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Arkansas education secretary says state to review districts’ AP African American Studies materials
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)Arkansas has asked five school districts offering an Advanced Placement African American Studies course to send in their materials for review.
Racism
Arkansas to inspect AP African American Studies lesson plans for evidence of critical race theory, indoctrination
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)The state education secretary noted a particular concern over lessons on "intersections of identity" and "resistance and resilience."
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Mississippi school district pushed equity, quizzed parents on gender identity
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)EXCLUSIVE — A Mississippi school district has been using teacher trainings to incorporate ideas of critical race theory and asked parents if they were comfortable discussing gender identity and sexual
Social Emotional Learning, Parent Involvement, Racism
Sultan: Back-to-school assignment for parents: Read one of these banned books
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Illinois)Students are getting their assignments as they head back to school this month, and their parents should join them.
Book Bans, Racism
On classroom culture wars, teacher in chief Jill Biden treads lightly
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)The first lady has criticized 'book bans,' but has avoided partisan broadsides
Racism, Book Bans
James Byrd’s brutal murder has faded from a Texas town’s memory
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)Twenty-five years after a Black man, James Byrd, was killed by three White men in this East Texas town, many in Jasper are ready to forget.
Racism
Youngkin retools message for new elections with ‘Parents Matter’ talks
Monday, August 21st, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) rode a wave of parental grievance to win in a trending-blue state in 2021. Now he's retooling the theme for legislative races.
School Board – General, Racism
How Ron DeSantis joined the ‘ruling class’ — and turned against it
Sunday, August 20th, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)Early last year, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis nestled into his chair onstage in Naples, Florida, to explain to an audience of the would-be conservative elite his journey through the reigning liberal one they hoped to destroy.
Parent Involvement, Racism
The Education of Ron DeSantis: 5 Takeaways
Sunday, August 20th, 2023
via The New York Times (Florida)Mr. DeSantis, the Republican governor and presidential candidate, leaned heavily on his Ivy League schooling before using it as fodder in the culture wars. Here are key findings from a Times…
Parent Involvement, Racism
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Sunday, August 20th, 2023
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August 15, 2023 CALL TO ORDER Chairperso
Saturday, August 19th, 2023
via Mitchell Republic (South Dakota)August 15, 2023 CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Reider called the regular meeting of the Davison County Board of Commissioners to order at 9:00 a.m. Members of the Board present were Claggett, Nebelsick,…
Racism
Latino Museum in D.C. is essential. Let’s not ruin it with Florida-style politics
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)A recent controversy over the politics of a Smithsonian exhibit must not derail the anticipated National Museum of the American Latino, says Fabiola Santiago.
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An Iowa school district used ChatGPT to ban Buzz Bissinger’s ‘Friday Night Lights.’ He’s not happy.
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via The Philadelphia Inquirer (Pennsylvania)'If you're going to ban a book, you might as well read it,' Bissinger said.
Racism, Book Bans
Georgia teacher fired for reading a book to class about gender identity
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via The Kansas City Star (Kansas)A teacher in Georgia was fired on Thursday after she read a book to her fifth-grade class last school year about gender identity. The Cobb County School Board voted along party lines in a 4-3 vote to terminate Katie Rinderle for reading 'My Shadow Is Purple' by Scott Stuart at Due West Elementary School in...
School Board – General, Racism
Arkansas schools will teach AP African American Studies despite state’s objections
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via azcentral.com (Arizona)Arkansas rejected the course as the school year began, saying it wouldn't count for credit toward graduation and the course was a form of indoctrination.
Racism
‘Black facts, not fiction:’ Dozens blast ‘revisionist’ state standards on slavery history
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via Palm Beach Post (Florida)Superintendent Mike Burke said the district will use longstanding state law to teach Black history. He's called the new standards
Racism, School Board – General
Gen. Milley on Ukraine, Tuberville and ‘wokeness’
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)In today's edition … What we're watching: Camp David summit … American democracy is cracking. These forces help explain why. … but first …
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Controversial character education program OK’d for Carlisle school
Friday, August 18th, 2023
via PENNLive (Pennsylvania)The "Character Strong" program is the subject of a parent court challenge in West Shore School District.
School Board – General, Racism
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AI flags iconic book ‘Friday Night Lights’ as sexually explicit, bans it in Iowa district
Thursday, August 17th, 2023
via The Dallas Morning News, Inc. (Texas)'Friday Night Lights,' the bestselling 1990 book about the 1988 Odessa Permian football team, has been banned from schools in Mason City, Iowa. The decision...
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