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Pennsylvania school boards up window openings that allowed views into its gender-neutral bathrooms
A Pennsylvania school district has reversed course and boarded up window openings it recently installed that allowed people in a middle school hallway to peer into two gender-neutral-designated bathrooms, the superintendent said Friday. The two windows were installed in recent weeks...
Massachusetts couple charged with casting ballots in New Hampshire
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Massachusetts couple have been indicted on suspicion of casting ballots in New Hampshire despite living outside the state, according to prosecutors. The couple, ages 56 and 54, each face three felony counts of wrongful voting, New Hampshire Attorney General...
Virginia school board to pay $575K to a teacher fired for refusing to use trans student's pronouns
WEST POINT, Va. (AP) — A Virginia school board has agreed to pay $575,000 in a settlement to a former high school teacher who was fired after he refused to use a transgender student’s pronouns, according to the advocacy group that filed the suit. Conservative Christian legal...
North Carolina public school students inch higher in test scores
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s public school students made small performance gains on standardized tests during the past school year, officials announced Wednesday. The proficiency levels are inching closer to percentages reached before the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered classrooms and led...
Moms for Liberty fully embraces Trump and widens role in national politics as election nears
WASHINGTON (AP) — In her welcoming remarks at Moms for Liberty’s annual gathering in the nation’s capital on Friday, the group’s co-founder, Tiffany Justice, urged members to “fight like a mother” against the Democratic presidential ticket. Later that evening, after she...
Governor appoints ex-school board member recalled over book ban push to Nebraska’s library board
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Republican Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen has appointed a new member to the Nebraska Library Commission — a former local school board member removed from office after trying to ban more than 50 books. Terri Cunningham-Swanson will serve on the board responsible for...
New Mexico looking for a new state Public Education Department secretary for K-12 schools
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is looking for a new state Public Education Department secretary for K-12 schools. Again. Arsenio Romero resigned Wednesday, effective immediately, after about a year and a half on the job. Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said...
Jury sides with Pennsylvania teacher in suit against district over Jan. 6 rally
A Pennsylvania school district violated a teacher's constitutional rights by falsely suggesting he took part in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, a federal jury has concluded. After an 11-day trial, jurors found the Allentown School District retaliated against Jason Moorehead...
Bill Pascrell Jr., long-time New Jersey congressman, dies at 87
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a 14-term incumbent and a fixture in his hometown of Paterson for more than four decades, died Wednesday. He was 87. Pascrell had been in and out of the hospital with an illness recently. He died Wednesday morning...
'The fever is breaking': DeSantis-backed school board candidates fall short in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign to expand his conservative education agenda in Florida schools didn't quite go the way he wanted on Tuesday. Of the 23 school board candidates that DeSantis endorsed this cycle, preliminary results show more of them appeared to...
