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West Bonner School Board rendered powerless as trustee inexplicably misses meeting

Thursday, September 21st, 2023

via The Spokesman Review (Washington)

West Bonner County School District trustee Troy Reinbold failed to attend the school board's monthly meeting Wednesday. His absence prevented the board from meeting and, potentially, blocked the…

School Board – General, Racism

Loudoun Co. parents meet and greet new school superintendent, hope to ‘restore the trust’

Thursday, September 21st, 2023

via WTOP (District of Columbia)

Loudoun County Public School parents in Virginia got the chance Wednesday night to meet and greet the new school Superintendent Aaron Spence.

Racism

Returning to Iowa, Trump urges voters to caucus for him

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

via The Gazette (Iowa)

Former president plans five events in Iowa through end of October.

Racism

In Jackson County, Iowa event on Wednesday afternoon, Trump urges his supporters to caucus

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

via Sioux City Journal (Iowa)

At an event at the Jackson County Fairgrounds in Maquoketa, former President Donald Trump, who's ahead in Iowa polling for the GOP nomination, predicted he would win the caucuses in a "historic…

Racism

In Jackson County, Trump urges supporters to caucus

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

via Quad City Times (Iowa)

Jarrett Driscoll and Logan Bauer, both 17 and seniors in high school, arrived at the Jackson County Fairgrounds at 11 p.m. Tuesday night and slept in their cars.

Racism

Rep. Burgess Owens appointed to help draft final defense authorization bill

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

via Deseret News (Utah)

Owens will serve as a key negotiator in the bicameral conference to reconcile House and Senate versions of the the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2024

Racism

Education should be headline issue at next GOP debate

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)

Next year's presidential election is about more than just who occupies the White House for four years; it's a battle to preserve America.

Parent Involvement, Racism

New school year highlights book, curriculum bans facing America’s teachers

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

via WPXI-TV (Pennsylvania)

Two stories of teachers facing discipline and a gubernatorial candidate using a flamethrower underscore the difficulties facing educators as the new school year begins.

Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General, Racism

‘Coastal community’ concern exposes Alabama’s duplicity in redistricting fight

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

via al.com (Alabama)

In AG's logic, one is greater than two.

Racism

House hearing on Chinese influence in schools spurs debate over racism

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)

A House hearing on the threat of Chinese influence in American schools spurred a debate over racism on Tuesday after Democrats accused their GOP colleagues of fueling anti-Asian hate with their continued focus the issue. Tuesday's hearing of an Education subcommittee was entitled 'Academic Freedom Under Attack: Loosening the CCP's Grip on America's Classrooms,' focusing...

Racism, School Board – General

19th-Century Educator Alexander Twilight Broke Racial Barriers, but Only Long After His Death. It’s Complicated.

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

via Seven Days (Vermont)

With the tip of her palette knife, Katie Runde picked up dabs of paint from her palette and dropped each into the center. She blended...

Racism

Yes, many Black parents like school choice, too

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

via Madison.com (Wisconsin)

So now it's Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates' turn to be pilloried for sending a child to a private high school.

Racism

Portland school district launches Wabanaki studies and Black history curriculums

Wednesday, September 20th, 2023

via Press Herald (Maine)

The Wabanaki studies curriculums for kindergarten, first, third and seventh grades are complete and in use in Portland classrooms this school year.

Racism, School Board – General

Cherry Hill School District becomes first in N.J. to mandate African American history course for graduation

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)

"There is no history without Black history," said Farrah Mahan, Cherry Hill's curriculum director, in a push to adopt the mandatory course for the South Jersey district.

Racism, School Board – General

State approves new health and sex ed guidelines

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)

The state first started the process of revising sex ed curriculum standards in 2018, and approved the new framework Tuesday after soliciting public comment over the summer.

LGBTQ+, Racism

Armstrong writes of Birmingham in Black and white

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

via Republican-American (Connecticut)

A couple of decades before Julie Buckner Armstrong was born in Birmingham, Alabama, Black families began to buy homes in neighborhoods there legally designated as whites-only under one of the…

Racism

New Horizon Media Research Reveals 2023 Back-to-School Season As Financially

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

via WBRC (Alabama)

- The "Pencils Ready" Survey Finds Safety, School System Failures, and Inflation among Parents' Top Concerns – NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As the nation prepares for the 2023 school…

Racism, Book Bans

Oakton to host free Hispanic Heritage Month events

Tuesday, September 19th, 2023

via Daily Herald (Illinois)

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, also known as Latinx Heritage Month, now through Oct. 15 at Oakton College by attending events, which are free and open to the public.

Racism

Who should decide what is taught in schools?

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via KHON2 (Hawaii)

Q. Book banning has been around for a long time. As far back as the Civil War, there were attempts by the South to whitewash history. Eighty years ago, Catcher in the Rye was cond…

Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, Racism, Book Bans