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Maine’s Mountain Valley Community School Set to Have Co-Ed Locker Room, Revision from Original Floor Plan
Maine’s Mountain Valley Community School–a pre-K through 8th grade public school in Regional School District 10–will have a co-ed locker room when it opens in January 2026.
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National Education Association “Advancing LGBTQ+ Justice” training aimed at “unlearning our own internal oppression” and advancing race, class, and gender justice
The National Education Association (NEA) just concluded its most recent Focus Academy event on “Advancing LGBTQ+ Justice.” Held December 2-4, 2025, Defending Education already covered various pre-attendance packets…
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The Tamalpais Union High School District board approved a nine day trip to Havana, Cuba for 90 high school students
SUMMARY On September 9, 2025, the Tamalpais Union High School District board approved a nine day trip to Havana, Cuba for ninety high school students. Students from Tamalpais…
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San Diego Unified School District’s ‘Equity and Belonging website’ promotes programs and resources that include 28 sexual orientations and 9 gender identities; commits to “dismantling systems of oppression”
San Diego Unified School District’s (SDUSD) Equity & Belonging website lays out the policy position of the district on gender, race and immigration. The California school district provides…
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NYC principal blocks Holocaust survivor from speaking at Brooklyn school over pro-Israel views
A middle school principal at a Brooklyn high school, MS 447, denied a parent’s request to have a Holocaust survivor speak to students about antisemitism, the New York Post…
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Massachusetts school district violates its own transparency policy in effort to roll out new “comprehensive sex education” curriculum, prompting parents to push back; district promises to provide online access to all lesson materials
Parents pushed back at Plymouth Public Schools’ (PPS) Dec. 1 school board meeting, arguing that the district’s plan to roll out a new 8th-grade comprehensive sex education curriculum would…
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Massachusetts school district posts math job listing favoring ‘active anti-racist, LGBTQ+ advocate’ candidates
Springfield Public Schools in Massachusetts is advertising a middle school special education math teaching job, with a focus on “anti-racist instructional practices that ensure students own the learning.”…
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Upcoming National Council for the Social Studies Conference (NCSS) Will Feature Kimberlé Crenshaw and Hakeem Jeffries, Plus Sessions on Reproductive Justice, Climate Change, Critical Race Action Civics, and Decolonial Perspectives on Palestine
The National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) will hold its 105th annual conference in Washington, D.C. from December 5-7 (though pre-workshops begin December 2nd). The conference webpage reads, “You will…
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