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Texas State Board of Education rejects conservative-backed Heritage Classical Academy charter school for third time
Read full article: Texas State Board of Education rejects conservative-backed Heritage Classical Academy charter school for third timeTwo Republicans joined Democrats to veto the charter school application, including a Republican board member who lost reelection to a candidate endorsed by a PAC with financial ties to Heritage’s board chair.
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First draft of Legislature’s map of new State Board of Education districts shores up Republican majority
Read full article: First draft of Legislature’s map of new State Board of Education districts shores up Republican majorityThe Republican-dominated, 15-member board determines what millions of public school students in the state are taught in classrooms.
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The Latest: Illinois QB Peters among 2 to test positive
Read full article: The Latest: Illinois QB Peters among 2 to test positiveBoth tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and will be sidelined 21 days per Big Ten protocol. Both would be eligible to return for the Nov. 21 game at Nebraska. Illinois also announced that contact tracing sidelined several other players for the Purdue game and next week’s game against Minnesota. Sophomore Matt Robinson started at quarterback for the Ilini. The Illini opened the season last week at Wisconsin, whose team has had 22 players and staff test positive for COVID-19 this week.