing heat for his description of school choice as "the civil rights issue of our time."

Parents

DeSantis endorses 5 Tampa Bay school board candidates

Friday, July 19th, 2024

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

The governor is officially backing 23 board candidates across Florida, including three in Pinellas and two in Hillsborough.

School Board – General, Parent Involvement

With JD Vance next in line, where does DeSantis go from here?

Friday, July 19th, 2024

via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)

The governor could run for president again in 2028, but it would be an uphill battle.

Parents

Column: Who elected Elon Musk our arbiter of social norms?

Friday, July 19th, 2024

via Los Angeles Times (California)

Elon Musk says he's relocating his companies to Texas because California laws 'attack ... families.' Wait till he learns about Texas laws restricting parents' rights over their own children.

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Texas’ Christian-influenced curriculum spurs worries about bullying, church-state separation

Friday, July 19th, 2024

via The Texas Tribune (Texas)

Some secular groups and members of other faiths say the curriculum could give schools too much control over how children are taught religion.

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California plants new flag on transgender student protections

Friday, July 19th, 2024

via KXAN (Texas)

California has thrown down a new gauntlet in the fight over transgender students. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) this week signed a law saying teachers could not be required to tell parents about a student's name or pronoun changes in most circumstances, leading to at least one district filing a lawsuit and tech billionaire Elon […]

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Beware of ‘effort to gut our public school system’

Friday, July 19th, 2024

via Durango Herald (Colorado)

As Shane Voss appropriately noted in The Durango Herald and The Journal on June 28, state politicians continue to propose legislation that threatens public education. Even high-performing charter…

Parents

Want to ban books? Durango Public Library just made it tougher

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via Durango Herald (Colorado)

Requests to ban certain books from school and public libraries – some of which target materials aimed at marginalized groups – have surged in recent years in Colorado and across the United States,…

Book Bans, Parent Involvement

The many outfits, opinions of RNC convention attendees

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via The Washington Post

Attendees of the Republican National Convention share their views — and showcase their styles.

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Biden administration’s Title IX rule faces House GOP opposition

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via Deseret News (Utah)

Republicans argue the new rule, aimed at prohibiting sex-based discrimination, would allow transgender athletes to compete on sports teams

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GOP must end attacks on LGBTQ+ Americans STAFF COMMENTARY

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via The Baltimore Sun (Maryland)

Trump and Vance stir antagonism toward the gay community to garner votes, a costly tradeoff for the most vulnerable among us.

Book Bans, Parent Involvement

Youth vote targeted at ‘party-agnostic’ event for teens, college kids during GOP convention • Michigan Advance

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via Michigan Advance (Michigan)

MILWAUKEE — Young people provided a glimmer of hope on the outskirts of the 2024 Republican National Convention that has been dominated nightly by speeches filled with doom, inaccuracies and fearmongering. A few dozen high school and college students gathered a half-mile away from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, where the RNC is taking place, […]

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‘National Anthem’: America at its openhearted best

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via The Washington Post

Luke Gilford's gentle coming-of-age drama offers an appealing alternate vision of the American West.

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Youth vote targeted at ‘party-agnostic’ event for teens, college kids during GOP convention • Ohio Capital Journal

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via Ohio Capital Journal (Ohio)

A few dozen "party agnostic" high school and college students gathered a half-mile away from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, where the RNC is taking place, to discuss Wednesday how to communicate and…

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CCSD board candidates draw cheers at RNC with Moms for Liberty

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via Las Vegas Sun (Nevada)

Gathered at the Republican National Convention, Moms for Liberty supporters and convention attendees engaged in talks about their fight against policies they see as existential threats ...

School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement, Sex Education

Youth vote targeted at ‘party-agnostic’ event for teens, college kids during GOP convention • Georgia Recorder

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via Georgia Recorder (Georgia)

Young people provided a glimmer of hope on the outskirts of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

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Youth vote targeted at ‘party-agnostic’ event for teens, college kids during GOP convention • Wisconsin Examiner

Thursday, July 18th, 2024

via Wisconsin Examiner (Wisconsin)

A nonpartisan forum for young voters brought together teens and young adults to discuss political engagement

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