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Right wins big in Fla. school boards

Anti-"woke" right-wingers score major victories in Miami, Sarasota — but elsewhere in Florida, liberals push back

Salon

Policies that notify Virginia parents of ‘sexually explicit content’ in school materials are on the way

NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia school boards have until the end of the year to adopt policies to inform parents if any instructional materials contain sexually explicit content, the latest step in the debate over what and how children should be taught.

Tribune News Service

Court Blocks School Board's Exclusion of Critic from School Board Meetings (and Other School Functions)

"[I]t is hard to shake the sense that the School Board is restricting the speech because the Board disagrees with both Mr. McBreairty's opinions and the unpleasantness that accompanies them."

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Florida paper under fire for running op-ed from Proud Boys wife defending group

‘This decision fell short of our standards, and we apologize to our readers,’ editor says

The Independent UK

Get buy-in before moving ahead with $120 million new school for Near South Side

The School Board was slated to vote on the proposal, but it was pulled at the last minute. Even some supporters agreed with the need to build consensus and listen to the concerns of the broader school community.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ballotpedia’s mid-year recall report shows sustained interest in school board recall

In the first half of 2022, Ballotpedia tracked 152 recall efforts against 240 officials. These figures represent a small decline from 2021, when we tallied 165 recall efforts against 263 officials by midyear. In comparison, the highest number of recall efforts we have tracked by midyear was 189 in 2016.…

Ballotpedia

Robert Runcie now leads national superintendent group and school safety initiative

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Robert Runcie, whose tenure as Broward schools superintendent included the Parkland tragedy and a grand jury indictment, is now overseeing a national group of school leaders and a $1 million project to improve school safety around the country.

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Remote learning apps used in schools tracked kids’ data without their knowledge, report says

When the coronavirus pandemic upended traditional methods of delivering education, school districts across the country and the globe turned to online learning platforms.

Miami Herald

Missouri school board bans another library book for sexual content

ST. LOUIS — Months after causing a national uproar with its first book ban, the Wentzville School Board voted Thursday to yank another acclaimed book from school libraries.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri school board to vote on banning another book for sexual content

ST. LOUIS — Months after causing a national uproar with its first book ban, the Wentzville School Board is expected to vote Thursday on a recommendation to yank another acclaimed book from school libraries.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Prayer proclamation in Miami Schools causes stir when board member says Jesus is only God

MIAMI — A measure to commemorate the National Day of Prayer in Miami-Dade Public Schools on Wednesday led to an outpouring of support, but caused a stir when one board member suggested “God and Jesus Christ” were the only God, leading the vice chair to apologize for the “hurt, pain…

Miami Herald

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #7

In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on the issues school board members deliberate when they set out to offer the best education possible in their district.

Ballotpedia

"The First Amendment Does Not Permit Schools to Prohibit Students from Engaging in the Factual, Nonthreatening

speech [about a recent school shooting] alleged here."

Reason

School board in Missouri reverses its decision on banned book

WENTZVILLE, Mo. — A banned book again will be available to high school students here after the Wentzville School Board reversed its decision in the face of criticism and a class action lawsuit.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Recall Effort Against San Francisco School Board Members Wins In A Landslide Vote

Voters in historically Democratic San Francisco ousted the board members by a margin of nearly 50 percent.

The Independent UK

San Francisco school board recall a warning for Democrats

The parents of San Francisco have spoken, and their message is echoing like a wake-up call across the country

Reason

San Francisco Voters Fire 3 School Board Members

"Progressive" school COVID policies no longer welcome in the capital of progressivism

Reason

Will 2022 Be the Year of the School Board Recall?

The 2021 pushback was about more than just the Virginia gubernatorial election, as the February 15 San Francisco recall will soon attest.

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Chicago Sun-Times

A tough but necessary call on busing for CPS students

The School Board has voted in favor of a resolution directing the district to put special needs students as top priority for bus service, starting in March, if CPS can’t find enough drivers by then.

Reason

Federal Disability Law Doesn't Require School Districts to Mandate Masks

"Plaintiffs' position if accepted, would essentially graft the recommendations of the CDC into the ADA and the Rehabilitation Act. And as a practical matter, elevating CDC recommendations to the level of law would serve to take many decisions relating to health policy and directly impacting citizens out of the hands…

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