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Real Grassroots Parents Groups Can Fight Extremist Takeovers of Schools
Here’s how to fight back against the dark money groups attacking schools and working to influence the 2024 election.
Biden-Backed Bill May Be Used to Censor LGBTQ, Reproductive Health Content
“KOSA would cut off another vital avenue of access to information for vulnerable youth,” critics of the bill wrote.
3.2 Million Children May Lose Care If Congress Lets Pandemic-Era Funds Expire
To have the child care system we deserve, child care needs funding to make it accessible and affordable.
Arlington Public Schools Refuse to Comply With Virginia’s Anti-Trans Policies
More than 4,000 transgender students in the state will be affected by the anti-trans policies.
Study: Affirmative Action for the Richest 1 Percent Is Common at Elite Colleges
The richest 1 percent of Americans have a huge advantage over working-class students in elite college admissions.
House Democrats Call Out “Racist Tropes” in New Florida K-12 History Curriculum
Florida's mandated instruction that people benefited from skills gained in slavery has drawn national attention.
LA Unified School District Is Spending Millions on Urgent Climate Adaptation
Los Angeles parents demanded solutions as their children struggled in hot classrooms and on asphalt playgrounds.
GOP Planned to Destroy Public Education in Ohio. We Defeated Them — for Now.
SB 83 is part of a larger right-wing goal seeking to muzzle any and all education about structural oppression.
Wisconsin Teacher Fired for Protesting School’s Ban on Hit Song “Rainbowland”
Melissa Tempel criticized the Waukesha school district’s ban on discussing matters such as race and LGBTQ identity.
Kids Are Being Kept in Solitary Confinement, Former Death Row Unit With No AC
“The state’s treatment of kids in Angola has been a series of broken promises,” said one civil rights lawyer.