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Casey DeSantis Says Biden Admin Report Ignores ‘Democrat Lockdowns’ as Reason for K–12 Learning Loss

July 6, 2022
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Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis said the Biden administration failed to mention the “real reason” for the learning loss in K-12 public schools over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. After the White House said that American K-12 public school students “are on average two to four months behind in reading and math because of the…

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University of California Waives Tuition for Native Americans, Starting Fall 2022

July 6, 2022
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Native American students attending schools in the University of California (UC) system will have their tuition fully waived starting this fall. Announced in April, the UC Native American Opportunity Plan allows California residents who are “members of federally recognized Native American, American Indian, and Alaska Native tribes” to get free education on UC campuses. The…

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Judge Sides With Parent, Strikes Down Los Angeles School Vaccine Mandate

July 6, 2022
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A plan to mandate COVID-19 vaccine shots for hundreds of thousands of students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will remain on pause after a Los Angeles County judge ruled on July 5 that the district lacks the authority to do so. In his ruling, Judge Mitchell Beckloff of the Superior Court of…

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House Members Fighting for Women’s Rights Through Legislation: Rep. Kat Cammack

July 6, 2022
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The Title IX legal provision was originally designed to minimize discrimination based on sex. But today, some say it could be used to do just the opposite, as the Biden administration introduces amendments to the law that would put biological male (transgender) athletes in the same category as women. Among those pushing back against the…

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DeSantis Office Fires Back After Claims Students Need to Register Their ‘Political Views’ in Florida

July 6, 2022
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s office on Wednesday responded to viral claims that students have to register their political views with the state. A spokesman for the Republican governor, Bryan Griffin, told Fox News that it’s not true that students, professors, and faculty have to register their political views. “No, students and faculty are not required…

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Pennsylvania Teacher Suspended After Discussion on Standing for Flag Offends Students

July 6, 2022
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A Pennsylvania history teacher has been suspended without pay after a discussion about standing during the Pledge of Allegiance offended some of her 12- and 13-year-old seventh-grade students. Every morning before classes start, students are told “please rise” for the national anthem and the Pledge of Allegiance, which are broadcast over the loudspeaker at Central…

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Moms for Liberty Co-founder Tiffany Justice: Protecting Her Children and Yours

July 6, 2022
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VERO BEACH, Fla.—Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice knew better than most parents that there were serious issues plaguing the public school system. She was deeply concerned about forced masking, a lack of discipline, hostility toward parents, low academic standards, and much more. But until recently, the mother of four and former school board member—now…

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White House Seeks to Add 250,000 Tutors, Mentors to Address COVID-Related Learning Loss

July 5, 2022
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—The White House on Tuesday announced a new program to add 250,000 tutors and mentors within the next three years to help K-12 public school students recover from their learning loss during the pandemic. The national program, a partnership between the Department of Education, AmeriCorps, and Everyone Graduates Center, will support summer learning,…

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Schools Should Teach Declaration of Independence, Not CRT: 1776 Action

July 4, 2022
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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” These words, and the rest of the Declaration of Independence, still resonate today, 246 years after America’s Founding Fathers penned them, spelling out simple concepts that are too often hidden in the hearts of oppressed individuals around the world—that all men are…

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Nearly 20 Percent of LA Unified Teachers Not Fully Credentialed in 2020–21 School Year: State Report

July 2, 2022
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Nearly one in five classrooms in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) were taught by teachers without full credentials during the 2020–21 school year, according to a June 30 report by the California Department of Education. While 83 percent of LAUSD teachers are considered “clear,” or fully credentialed to teach in their assigned classrooms,…

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