#parent | #kids | Conservative groups end ballot bids for private school scholarship, voting laws | #Education

Petitions for voter-initiated laws seeking to create stricter voter identification rules and a tax-incentivized scholarship fund that could be used for private schools were withdrawn from consideration at the end of December. The DeVos-backed Let MI Kids Learn initiative was withdrawn from the Bureau of Elections on Dec. 28 after……

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#parent | #kids | Hollister Incumbents to Serve Another Term on Board of Education | #Education

Monday, January 9th, 2023 6:01am By Scott McCaulley @smcckc The Hollister Board of Education will have three current members serve another term in office. During the recent sign-up period for candidates for the April Municipal Election, the three people currently holding the positions up for election, Jae Jones, Chris Kaempfer,……

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#parent | #kids | Watchdog group concerned about deaths of Tennessee children in homes known to state caseworkers | #childabuse | #children | #kids

Courtesy Second Look Commission Tennessee’s child protection agency is struggling to keep up with child abuse investigations, and caseworkers have been challenged by a growing number of children entering foster care. Now a new report from a watchdog group finds that an abnormally high number of vulnerable children died after……

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#parent | #kids | 6-year-old Boy Arrested For Shooting Teacher At U.S. School | #teacher | #children | #kids

A six-year-old boy was detained after opening fire at Richneck Elementary School in the city of Newport, Virginia, on Friday, seriously wounding a female teacher. According to a police statement, “this was not an accidental shooting.” “The individual is a six-year-old student. He is right now in police custody,” local……

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