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Category: Phoenix Declaration

Florida State Board of Education Chair Opening Statement Supports the Phoenix Declaration

Florida State Board of Education Chair Opening Statement Supports the Phoenix Declaration

Posted on September 15, 2025November 9, 2025 by Coloradans for Inclusive EducationPosted in Blog, Heritage Foundaton, Phoenix DeclarationTagged Christian Nationalism, Far Right Education Orgs, Federal Education Policies, Heritage Foundation, Moms for Liberty, National Association of Scholars, Phoenix Declaration.
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  • Colorado Education News
  • July 2026
    • Second public school closes following Colorado law change aimed at controversial education group
    • 2 conservative law firms join defense team in Elizabeth school district’s book ban lawsuit
      • Elizabeth School Board member’s husband announces ties between district, advocacy groups
    • Prop NN proponents believe the time is right to raise funding for schools after failed efforts
    • 15 states sue Trump administration to block school mental health funding cuts
    • Pikes Peak ERBOCES Exit Puts Co-op on the Clock
    • Trump administration’s Title IX enforcement questioned in Colorado school cases
    • Colorado law change alters futures of three public schools
    • Here’s what happened to 3 Colorado schools when state lawmakers reined in a controversial education group
      • State scrutinizes homeschool enrichment proposals from controversial education group
    • Conservative law firm sues Denver Public Schools over its school board voting map
  • June 2026
    • After a year of controversy, the leader of a shuttered ‘public Christian school’ is pitching a new venture
    • PERRY: State legislators run the home-school gravy train off the taxpayer tracks, finally
    • Anti-Trans Ballot Initiative Backers ‘Taking Sides’ in GOP Primaries
    • TABOR Is an ‘Irrational, Far-Right’ Handicap on Colorado
    • After a year of controversy, the leader of a shuttered ‘public Christian school’ is pitching a new venture
    • Pikes Peak State College is the latest member to back out of education agency tied to “public Christian school”
    • Voter guide: Where the 2026 Colorado Democratic Party gubernatorial candidates stand on education
    • Voter guide: Where the 2026 Colorado Republican Party gubernatorial candidates stand on education
    • Academy District 20 bans book with trans narrative
    • District says 61 boys the Trump administration found on girls’ sports rosters were mascots, managers
      • "We Cannot Do This Alone": JeffCo Schools Asks CO Gov and AG For Help Against Trump's Anti-Trans Threats
      • The data flaw inside Jeffco's federal Title IX findings
      • Jeffco asks governor, AG for help after another federal warning letter over its policies on transgender athletes
      • Colorado school district pushes back against Department of Education claims on athletic teams, impasse letter
      • Furries? Nope. Boys in Girls Sports? Nope.
      • How a Jeffco Title IX Claim Became a D20 Ballot Message
    • Conservative School Activists Say They Are ‘Working Directly With the U.S. Department of Education’
    • Super PAC backing Michael Bennet’s gubernatorial bid is fueled by dark money, pro-charter school groups 
    • In The Know: School Vouchers
    • Tighter rules, more oversight now govern homeschool enrichment in Colorado
    • 'Slap in the face': Evergreen community reacts to Polis veto
    • OPED: A win for fairness: Colorado charter students will now get a seat at the table
    • Colorado’s ‘first public Christian school’ closes permanently
    • How billionaire money could influence Colorado’s Democratic primary election for governor
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  • July 2026
    • Mass. think tank urges state to avoid federal school voucher program
    • Support for Teaching SEL Skills Remains Steady Despite Political Pushback
    • “Dangerously broad” federal book ban bill would bar kids from reading books about “transgenderism”
    • A New Federal Voucher Program Poised to Ramp Up School Segregation
    • K-12 Community Urges Trump Administration to Rethink Grant Rule Changes
    • Trump’s Education Department Leaves Mountain of Public Records Requests Unaddressed
    • Education in the Crosshairs III: What Dismantling the Department of Education Means for Students
    • Former federal officials oppose special education interagency agreement
    • After Trans Athlete Bans, Heritage Foundation Sets Its Sights On Dismantling Title IX
    • The Trump Administration Moves To Tighten Grip on Colleges
    • Coalition Sues Trump-Vance Administration Over Harmful, Unlawful Changes to Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program
      • Trump administration abruptly cancels grants for teen pregnancy prevention
    • Anti-Trans Legislation Isn't About "Protecting Girls"—It's About Distracting Us From What Matters
    • House Republicans’ Bills Could Dismantle the Education Dept.
      • NSBA: House Legislation Would Rubber-Stamp Executive Overhaul at the Expense of Local Control
    • Trump Admin. Calls Popular Smithsonian History Teaching Materials ‘Radical’
    • White House Wants To Make It Harder For People With Disabilities To Sue Federal Agencies
    • Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars
    • House education panel advances package to dismantle Education Department
    • Heritage Foundation Pushes Trump War Against Smithsonian
    • NSBA: House Legislation Would Rubber-Stamp Executive Overhaul at the Expense of Local Control
    • Big Changes to Federal Grants Are Coming: What They Could Mean for Schools
    • Nearly $10 million in school mental health grants at risk, more Health Headlines
    • No internet, no screen time? FCC weighs cutting subsidy that lowers school internet bills
    • Parental rights and student gender transitions will be civil rights priorities: top DOJ official
    • How Standardized Testing Failed Students, Moving beyond No Child Left Behind
    • Trump Administration Launches Crackdown on Teacher Sexual Misconduct Following KQED-ProPublica Investigation
    • Steve Nelson: Don’t Trust the Federal Voucher Program
    • Public dollars belong in public schools
    • The Think Tank Fueling Trump’s War on Higher Ed
    • Tale of two politicized social studies standards: Minnesota and Texas
    • Taxpayer-Funded 250th Anniversary Group Pushes AI Slop to Whitewash US History
    • Public Schools: Protecting The Great Hope of America
    • Walberg, Lankford Lead Amicus Brief Defending Religious Liberty in Supreme Court School Choice Case
    • Book Bans Threaten Academic Freedom, Inclusivity in Public Education
  • June 2026
    • Federal health agency cancels most of its teen pregnancy prevention grants
    • Patriotism Debates in American Classrooms: A Timeline
    • Why a new federal school choice program may require a massive marketing budget
    • Patriotism Toward What End? The Enduring Debate in U.S. History Education
    • Student Loans Must Be Forgiven And Cannot Be Kicked Off SAVE Plan, Says Amended Lawsuit
    • Why Moving Special Education Out of the Ed. Dept Will Not Help Students
    • Federal Voucher Scheme Uses Misleading Information to Lure States into Defunding Public Schools
    • School districts, trans kids pay for anti-trans lawsuits cropping up across U.S.
    • I Thought ‘No Child Left Behind’ Would Fix Public Schools. I Was Wrong.
    • The Teen Believers in a Christian America: For Charlie Kirk’s followers, faith and patriotism are intertwined.
    • John Thompson: Public Schools Are a Public Good, Not a Commodity!
    • WHAT COULD PUBLIC SCHOOLS HAVE IF WE MADE DIFFERENT CHOICES?
    • Special Ed. and Civil Rights: What We Know About the Ed. Dept.'s Latest Moves
    • Stop With The NCLB Nostalgia
    • Moms for Liberty sees resignations, controversies and a shifting mission
    • The New Federal Voucher Program Fact Sheet
    • Linda McMahon says she heard parents. Parents say special education changes show she didn’t listen.
      • Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) statement on the illegal removal of special education and civil rights enforcement from the U.S. Department of Education
      • Trump further guts Education Dept. by shifting oversight of special ed, civil rights
      • Broad Coalition of Disability, Civil Rights, and Education Organizations Denounces ED’s Latest Transfers of Core Functions 
      • Changes at Education Department Will Leave Many Vulnerable Students at Risk
    • Why David Barton's Disregard For Truth Matters
    • Teachers unions sue to block Success Academy from transferring charter to Eva Moskowitz’s husband
    • Public Schooling in America: Our 2026 Report Card on the States
    • The private school choice boom leaves behind many kids in public school
    • Growth of School Vouchers at State and Federal Levels Threatens Public Schooling
    • The biggest expansion of federal scholarship money in 50 years is at hand — and almost nobody is ready for it
    • Trump administration using 'shock and awe' in federal investigations into Colorado school districts, expert says
    • Another Democratic-Leaning State Will Pass on the Federal School Choice Program
    • Treasury Department preview of tax credit scholarship rules suggests limited role for states
    • Tied Up in Knots: For the 'reform' wing of the Democratic Party, education is a knotty business
    • Ed Department Sued Over Special Education Cuts
    • School culture wars come to Capitol Hill
      • Lawmakers Grill Superintendents on Transgender Student Policies
    • FCC Launches Review of E-Rate Program Amid Screen Time Debate
    • Cherry Creek School District under investigation for ‘racially discriminatory programming’
    • San Francisco schools chief to face congressional questions about ‘inappropriate content’
      • Feds reviewing gender education in San Francisco schools
    • Curmudgucation: Trump Is Not Sending Education Back to the States
    • Federal Anti-LGBTQ Students Bills
    • Trump Law Would Also Direct Voucher Money to Public Schools
    • Tied Up in Knots: For the 'reform' wing of the Democratic Party, education is a knotty business
    • Congress Seizes on ‘Parents Rights’ Agenda to Nationalize Censorship in Public Schools
    • Congress Is Working on a New K-12 Budget. See What’s Proposed for Key Programs
    • House GOP Endorses Education Cuts as Talks on Trump’s Budget Begin
    • Will Public Schools Benefit From Federal Vouchers?
    • Wave Goodbye to the Last Normal Year for American Schools
    • Are U.S. Schools in Decline? Two Researchers Question That Narrative
    • Most Americans broadly support public education for undocumented students
    • Jeffco Public Schools pushes back as feds renew threat to pull funding over transgender student policies
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    • Bell Policy Center Colorado Ballot Guide 2026
    • Colorado 2025-2026 Initiative Filings, Agendas & Results
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    • 10 Ways to Instill a Love of Reading in Your Child
    • AHA–OAH Joint Statement on Federal Censorship of American History
    • Colorado School District Map 2025 Election
    • Courageous Conversations About Our Schools
    • Block Grants: A Framework for States’ Response to Potential Flexibility in Federal K-12 Education Funds | Bellwether
    • Colorado Capitol Watch
    • Federal Cuts Calculator for School Districts | the Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools
    • PFPS bill tracker proposed legislation that creates, expands, or modifies private school voucher programs | Public Fund Public Schools
    • PROOF POINTS: Two groups of scholars revive the debate over inquiry vs. direct instruction | Hechinger Report
    • PUBLIC SCHOOLS AU Protects Public Education for All
    • Public School Funding Calculator | Free the Future
    • Research Evidence Against Dismantling the U.S. Department of Education
    • Same Shame, New Name: Debunking the “Success Sequence”
    • School Board Spotlight 
    • Tracking the Supreme Court’s impact on K-12 schools | K-12 Dive
    • Universal Voucher Price Tag Tool | Ed Law Center
    • U. S. Dept. of Ed Press Releases
    • What Are American Students Learning about US History?| AHA
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    • Where Does Education End and Indoctrination Begin?
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  • Absurdity
    • Furries? Nope. Boys in Girls Sports? Nope.
    • Elderly Grand Junction Woman Vandalizes Queer Library Books Out Front Magazine
    • GOP legislator files bill to stop “furries” from using litter boxes in schools
      • Fact Check: No evidence that U.S. schoolchildren are self-identifying as animals and disrupting classrooms
      • School district disputes Ganahl’s claim about students identifying as furries
    • How an urban myth about litter boxes in schools became a GOP talking point
    • Trump repeats false claims that children are undergoing transgender surgery during the school day
  • States Education News
    • AL
      • US Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s visit to Murphy High School canceled
      • Alabama Legislature gives final approval to bill mandating Ten Commandments school displays
    • AR
      • Arkansas education officials seek waivers to reduce federal oversight of state’s school system
    • AZ
      • Anti-SEL Bills Stalled in Statehouses This Year, But Political Pushback Persists
      • Don't follow Arizona's example. End universal vouchers now | Opinion
      • Hobbs vetoes proposal to opt Arizona into tax credit program to fund private school scholarships
    • CA
      • Controversy surrounds 'History Rocks 250' assembly at school in Chino Hills
      • Several states — and the LA public schools — are setting limits on screen time
      • Charter authorizers urge Gov. Newsom to lead on anti-fraud bill | Ed Source
      • Teacherless, AI-powered private school expanding Bay Area footprint due to growing demand
    • CT
      • After McMahon's school visit is canceled, Fairfield parents demand answers about how it was approved | CT Insider
    • FL
      • AHA Statement on Florida FACT US History Course Framework
        • Florida’s new history course flunks as a tool for education
      • A Koch-connected school choice contractor could get $2 million from Florida taxpayers
      • Florida has a new U.S. history course. How is Hillsdale College connected?
      • A management firm is poised to profit off plan to divert local property taxes to charter schools
      • Florida reveals new course launching in high schools next year
      • Florida proposes teaching students about ‘the fall of Nicolas Maduro’
      • Sarasota School Board Chair Bridget Ziegler wants district to collaborate with ICE
      • Why 'symbolic' ICE resolution in Sarasota matters more than you think
      • Florida, the book-banning state, cues up next act | Daytona Beach News-Journal
      • Florida communism classes will get new update later this year
    • GA
      • Georgia librarians could face criminal charges for ‘harmful materials’ | RoughDraft Atlanta
    • IA
      • Iowa House passes education bills on free speech, social studies
      • Iowa first state awarded ESEA waiver under Trump administration
      • Iowa lawmakers advance bill prohibiting partnerships between public schools and libraries 
      • Iowa Republican lawmakers see history education as a political weapon
      • Iowa House passes education bills on free speech,
    • IL
      • Protesters Gather at Genoa-Kingston High School Over School Assembly
      • Ohio nonprofit that teaches the Bible to public school students comes to West Aurora, other Illinois districts
    • IN
      • Approval of Indiana Waiver Abandons Federal K-12 Education Law
      • The Corporatization of Public Schools
      • Indiana bill advances urging marriage before children in schools
      • What The Success Sequence Teaches
      • Indiana lawmakers move to expand the use of the Classic Learning Test for college admission | Chalkbeat
    • KY
      • Gov. Andy Beshear: Here’s why I proudly vetoed the backdoor school voucher bill
      • Kentucky Bill Declaring Trans People Mentally Ill and Banning Trans Teachers Set to Pass Largely Unopposed
    • LA
      • Court clears way for Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in classrooms to take effect
    • MI
      • Michigan Legislator Proposes Elimination Of Property Taxes For Taxpayers Without School Children | Forbes
    • MD
      • Maryland advances sweeping education bill to fill gap as Trump admin dismantles federal protections
    • MN
      • Fridley School Board approves ICE resolution, MN
    • NE
      • New bill would require Nebraska K-12 schools to teach anti-communist lessons
      • Conservative PragerU’s ‘Founders Museum’ displayed at Nebraska Capitol
    • NH
      • ‘CHARLIE Act’ bill would prohibit ‘certain pedagogies’ and counter ‘leftist indoctrination in education’ | New Hampshire
    • NJ
      • New Jersey parents keep kids home during ‘problematic’ history tour
    • OH
      • Ohio Republican lawmakers pass bill that includes requiring schools to teach when to have kids
        • Ohio lawmakers pass bill requiring schools to teach kids to get married before having kids
      • Ohio bill would cut funding to school districts suing over vouchers: Capitol Letter | Cleveland.com (OH)
      • LifeWise expanding rapidly: Some remain skeptical of Bible-based group in Ohio public schools
      • Action Alert: Ohio HB 486 Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act
      • Ohio House passes ‘Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act’ allowing teaching of religion’s influence on U.S. history
      • Religious education bill honoring Charlie Kirk introduced in Senate following swift House approval
    • OK
      • AHA Urges Oklahoma Legislature to Return Social Studies Standards For Further Review
      • Divorcing from usual process, Oklahoma Board of Education rewrites dozens of social studies standards
      • Mandatory teaching of creationism: Oklahoma senator files state bill mandating teaching of ‘evolution science’
      • Oklahoma board to vote on application for religious Jewish charter school
      • A strategic lawsuit in Oklahoma could block public money from funding religious schools
      • Oklahoma Senate rejects state testing requirements for private schools in tax credit program
      • New social studies standards pass Oklahoma State Board of Education vote
    • SC
      • AG Alan Wilson leads 20 states in brief defending school curriculum restrictions
    • SD
      • Fight Over Math Standards Emerges in South Dakota
      • Hillsdale College Writes Worse Math Standards for South Dakota Schools
      • US Education Secretary Linda McMahon visits Sioux Falls
      • Education board strips Common Core math in favor of ‘simplified’ standards
    • TN
      • Tennessee increases private-school voucher vendor contract by $356M
      • TN third grade reading law set off years of anxiety for these students
      • Tennessee school board approves application for Christian charter school
      • FFRF Action Fund explains dangers of Tennessee’s ‘Charlie Kirk’ law
      • This TN education bill could end up in the Supreme Court | Opinion
      • Tennessee GOP wants to track K-12 student immigration status | Chalkbeat
      • Educators Worry Palestine Censorship Could Reshape Public Education Entirely
      • Tennessee bill would allow residents to request book removals from public libraries 
      • Tennessee bill mandating lessons on the 'history of communism' passes Senate
      • TN Senate passes 'Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act' to allow Judeo-Christian values in history classes
    • TX
      • Bible stories could soon be required reading in Texas public schools
        • Texas' new history curriculum could give the state unprecedented control over textbooks
        • Texas wants to erase history in textbooks. Students will pay the price.
        • Here’s why the new Texas school curriculum is so very, very bad
        • Why Texas’ Fight Over Social Studies Standards Has National Consequences
        • What Happened to Texas Public Schools?
        • Jordan Adams’ Road to Content Advisor for Texas Social Studies TEKS
        • Texas is changing its social studies curriculum. Critics say it's too state-centric
        • Texas moving forward with Christian Bible-infused public education mandate
        • Reading list for Texas students draws concern over religious themes | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (TX)
      • Houston ISD adopted the controversial state Bluebonnet curriculum. Here's what to know.
        • What Houston ISD students will learn from the Bible next school year
        • Houston ISD is again looking to expand its controversial instructional reform model
      • Third Future Schools in Texas Records a Significant Deficit in Audit
        • Mike Miles’ Former Charter School Network Expands Its Footprint in Texas
      • Letters: Texas directive on Turning Point USA has ominous echoes
      • Muslim parent sues Texas over exclusion of Islamic private schools in voucher program
      • Parents Fell in Love With Alpha Schools' promise. Then They Wanted Out
    • UT
      • Another State Is Requiring Students to Study the Bible in School
      • Should the Bible be part of public school curriculum? The momentum is building.
    • VA
      • State leaders, educators clash after Virginia opts into federal school choice tax credit
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