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California Riverside Poly High School forfeits girls volleyball match against Jurupa Valley with transgender AB Hernandez

California Riverside Poly High School forfeits girls volleyball match against Jurupa Valley with transgender AB Hernandez

A California high school girls’ volleyball team forfeited a match against a team that is believed to include a biological male trans athlete Friday night.  Riverside Poly High School in Riverside County, California, announced its forfeit against Jurupa Valley High School in a statement.  “Riverside Poly High School’s girls volleyball team will not take the court for tonight’s scheduled game against Jurupa Valley High …

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Five Texas school districts at risk of takeover

Five Texas school districts at risk of takeover

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A record five Texas school districts are now at risk of the state replacing their democratically-elected school board …

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See how Texas rated your school or district

See how Texas rated your school or district

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas released two years of grades for school districts on Friday, closing a lengthy legal battle over the …

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Judge strikes down Education Department guidance against school diversity programs

Judge strikes down Education Department guidance against school diversity programs

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday struck down two Trump administration actions aimed at eliminating diversity, equity and inclusion programs at the nation’s schools and universities. In her ruling, U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher in Maryland found that the Education Department violated the law when it threatened to cut federal funding from educational institutions that continued with DEI initiatives. The …

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In L.A., Fear of ICE Raids Created a Tense First Day of School – The New York Times

In L.A., Fear of ICE Raids Created a Tense First Day of School  The New York Times Los Angeles public schools to open with unprecedented protections for immigrant children  Los Angeles Times LAUSD students return to class amid fears over immigration enforcement  ABC7 Los Angeles Teen with disabilities detained by federal agents at gunpoint in Arleta  NBC Los Angeles First day of school tests …

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Federal courts go old school to paper filings after hack to key system

Federal courts go old school to paper filings after hack to key system

Facebook Tweet Email Link Federal district courts are beginning to implement new approaches to guard confidential information in cases following a breach of the electronic databases used in the judiciary. The policy changes move an already vulnerable and antiquated record-keeping system to paper-only filings in some instances after a major cyber security breach of federal court records this summer that …

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Some parents miss drop-off in Los Angeles as immigration fears dampen excitement of first day of school

Some parents miss drop-off in Los Angeles as immigration fears dampen excitement of first day of school

Facebook Tweet Email Link Jennifer Cortez stood outside an elementary and middle school in East Los Angeles, carrying a sign while greeting her students and their families on the first day of classes. “This is a safe space for immigrants,” the teacher’s red sign with white and yellow lettering said. As summer comes to an end, more than 500,000 students …

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Leander school bus rolls over with 42 children, 1 adult inside

Leander school bus rolls over with 42 children, 1 adult inside

A Leander ISD school bus rolled over Wednesday in the Sandy Creek area near Leander with 42 children and one adult inside. Twelve people were transported to local hospitals, Kevin Parker, assistant chief of Austin-Travis County EMS, said at a news conference. One person has life-threatening injuries and two others have “potentially” life-threatening injuries, he said. The rest of the …

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