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Culture, Public Education
Kansas Senate passes ‘Parents Bill of Rights’

(The Sentinel) –  The “Parents Bill of Rights” and school curriculum transparency legislation passed the Kansas Senate Tuesday 24-15. However the bill – SB496 – fell… Read More

March 24, 2022
Public Education
Indiana Senate passes bill that would remove obscene books from school libraries

(Margaret Menge | The Center Square) – The Indiana Senate passed a bill Tuesday aimed at removing what the legislation called obscene material from schools, and it would allow the criminal… Read More

February 4, 2022
Public Education
Proposal wants Michigan school librarians to ‘advance racial and social justice’

(The Center Square) – The Michigan Department of Education requests public comment on draft revisions to the state’s school librarian standards, expanding what future librarians would learn to include some… Read More

February 2, 2024
Culture
Kansas City librarian derides parents as ‘people who can’t let other people have opinions’ in front of audience of high school students

As Senior Teen Librarian at the Plaza Branch of the Kansas City Public Library,  Kelsey Bates says she gets to “live my dream of creating a warm and welcoming space… Read More

September 20, 2023
Public Education
Pritzker signs law stripping funding from libraries that restrict access to controversial books

(The Center Square) – Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Monday signed into law a measure that withholds state funding from any of the state’s 1,600 public or school libraries that remove books… Read More

June 13, 2023
Government
US Dept of Ed investigates antisemitism at 5 major universities

Five prominent universities from California to New York will be investigated for civil rights violations related to antisemitism on campus, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) announced. The investigation is… Read More

February 6, 2025
Public Education
Teachers will no longer need to pass basic reading, writing and math test for certification in New Jersey

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A New Jersey law that removes a requirement for teachers to pass a reading, writing and mathematics test for certification will go into effect on… Read More

December 31, 2024
Government
New Jersey enacts law making it harder to remove sexually explicit children’s books from public libraries and schools

The Garden State just eliminated protections intended to keep inappropriate content away from children. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Freedom to Read Act into… Read More

December 20, 2024
World
China, Japan take aim at declining birthrates with new pro-family policies. Will they work?

The two most powerful countries in Asia are trying to tackle low fertility rates in differing ways, and their efforts may have lessons for America. For decades, both China and… Read More

December 11, 2024
Government
Planning underway for massive federal budget overhaul under Trump

(The Daily Signal) – Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, met over the weekend with President-elect Donald Trump and his choices to slash billions if not trillions of dollars in federal spending—entrepreneurs… Read More

November 26, 2024