• No more book bans: How Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards

    No more book bans: How Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards
    Jimmy Glover’s youngest children were in high school when he noticed their Florida school district taking an unsettling turn. Beloved books were being pulled from shelves. Teachers were scared of being targeted.
    “There was this culture of fear that was permeating throughout the district,” Glover said of Sarasota county.
    By channeling anger against mask mandates in schools, the right-wing group Moms for Liberty, founded in Florida, built an outsized influence on school boards ac
  • US judge strikes down Education Department’s anti-DEI grant policy

    US judge strikes down Education Department’s anti-DEI grant policy
    A federal judge on Thursday struck down a policy that was adopted early in US President Donald Trump’s administration that required the US Department of Education ​to terminate millions of dollars in grants funding diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
    US ‌District Judge Angel Kelley in Boston ruled, opens new tab in favor of eight Democratic-led states that had continued to challenge the Education Department policy even after the US Supreme Court in April 2025 allowed t

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