2023 June News

Local

6/5/23: "DPS school board meeting devolves into shouting as SRO debate continues"- https://www.denver7.com/lifestyle/education/dps-school-board-meeting-devolves-into-shouting-as-sro-debate-continues?_amp=true

6/13/23: "Older Coloradans line up early, stay up late to enroll in elective classes that provide coveted enjoyment and interaction"- https://coloradosun.com/2023/06/13/coloradans-community-college-classes-leisure-interaction/

National

6/1/23: "Former Houghton University employee claims he was fired for using pronouns in email signature"- https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/former-houghton-university-employee-claims-fired-pronouns-email/story?id=99756517

6/5/23: "Lakota School Board creates a new diversity council that excludes controversial member"- https://www.wvxu.org/education/2023-06-05/lakota-school-board-diversity-council-darby-boddi "Resilience Skills Curriculum Gets Ahead of Student Crisis"- https://www.insidehighered.com/news/student-success/health-wellness/2023/06/05/wellness-curriculum-integrated-academics-campus

6/6/23: "Landing a Mission-Oriented Job Beyond Academe"- https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/career-advice/2023/06/06/finding-mission-oriented-job-beyond-professoriate-opinion

6/8/23: "Social Studies Groups Are Training Teachers to Navigate 'Divisive Concepts' Laws"- https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/social-studies-groups-are-training-teachers-to-navigate-divisive-concepts-laws/2023/06 "Asian Americans have mixed views on using race in college admissions: analysis"- https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/4041525-asian-americans-mixed-views-affirmative-action-schools/ "Temecula Valley School Board Members Respond To Newsom After Rejection Of Social Studies Curriculum"- https://abc7.com/amp/temecula-valley-unified-school-board-vote-gavin-newsom-harvey-milk/13357482/

6/9/23: "Bedford County School Board approves changes to policy on "teaching about controversial issues""- https://www.wdbj7.com/2023/06/09/bedford-county-school-board-approves-changes-policy-teaching-about-controversial-issues/?outputType=amp "A Battle Over DEI in Central Virginia: Despite their differences, both the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia have defended diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the face of criticism"- https://www.insidehighered.com/news/diversity/race-ethnicity/2023/06/09/two-institutions-two-different-defenses-dei-virginia

6/14/23: "DEI programs in universities are being cut across the country. What does this mean for higher education?" - https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/14/us/colleges-diversity-equity-inclusion-higher-education-cec/index.html "Greg Abbott signs law banning diversity offices in Texas higher education"- Not surprising since it is Texas the state that likes to say it's about freedom, but likes to step on the freedom of people. I keep hoping that Texas will leave the US, that way it can take all the people that like hurting others with them. Maybe that's what the world needs, one area Texas where conservatives go go and they can leave everyone else alone. For more information on this bill you can check out (https://legiscan.com/TX/bill/SB17/2023) https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/14/new-texas-bans-law-diversity-offices-state-higher-education

Global

6/5/23: "Nearly 80 students, mostly girls, are poisoned in Afghanistan, say officials"- https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/05/asia/afghan-schoolgirls-poisoning-intl/index.html

6/23/23: "Why Chinese students are taking graduation photos looking 'more dead than alive'"- https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/06/23/china/china-graduation-photos-youth-unemployment-intl-hnk-dst/index.html "Indian man charged for alleged role in international student admissions scam"- https://globalnews.ca/news/9790435/canada-india-international-students-letter-scam-charges/amp/