14th Amendment

Judge Rules Illegal a Florida Law Banning Trans Teachers’ Choice of Pronouns

A 2023 Florida legislation that limits the pronouns transgender instructors can use to identify themselves is unconstitutional under federal human rights law, according to ...

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Slew of Groups Are Filing Appeals of Florida’s New Law Restricting Ballot Initiatives

Voting rights organizations and supporters of proposed constitutional amendments are filing an appeal after a federal district judge in Florida last month declined to ...

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On Flagler County School Board, Competing Views Underscore District Tensions Behind Vouchers and ‘Choice’

Following a 15-minute hearing on Tuesday to approve Flagler County schools’ initial property tax and budget for the upcoming fiscal year, it was revealed ...

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Federal Judge Wants To Know ‘Who’s Running the Show’ at ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

As at least 100 detainees have been deported amid legal disputes over the remote facility, a U.S. district judge on Monday urged state and ...

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Stop the Grift: Florida’s School Vouchers Are Scamming Taxpayers and Sabotaging Democracy

By Colleen Conklin If we really care about efficiency and outcomes in education, we should start with the one system–the only system- l egally ...

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America(n) Unbecoming

July 19 is an important date in my personal inconsequence. It was on this day in 1976, when I was not yet 12 and ...

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New Schools Commissioner Threatens Superintendents About Violating ‘Parental Rights’

Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas delivered his first speech to the State Board of Education Wednesday, quoting the Book of Psalms and promising to work ...

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Making Ignorance Great Again

By Diane Roberts If you’re wondering what happens when history is bowdlerized or suppressed, lies are enshrined, free enquiry stifled, empathy ridiculed, education crippled, ...

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U.S. Supreme Court Deals Blow to Florida’s Enforcement of Anti-Immigration Law in Rebuff to Uthmeier

A request by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier to at least temporarily permit the execution of a new state legislation that targets undocumented immigrants ...

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DeSantis Vetoes Target Black History and Minority Scholarships

A mentorship program for Black kids, a museum dedicated to Black history, and minority teacher grants were all vetoed by Governor Ron DeSantis. The ...

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