California's AB 715 expands the state’s authority to ban instructional material in K-12 schools based on ill-defined standards — it's meant to target Palestine-related speech. A growing coalition is fighting to roll it back. I covered their work.

UGH, Learning Spring is based in Denver! open.substack.com/pub/jasongar...

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Why My Family Left Iowa: "As of today, the ACLU is tracking 30 anti-LGBTQ bills in Iowa. When I read from my new home stories of Iowans facing book bans, drag show bans, and DEI program bans, I feel relieved to be gone." time.com/article/2026...

Texas has a particularly low bar for allowing the state to take over a school district, experts say. Five consecutive failing state ratings at just one school can trigger a takeover like the one that occurred in Houston, which has 273 campuses.

Congratulations to NEPC Fellow @cmsaldana.bsky.social! bit.ly/4dTMwRe

A new installment of the Equality Maps Updates is out now! MAP's monthly listing of state level policy changes and bill tracking updates illustrates the landscape of LGBTQ laws and policies in the United States as of May 26, 2026. medium.com/@lgbtmap/lgb...

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UPDATE: As of June 1, Bennet's super PAC has received over $8 million and more ultra-rich investors donated. coloradonewsline.com/2026/06/01/b...

"Emails obtained by Chalkbeat show the school was created at the behest of a conservative law firm to spark such a lawsuit after the Supreme Court deadlocked on a similar case out of Oklahoma last spring." #COleg #COpol