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Ohio House passes bill that allows schools teach positive impacts of religion on American history • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio House voted to pass a bill that would allow public schools and public universities to teach positive impacts of religion on American history during Wednesday’s House session.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Audit of Florida’s voucher program finds overspending, underfunded public schools
The audit looked at funding accountability challenges for the 2024-2025 school year.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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FFRF demands Colorado district stop funding explicitly Christian ‘public’ school
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking a Colorado school district to immediately halt its unconstitutional funding of an explicitly Christian school that claims to be a public institution.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Opinion | How Rural Kids Got Left Behind
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November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Colorado’s “first public Christian school” isn't a mistake. It's a test case.
Behind the scenes, a conservative legal group and district leaders crafted a challenge to church-state separation
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November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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The Phoenix Declaration: What It Is and What Floridians Can Expect Now That the State Has Become the First to Adopt It
Florida quietly adopted the Heritage Foundation’s vague Phoenix Declaration, enabling future curriculum restrictions, increased censorship, educator pressure, and deeper ideological control over publi...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Lee Grant, blacklisted during McCarthyism, is speaking out against Florida's teaching standards
At 100 years old, Lee Grant knows the cost of McCarthyism better than almost anyone else on the planet
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November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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How is Linda McMahon making good on Trump’s promise to close the Department of Education?
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November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Project 2025 November 13th Update
This week we look at Florida’s embrace of the Heritage Foundation’s Christian nationalist curriculum in public schools, how FCC Chair and Project 2025 coauthor Brendan Carr is weaponizing broadcast li...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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'This is indoctrination': Florida Representatives sign letter against the Phoenix Declaration
Jacksonville Rep. Angie Nixon was one of the 10 Representatives who signed the letter, claiming the program is "indoctrination" to students.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The Phoenix Declaration is no solution to Florida’s education problems | Opinion
The DOE’s endorsement serves as another indication of the capture of policymaking in our state by the extremist Heritage Foundation.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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New Emerson School program to relocate to Nisley campus
Mesa County Valley School District 51 plans to relocate the New Emerson Elementary School program from its Columbus Elementary School campus at 2660 Unaweep Ave. to the now-vacant Nisley Elementary
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November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Commerce City proves a harsh political fighting ground | NOONAN
It’s a common saying: money talks. Our campaign finance laws allow money to speak loud and clear. In recent municipal elections, the blandly named Metro Housing Coalition, an organization supporting h...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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The Valley Reporter - ‘The Librarians’ tackles book bans fearlessly, and with hope
‘The Librarians,’ playing at the Big Picture in Waitsfield tonight, is hard to stomach. It’s a documentary about recent efforts to normalize banning books in school and public libraries.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Bridget Ziegler elected chair of Sarasota County School Board
Ziegler was endorsed by Florida Governor Ron Desantis for the position.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Oconomowoc Mom Sues School District For Not Buying Books From Christian Publisher
Karen Sharkey says she chose Lighthouse Learning Academy based on parental autonomy.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Opinion: Colorado has a unique opportunity amid extraordinary challenges in public education today
At a time when the federal role in education is uncertain, the responsibility of local Colorado school board leadership has never been more critical.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Colorado’s “first public Christian school” isn't a mistake. It's a test case.
Behind the scenes, a conservative legal group and district leaders crafted a challenge to church-state separation
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November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Texas State Board of Education advisers signal push to the right in social studies overhaul - The Texas Tribune
Some advisers have criticized diversity efforts, questioned the historical contributions of people of color, and promoted debunked beliefs.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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Ohio Senate passes bill that lists Ten Commandments as 'historical document' • Ohio Capital Journal
A measure that would include the Ten Commandments in a list of “historical documents” was passed out of an Ohio Senate committee on Tuesday.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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CU Boulder bans student journalists from campus after they covered a pro-Palestine protest
The University of Colorado Boulder banned three student journalists from campus and charged them with code of conduct violations after they covered a pro-Palestine protest in October.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Alamosa School board looks to fill two vacancies - Alamosa Citizen
Richardson resigns after determination she doesn’t live in District 6 boundaries; District 4 did not attract candidates in Nov. 4 election
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November 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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I'm really happy that The Bad Newsletter has a new home at Emily Writes Weekly, and really unhappy that my first piece is about the ultra-munted weirdness that the Chaos Coalition is doing to the new school curriculum www.emilywrites.co.nz/what-the-hel...
What the HELL is happening with the new school curriculum?
Over and over again, I've had emails and messages from parents asking me about the new curriculum. I tried to get my head around it, but just had more questions than answers. So I teamed up with my fr...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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KY kids need better public schools, not to miss class for religious indoctrination | Opinion
OpEd: If LifeWise Academy succeeds, KY public school students will not be studying science, or history, or math; they’ll be hearing sermons.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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www.texastribune.org/2025/11/15/t...
Texas school leaders: State takeovers are not sustainable
Three school district leaders at The Texas Tribune Festival said the Texas Education Agency’s reliance on state takeovers to improve academic performance threatens local control.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM