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Authors of ‘And Tango Makes Three’ Sue Over Florida Law Driving Book Bans

By: Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter — June 21st 2023 at 01:30
The authors of a picture book about a penguin family with two fathers sued the state and a school district that removed the book from libraries.

A lawsuit targeted a school district and the State of Florida over restricting access to a book about a penguin family with two fathers.
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The Common App Will Now Hide a Student's Race and Ethnicity

By: Anemona Hartocollis — May 26th 2023 at 17:36
If requested, the Common App will conceal basic information on race and ethnicity — a move that could help schools if the Supreme Court ends affirmative action.

Universities are preparing for the possible end of race-conscious affirmative action.
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Bills DeSantis Signed Target Trans Rights, Abortion and Education in Florida

By: Neil Vigdor — May 24th 2023 at 21:55
Gov. Ron DeSantis ushered in a six-week abortion ban and curriculum restrictions, while expanding capital punishment and concealed carry access as he prepared to run for president.

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida at a bill-signing event this month.
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Elite Virginia High School’s Admissions Policy Does Not Discriminate, Court Rules

By: Stephanie Saul — May 23rd 2023 at 22:34
Parents had objected to Thomas Jefferson High School in Virginia changing its admissions policies, including getting rid of an exam. The case appears headed for the Supreme Court.

Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va.
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Supreme Court Rules for Transgender Girl in School Sports Dispute

By: Adam Liptak — April 6th 2023 at 21:31
The justices issued a temporary order allowing the girl to compete on the girls’ track team at a West Virginia middle school.
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The Liberal Maverick Fighting Race-Based Affirmative Action

By: Anemona Hartocollis — April 4th 2023 at 03:25
For decades, Richard Kahlenberg has pushed for a class-conscious approach to college admissions. He may finally get his wish, but it comes at a personal cost.

Richard D. Kahlenberg, whose hero is Robert Kennedy, wants to build a multiracial progressive coalition.
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Fulbright-Hays Fellowship Rule Penalizes Native Language Speakers

By: Erica L. Green — March 16th 2023 at 02:58
An Education Department regulation penalizes Fulbright-Hays applicants if they grew up speaking the language of their proposed country for research. Lawsuits have followed.

“At first, I was just in disbelief,” Veronica Gonzalez, a doctoral student at the University of California-Irvine, recalled in an interview. “Then I was incensed.”
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Parents of L.S.U. Student Who Died After Hazing Awarded $6.1 Million

By: Livia Albeck-Ripka — March 13th 2023 at 11:31
Maxwell Gruver, 18, died in 2017 after a fraternity event in which pledges were forced to chug alcohol. His parents said the jury’s verdict was a significant step in their goal to end hazing.

Stephen and Rae Ann Gruver said the funds from the verdict over their son’s death would help support the mission of the Max Gruver Foundation, an organization committed to ending hazing on college campuses.
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School District Sued Over Handling of Student’s Pledge of Allegiance Protest

By: Amanda Holpuch — March 11th 2023 at 22:13
A South Carolina high school teacher shoved a student against a wall after the teenager refused to stop for the pledge on her way to class, according to a federal lawsuit.
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School District Sued Over Handling of Student’s Pledge of Allegiance Protest

By: Amanda Holpuch — March 11th 2023 at 22:13
A South Carolina high school teacher shoved a student against a wall after the teenager refused to stop for the pledge on her way to class, according to a federal lawsuit.

Marissa Barnwell’s parents said that they filed a federal lawsuit over how school officials handled their daughter’s refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Student Loan Case Before Supreme Court Poses Pressing Question: Who Can Sue?

By: Adam Liptak — February 26th 2023 at 14:46
Prompted by a 2007 decision giving states “special solicitude,” partisan challenges to federal programs from coalitions of state attorneys general have surged.

Activists in Washington urging President Biden last year to cancel student debt. Six Republican-led states have a challenge to the debt cancellation pending before the Supreme Court.
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Newport News School Was Warned 3 Times That 6-Year-Old Had a Gun, Lawyer Says

By: Paul Bibeau and Sarah Mervosh — January 26th 2023 at 04:59
Under pressure, the school board voted to end the superintendent’s contract. Other administrators have also left the elementary school.
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When Students Change Gender Identity, Should Schools Tell Their Parents?

By: Katie J. M. Baker — January 22nd 2023 at 10:00
Educators are facing wrenching new tensions over whether they should tell parents when students socially transition at school.

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When Students Change Gender Identity, Should Schools Tell Their Parents?

By: Katie J. M. Baker — January 22nd 2023 at 10:00
Educators are facing wrenching new tensions over whether they should tell parents when students socially transition at school.
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After Lecturer Sues, Hamline University Walks Back Its ‘Islamophobic’ Comments

By: Vimal Patel — January 18th 2023 at 00:16
In an about-face, the school said that using the term was “flawed” and that respect for Muslim students should not have superseded academic freedom.

In October, Erika López Prater, an adjunct professor at Hamline University, warned students before showing a reverential image of the holy figure created in the 14th-century.
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