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Parents are calling on the school board and superintendent of a notable school district to face consequences, alleging that school officials covered up the sexual assault of a teenage girl to avoid derailing the implementation of a transgender bathroom policy.
Toggle open close In his April 2021 State of the Union Address, President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass the Equality Act and pledged to sign it. The Equality Act would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act and Fair Housing Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) as protected classes.REF Congress passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act to provide federal protection from invidious discrimination on the basis of race—an immutable characteristic. It addressed systematic, legally sanctioned discrimination that deprived African Americans of material and economic benefits. All people ...
Toggle open close The COVID-19 pandemic has presented parents with an opportunity to reassess what their children are being taught in schools across the country. The pandemic created “accidental homeschoolers” of more than 50 million school-aged children and their parents, and in so doing, gave many the opportunity to take an in-depth look at what public schools are teaching. This opportunity came at the same time that schools began to adopt The New York Times’ 1619 Project, with an estimated 4,500 classrooms having incorporated the content.REF Although The 1619 Project and civics inst...