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Education
fromFast Company
3 days ago

Tech weary parents call for 'Screens Down, Pencils Up' but U.S. schools are pushing back

Students receive devices from early grades, but some parents seek opt-outs due to distraction and falling grades, while districts say technology is essential and not feasible to exclude.
US politics
fromAdvocate.com
6 months ago

Teaching tolerance isn't indoctrination. It's protection

The Supreme Court's decision allows parental opt-outs for LGBTQ-inclusive lessons, prioritizing religious objections and undermining efforts to make schools inclusive and reduce student invisibility.
LGBT
fromThe Atlantic
7 months ago

Religious Accommodations Are Good for Liberalism

Supreme Court recognized a parental constitutional right to opt children out of classroom content conflicting with religious beliefs and required proactive district notification and accommodation.
Education
fromLos Angeles Times
8 months ago

Parents can now opt kids out of LGBTQ+ lessons. How schools are bracing for the change

California schools face logistical and legal challenges implementing a Supreme Court ruling that allows parental opt-outs from lessons conflicting with parents' sincerely held religious beliefs.
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