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Global monitoring networks, some of them taxpayer-funded, suppress conservative news media
Monday, August 14th, 2023
via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)Conservative media outlets and journalists are fighting against a network of organizations that have worked to kill their advertising revenue by slapping them with misinformation labels.
Racism
In Seattle, test scores lag but opportunities align to help Black male students
Monday, August 14th, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)As part of a Seattle Public Schools initiative to make the system work better for students of color, some students are doing summer internships this year.
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Fact check: Kamala Harris says some states have tried to ‘ban teaching Latino and Hispanic history’
Monday, August 14th, 2023
via Houston Chronicle (Texas)The vice president made the claim during a speech in Florida, where she said the...
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Excuses and diversions, but still no official explanation for dropping AP African American Studies
Sunday, August 13th, 2023
via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)The Arkansas Department of Education's delay in explaining its 11th hour maneuver to cull AP African American Studies from its list of recognized course offerings created an information vacuum. Public…
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Book bans are growing in South Florida schools. You’ve probably read some of these books
Sunday, August 13th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)See the list of challenged books in Miami-Dade and Broward public schools
Book Bans, Racism
Classrooms have become political battlegrounds in Florida. Will it intensify this year?
Sunday, August 13th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)As they prepare to start a new school year, many Miami-Dade and Broward teachers, students and parents are anxious over returning to a classroom given Florida's new education laws.
Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+, Racism, School Board – General
Maryland religion literacy course an eyeopener for educators
Sunday, August 13th, 2023
via WTOP (District of Columbia)Maryland's nearly 900,000 public school students will soon be heading back to school. Over the summer, teachers in every jurisdiction have taken courses to help them face the many challenges in the…
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Harris claim about states banning teaching Latino history relies on flawed examples
Saturday, August 12th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)PolitiFact | One example included Texas in 2016 rejecting a Mexican American studies textbook because it contained errors and racist content.
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The riverfront brawl in Alabama reignites national debate over race
Saturday, August 12th, 2023
via KNPR (Nevada)Police say the fight in Montgomery, Ala., last week doesn't meet the criteria for hate crime charges. But video clearly shows how the violence broke down on racial lines, historian Derryn Moten says.
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MPD officer shot, 4 arrested after pursuit in north Minneapolis
Saturday, August 12th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)A Minneapolis police officer was shot and injured during what authorities describe as an ambush on the city's north side on Friday evening.
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Florida education commissioner skips forum on Black history standards
Saturday, August 12th, 2023
via Star Advertiser (Hawaii)MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. >> Leaders of a forum on Florida's new standards for teaching Black history encouraged parents to let their discontent be heard by showing up at local school board meetings,…
Racism, School Board – General
Pennsylvania’s culturally relevant and sustaining education guidelines causing controversy
Friday, August 11th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)A controversial regulation for school districts enacted in the last days of the Wolf administration is generating lawsuits today.
Racism
Mark Woods: In Florida, back to school is Shakespearean. Part comedy, part tragedy.
Friday, August 11th, 2023
via Jacksonville.com (Florida)The curtain rises on another school year in Florida, a state where modern-day laws have turned education into Shakespearean-worthy comedy and tragedy.
Parent Involvement, Racism, School Board – General
DeSantis super PAC launches grassroots parents coalition
Friday, August 11th, 2023
via The Gazette (Colorado)EXCLUSIVE — Never Back Down, the super PAC supporting Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) presidential bid, announced the creation of a new grassroots coalition, Parents Never Back Down.
School Board – General, Racism
An Ohio election that revolves around abortion rights is fueled by national groups and money
Friday, August 11th, 2023
via Sun Sentinel (Florida)Supporters of a ballot question in Ohio that would make it harder to change the state constitution and could determine the fate of abortion rights there say a yes vote will provide a 'defense against out-of-state meddling.'
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Florida’s African-American history standards blasted at South Florida town hall
Friday, August 11th, 2023
via Sun Sentinel (Florida)Hundreds arrived a historic Black church Thursday night looking for answers about Florida's controversial African-American history standards and left ready to fight against what they see as i…
Parent Involvement, Racism, School Board – General
Miami Gardens’ Black history town hall goes on without Manny Diaz, Jr.
Friday, August 11th, 2023
via CBS News (Pennsylvania)Hundreds of lawmakers, teachers, school board members and parents crowded into a Miami Gardens church Thursday evening for a forum on Florida's new standards for teaching Black history.
Racism, School Board – General
Florida education commissioner skips forum on criticized Black history standards
Friday, August 11th, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)Lawmakers, teachers, school board members and parents crowded into a South Florida church for a forum on Florida's new standards for teaching Black history. But one person was missing.
Racism, School Board – General
DeSantis, campaigning in Coralville, defends ouster of prosecutor
Thursday, August 10th, 2023
via The Gazette (Iowa)'You see these prosecutors who say they're not going to prosecute people, they're not going to hold them accountable,' DeSantis said
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