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A Fort Worth church is offering a $100 online academy that aims to train conservative Christians to run for office.

At the core of the program is the idea that there is no separation between what happens within the church and in the government.

With @fortworthreport.bsky.social @texastribune.org
“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office
A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Ohio lawmakers have brought back up a bill that would add party labels to candidates in local school board elections with a newly added amendment that would eliminate all elected seats on the State Board of Education, making the entire body governor-appointed. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/24/o...
Ohio bill would add political parties to school board races, reduce State Board of Education seats • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio legislature brought back up a bill that would add party names to local school board elections, and added an amendment that would eliminate elected seats on the State Board of Education,…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Ohio House passes bill that allows schools teach positive impacts of religion on American history. 🙄 ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/19/o...
Ohio House passes bill that allows schools teach positive impacts of religion on American history • Ohio Capital Journal
The Ohio House voted to pass a bill that would allow public schools and public universities to teach positive impacts of religion on American history during Wednesday’s House session.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Linda McMahon does not have the power to dismantle the Department of Education. Only Congress does.

This is an illegal assault on our public school children. If this continues, millions of students, teachers, and families will pay the price. I’ll keep fighting back.
The Education Department is being dismantled. Here's what that means
The Education Department is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign...
apnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Jan Resseger: How the Trump Administration Undermines the Rights of Students and Teachers, Part 2. dianeravitch.net/2025/11/21/j...
Jan Resseger: How the Trump Administration Undermines the Rights of Students and Teachers, Part 2.
Jan Resseger is a determined and purposeful writer. On Tuesday, Part 1 of this post explored the Trump Administration’s seizure of the Congressional “power of the purse” as part of a stra…
dianeravitch.net
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Breaking up the Department of Education. So this is what Linda McMahon is going to do with the U.S. ED. Money flows to the Department of Labor. We saw this coming. Still wrong. nancyebailey.com/2018/06/22/w...
Why Merging DOE with DOL is Wrong! Education is for Children, NOT Corporations - Nancy Bailey's Education Website
Moms and Dads, when you looked into your newborn's eyes for the first time, did you think, I wonder what job our government will steer our baby into? A merger of the Department of Education (DOE) with...
nancyebailey.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Disciplining ourselves to name and and understand what appear to be troubling legal violations by the Trump  administration is an important step toward building the political will for reform.
janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/h...
How the Trump Administration Manipulates Power and Undermines Core Principles that Protect Public Schools and Students’ Rights—Part 2
On Tuesday, Part 1 of this post explored the Trump Administration’s seizure of the Congressional “power of the purse” as part of a strategy to accomplish the President’s goa…
janresseger.wordpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Ohio Senate passes bill that lists Ten Commandments as ‘historical document!’ ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/19/o...
Ohio Senate passes bill that lists Ten Commandments as 'historical document' • Ohio Capital Journal
A measure that would include the Ten Commandments in a list of “historical documents” was passed out of an Ohio Senate committee on Tuesday.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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The president's administration is undermining the well-being of our nation’s massive institution of K-12 public schools, the leaders of 13,000 public school districts, over three million public school teachers, and more than 50 million students enrolled.
janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/h...
How the Trump Administration Manipulates Power and Undermines Core Principles that Protect Public Schools and Students’ Rights—Part 1
Despite that the federal government shutdown has ended, SNAP funds are being distributed, and airplanes are returning to their expected schedules, many of us are feeling disoriented and troubled by…
janresseger.wordpress.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How the Trump Administration Manipulates Power and Undermines Core Principles that Protect Public Schools and Students' Rights---Part 1 janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/11/18/h...
How the Trump Administration Manipulates Power and Undermines Core Principles that Protect Public Schools and Students’ Rights—Part 1
Despite that the federal government shutdown has ended, SNAP funds are being distributed, and airplanes are returning to their expected schedules, many of us are feeling disoriented and troubled by…
janresseger.wordpress.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Stephen Dyer: How the Ohio Legislature Cheats the Majority of Students, Who Are Enrolled in PUBLIC Schools dianeravitch.net/2025/11/17/s...
Stephen Dyer: How the Ohio Legislature Cheats the Majority of Students, Who Are Enrolled in PUBLIC Schools
Stephen Dyer is a former legislator who keeps watch on the ways that Ohio Republicans have cheated public school students. Ohio Republicans love charters and vouchers, even though taxpayers have be…
dianeravitch.net
November 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
The school bus driver shortage has improved slightly but continues to stress K–12 public education. www.epi.org/blog/the-sch...
The school bus driver shortage has improved slightly but continues to stress K–12 public education
The school bus driver shortage continues to play out across the country, making it more challenging for students to get to school and placing additional burdens on the K–12 public education system. As...
www.epi.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Bringing this back, because Florida just adopted it. CURMUDGUCATION: More Culture Panic From Heritage Foundation (The Phoenix Declaration) curmudgucation.blogspot.com/2025/03/more...
More Culture Panic From Heritage Foundation
The slightly-cranky voice navigating the world of educational "reform" while trying to still pursue the mission of providing quality education.
curmudgucation.blogspot.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Nov. 6th Local Election Returns Show Ohio Voters Out of Sync with Legislature’s Attack on Public Schools janresseger.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/n...
Nov. 6th Local Election Returns Show Ohio Voters Out of Sync with Legislature’s Attack on Public Schools
The local election returns across Ohio on November 6th didn’t exactly square with the Ohio General Assembly’s public education policy priorities. The Culture Wars Ohio legislators conti…
janresseger.wordpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
New Hampshire: Voucher Program Grows Beyond Its Budget; 80% of Vouchers Used by Students Enrolled in Private Schools dianeravitch.net/2025/11/11/n...
New Hampshire: Voucher Program Grows Beyond Its Budget; 80% of Vouchers Used by Students Enrolled in Private Schools
Garry Rayno of InDepth NH reports on the status of the New Hampshire voucher program, called Education Freedom Accounts. The program is growing beyond the budgeted amount, and the number of student…
dianeravitch.net
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM