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Florida’s GOP chairman ensnared in criminal investigation involving alleged sexual battery
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
via The Washington PostRepublican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler's attorney confirmed the ongoing investigation, and a heavily redacted report released by Sarasota police indicates an incident took place at a Sarasota home in early October.
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Florida GOP chairman ensnared in probe involving alleged sexual battery
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
via The Washington PostRepublican Party Chairman Christian Ziegler's attorney confirmed the ongoing investigation, and a heavily redacted report released by Sarasota police indicates an incident took place at a Sarasota…
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Publishing industry heavy-hitters sue Iowa over state’s new school book-banning law
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
via The Associated PressThe nation's largest publisher is suing over Iowa's new law that bans public school libraries and classrooms from having practically any book that depicts sexual activity.
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Virginia school board rejects LGBTQ youth grant won by Lynchburg teens
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
via The Washington PostLynchburg School Board rejects grant teens won from It Gets Better, a nonprofit founded to prevent LGBTQ youth suicide
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Penguin Random House, Authors Sue Iowa Officials Over School Book Ban
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
via The Wall Street JournalThe federal lawsuit seeking to block school book banning in Iowa is the latest effort by publishers, authors and teachers to counter the removal of works from school classrooms and libraries.
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For Republican Governors, Civics Is the Latest Education Battleground
Thursday, November 30th, 2023
via The New York TimesVirginia, Florida and South Dakota have new standards that focus on patriotism, Christianity and anti-communism. But debating current events? That's discouraged.
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Liz Whitmer Gereghty drops out of competitive New York congressional race
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023
via The Washington PostGereghty's exit from the race gives a boost to Mondaire Jones, who previously represented the district.
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Democrat Liz Whitmer Gereghty ends run for NY’s 17th Congressional District, endorses Mondaire Jones
Wednesday, November 29th, 2023
via The Associated PressDemocrat Liz Whitmer Gereghty has announced she is suspending her campaign for New York's 17th Congressional District. She says she is giving her support to former U.S.
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Embattled Oregon school district in court after parents accuse it of violating public meetings law
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
via The Associated PressAn Oregon school district was on trial Tuesday after parents sued it for allegedly violating public meetings law.
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DeSantis PAC snips and clips its way to falsehood in attacking Haley
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
via The Washington PostNikki Haley has often told the story of how remarks by Hillary Clinton convinced her to plunge into politics. This ad eliminates the caveats.
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14-year-old boy charged with murder after stabbing at NC school kills 1 student, injures another
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
via The Associated PressPolice in North Carolina say a 14-year-old boy has been charged with murder after a stabbing at a high school that left one student dead and another hospitalized.
School Safety
How (and why) to stop yelling at your kids
Tuesday, November 28th, 2023
via The Washington PostAdvice on why yelling isn't great for us or our kids, and how to do things differently.
Social Emotional Learning
Official who posted ‘ballot selfie’ in Wisconsin has felony charge dismissed
Monday, November 27th, 2023
via The Associated PressA local Wisconsin official who posted a selfie with his marked ballot on Facebook during the April 2022 election has had a felony charge against him dropped.
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Pr. William supervisor Margaret Franklin joins race for Spanberger seat
Monday, November 27th, 2023
via The Washington PostFranklin is a former congressional aide who earlier this month was reelected to her second term on the Prince William County board.
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Seven Montgomery schools are named after enslavers. That could …
Monday, November 27th, 2023
via The Washington PostParents from Magruder High School in Derwood filed a petition to rename their school after learning Col. Zadok Magruder enslaved 26 people.
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Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana’s unapproved schools
Monday, November 27th, 2023
via The Associated PressNearly 9,000 private schools in Louisiana don't need state approval to grant degrees. They're unlike public schools, formal homeschooling programs or traditional private schools.
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Schools in Portland, Oregon, reach tentative deal with teachers union after nearly month-long strike
Monday, November 27th, 2023
via The Associated PressOregon's largest school district says it has reached a tentative agreement with its teachers union and its roughly 45,000 students will be back in class on Monday after more than three weeks.
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Chronic absenteeism persists in Virginia, data show
Sunday, November 26th, 2023
via The Washington PostVirginia schools are looking for ways to combat chronic absenteeism as data shows the state struggles to get students back in the classroom after the pandemic.
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5 family members and a commercial fisherman neighbor are ID’d as dead or missing in Alaska landslide
Friday, November 24th, 2023
via The Associated PressAuthorities have identified those missing or killed in an Alaska landslide this week as five family members and their neighbor, a commercial fisherman who made a longshot bid for the state's lone seat in the U.S.
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