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With New College gambit, DeSantis aims to ‘recapture higher education’

TAMPA, Fla. — Nestled between Sarasota Bay and the Tamiami Trail, the small campus once dubbed “Barefoot U” has been a progressive enclave in a conservative county for 60 years.

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DeSantis seeks conservative overhaul at Florida liberal-arts college

MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed a group of hard-line conservative loyalists Friday into leadership positions at the New College of Florida, a move that comes as the Republican governor plots a remake of the state’s higher education system.

Miami Herald

Teachers, advocacy groups angered by Virginia’s proposed changes to history education

Teachers, school officials, historians and advocacy groups are expressing anger this week after a new draft of the Virginia social studies standards appears to have largely thrown out a version of the draft that experts spent months developing.

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Tenn. Gov. Lee looks past Democrat Martin in reelection bid

Jason Martin has spent more than two years trying to get Gov. Bill Lee’s attention in Tennessee

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As charter schools spread across Ohio Valley, a controversial curriculum begins to take hold

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Amid Hillsdale fallout, Tenn. staffers fretted about optics

Tennessee state staffers watched intently this summer while local school officials voted down a contentious Hillsdale College-linked charter school

The Independent UK

Charter-school war heats up in Tennessee

After right-wing education hero insults teachers, Tennesseans push back on Bill Lee's charter plan. Is it too late?

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Kari Lake relishes "Big DeSantis Energy"

Far-right Arizona candidate honors Ron DeSantis' manly attributes — oh, and embraces his extremist agenda too

Salon

Right unveils anti-woke social studies

"American Birthright" elevates Western civilization, pushes Christianity and rejects all talk of "social justice"

Salon

Editorial: GOP’s ideological wars begin in Florida’s classrooms, and DeSantis, so far, is winning

A Republican running for reelection to Congress in Colorado recently told a Christian congregation: “I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk.”

Miami Herald

Florida teachers alarmed by state’s infusing religion, downplaying race in civics training

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Several South Florida high school educators are alarmed that a new state civics initiative designed to prepare students to be “virtuous citizens” is infused with a Christian and conservative ideology after a three-day training session in Broward County last week.

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Now the far right is coming for college

Republicans are channeling tax dollars to right-wing institutes at colleges across the nation. What's the endgame?

Salon

Far right doubles down on "replacement"

Less than a week after the Buffalo massacre, CPAC Hungary speakers call immigration worse than nuclear weapons

Salon

Only 3 reviewers said Florida math textbooks violated 'critical race theory' rules. Yet the state rejected dozens

MIAMI — When the Florida Department of Education announced it was rejecting 54 math textbooks, it pointed to a “thorough review” process that found more than half of those books included “prohibited topics,” including critical race theory and social-emotional learning.

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Orlando Sentinel, Sun Sentinel stand by math book story despite education agency’s complaint

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Florida Department of Education on Friday disputed an Orlando Sentinel/South Florida Sun Sentinel story about what math textbook reviewers found in the books, but the newspapers stand by their work.

Salon

Trump's covert Christian right agenda

Trump's ungodliness was the cover that allowed the Christian right to hide in plain sight — now they're growing

Salon

GOP's stealth school board candidates

Far-right school board candidates are surfacing around the country — trying to snow voters by appearing normal

Salon

A national plan to kill public schools

Exclusive: Hillsdale College's "classical" charter schools are spreading fast — but the true goal is much bigger

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Exclusive: Hillsdale's war on schools

In a 3-part investigation, Salon shows how this tiny Christian college is leading the right-wing fight on education

Salon

The "anti-woke" public school curriculum

Exclusive: Hillsdale College's charter school network pushes "patriotic education." Critics say it's propaganda

Salon

Tiny college leads war on public schools

Exclusive: In the full-scale conservative assault on public education, Hillsdale College is leading the charge

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