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![Max Newell, left, joins student demonstrators as they protest against Katy ISD's new transgender policy outside the school district's educational support complex on August 30, 2023 in Katy, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/09/GettyImages-1650957885-400x300.jpg)
New Poll Shows Massive Public Backlash to Anti-LGBTQ School Policies
The numbers show GOP policies like book bans, sports discrimination, and Don't Say Gay bills are wildly unpopular.
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Public University Accreditation Is Latest Front in Right-Wing War on Education
If right-wingers succeed in removing accreditation of a school, its students will lose access to federal financial aid.
![Three students - one wearing a black shirt, and looking at his phone; one wearing a red bandanna around his neck, with his arms behind his head casually; and one wearing a red bandana on his head, speaking to the student wearing the bandana around his neck. All three are seated at a table in front of banners reading "CUT THEIR PAY" with the six-figure salaries of the university's executives listed below, alongside a printed list of the student body's demands.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0828-mcneill-400x300.jpg)
Will WVU’s Draconian Cuts Become a Blueprint for Austerity Across Higher Ed?
West Virginia University is following the neoliberal creed that people should only be educated to the point of utility.
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In Honor of Emmett Till, Let’s Build a World Where Black Youth Aren’t Targets
The freedom to grow up without being viewed as a threat is a basic human right still being denied to Black youth.
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392 “Educational Intimidation” Bills Have Been Introduced in the US Since 2021
Forty-five percent of the bills introduced in 2023 have an anti-LGBTQ provision, including forced outing of students.
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We Need a New Deal for Community College in the Wake of the Pandemic
In this era of online and hybrid learning, the community college system lacks the resources to transform as it needs to.
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Members of Little Rock 9 Blast Decision to Restrict AP Black History Course
Arkansas officials claim the new course may violate state law restricting the teaching of critical race theory.
![A protest sign reads "Librarians Love You" as Philadelphia police officers guard the Moms For Liberty "Joyful Warriors" national summit outside the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/2023_0821-Book-bans-400x300.jpg)
Fifth-Grade Teacher in Georgia Fired for Reading Children’s Book to Class
“My Shadow Is Purple” is a Scholastic-approved book recommended for lower primary schools.
![Indigenous students walk through the halls of Monument Valley High School in the Navajo Nation in Arizona](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/08/GettyImages-1424467821.jpg)
New Mexico Schools Are Increasingly Embracing Restorative Justice
The shift comes as Indigenous leaders in the state have called for an end to the “criminalization of Native children.”
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Most US Students Say Their School’s Curriculum Doesn’t Include LGBTQ Topics
LGBTQ kids across the country have had to learn about their history from sources beyond textbooks and classrooms.