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Michigan’s education board approves update to health and sex ed standards
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1293+ words) Despite opposition from some parents and pastors, the Michigan State Board of Education approved revised state health education standards Thursday that include recommendations that students be taught about gender identity and sexual orientation. Proponents of the standards say they are…...
Gender identity drives debate as GOP members try to remove updated health education standards
14+ hour, 17+ min ago (838+ words) Democrats on Michigan's State Board of Education rejected a GOP effort Tuesday that was aimed at ending the teaching of gender identity in schools. Nikki Snyder, a Republican from Goodrich, proposed adding an agenda item for the board's monthly meeting…...
Does a Supreme Court gender identity ruling end ‘secrecy regimes’ or take away ‘pieces of independence’?
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (1379+ words) The U.S. Supreme Court's Mirabelli v. Bonta ruling casts doubt on the legality of school district policies that aim to protect transgender students' privacy. But even though the majority of justices sided with California parents who said those policies led schools to…...
Parents have right to know about student gender transitions at school, Supreme Court finds
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (844+ words) Parents have the right to know about their child's gender identity at school, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in an emergency decision Monday. The 6-3 decision by the conservative majority found parents were likely to prevail in a lawsuit seeking to overturn…...
State education board urged to reject proposed health and sex education standards
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (861+ words) Some Michigan parents and community members sharply criticized the State Board of Education Tuesday about a proposed health education standards update they say will strip parents of their rights to opt their children out of lessons that don't align with…...
Power in pride: A Brooklyn student wants to reclaim queer activism in NYC schools
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (376+ words) This originally aired on The Bell's Miseducation podcast. At my school, the Gender and Sexuality Alliance, or GSA, feels more like a social club than a space for activism. And I'm not alone in feeling that way. In this episode,…...
Judge calls for dismissing Colorado school districts’ suit on transgender athletes’ rights
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (790+ words) A judge recommended dismissing a federal lawsuit brought by several Colorado school districts that challenged the state's antidiscrimination law on the grounds that it violates students' rights by allowing transgender youth to play on school sports teams that match their…...
New religious charters could force a legal fight that breaks a Supreme Court deadlock
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (1213+ words) An "explicitly Christian" charter school in Tennessee. A "public Christian school" in Colorado. A Jewish virtual charter school in Oklahoma. A new crop of proposed religious schools are setting up legal challenges that would allow the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh…...
Fired middle school dean who objected to book removals sues Elizabeth School District
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (718+ words) A former middle school administrator in the Elizabeth School District filed a lawsuit Sunday against the rural Colorado district, alleging that she was fired after she objected to the removal of 19 titles from school libraries last year. LeEllen Condry, who…...
Trump administration investigating Jeffco transgender student rooming policy
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (675+ words) The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights announced Monday that it is investigating Jeffco Public Schools over the district's policy on sleeping arrangements for transgender students on overnight school trips. Jeffco's policy says that in most cases, transgender students…...