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☆ Kids Still Aren’t Going to Class, So Schools Are Getting Aggressive
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Sara Randazzo | Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Some schools are using marketing campaigns to raise attendance. Photo: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg NewsAt first, educators thought the plummeting attendance rates experienced during the pandemic were a Covid-19-related anomaly. Illness kept many students out of school, and families were wary of catching the disease. Now, more than two years after most schools resumed in-person classes, absences are still skyrocketing. Covid-19 has mostly faded as a concern, but it has left behind a changed attitude about going to school every day.

Persons: Emily Elconin Organizations: Bloomberg

☆ Conservatives Lose Steam in School Board Races as Liberals Mobilize
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Matt Barnum | Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Democrats celebrated in Central Bucks, outside Philadelphia, after their five-candidate slate swept the race and Republicans lost their majority. Photo: Jason Nark/Associated PressConservative activists seeking to take over school boards around the country saw their momentum slow in this week’s elections after progressive groups organized rival campaigns targeting the normally sleepy local races. Over the past two years, conservative groups such as Moms for Liberty have flipped control of some school boards nationwide by critiquing what they saw as excessive Covid-19 precautions and left-wing teaching about race and gender. Rallying around the banner of parental rights, the groups have called for limits on what is taught in classrooms or offered in libraries and parental notification of students’ gender transitions among other changes.

Persons: Jason Nark Organizations: Republicans, Associated Press Conservative, Liberty Locations: Central Bucks, Philadelphia

☆ Big Races in Virginia, Kentucky Offer Early Read on 2024 Election
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Scott Calvert | Jimmy Vielkind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Some people last week voted early in Kentucky, where a tight governor’s race is among several elections around the U.S. Tuesday. Photo: Greg Eans/Associated PressVoters in several states will give the country an early read on the electorate’s mood heading into the 2024 presidential campaign, with a Democratic incumbent in Kentucky testing the party’s strength in Trump Country and abortion front and center in Virginia’s legislative races. Tuesday’s gubernatorial race in Kentucky is expected to be competitive, while the Mississippi governor’s contest isn’t seen as close. Virginia and New Jersey have no statewide races, but all of the seats in each state’s legislatures are on the ballot. Control of Virginia’s legislature is on the line, with the results offering hints about the strength of both parties’ messages heading into 2024.

Persons: Greg Eans, isn’t Organizations: Associated Press Voters, Democratic, Trump Country Locations: Kentucky, Mississippi, Virginia, New Jersey

☆ Voters Head to Polls Tuesday for Big Races in Virginia, Kentucky
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Scott Calvert | Jimmy Vielkind | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Persons: Greg Eans, isn’t Organizations: Associated Press Voters, Democratic, Trump Country Locations: Kentucky, Mississippi, Virginia, New Jersey

☆ LGBT Issues Galvanize Democrats’ Push for School Board Control
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Karen Smith, left, a Democrat running for re-election to the school board in the Central Bucks School District, spoke last month with Laura Sorenson, a teacher and parent. Photo: Scott Calvert/The Wall Street JournalPLUMSTEAD TOWNSHIP, Pa.—Sexually explicit pamphlets, mysterious lawn signs with barbed slogans and accusations of lying have punctuated a partisan school board race in this Philadelphia suburb. Campaigning ends Tuesday, when voters will either keep the Republican majority or give Democrats the reins. At stake is control of the Central Bucks School District, Pennsylvania’s third-largest with more than 17,000 students. Hundreds of districts across the country will hold local school board elections Nov. 7, ahead of a 2024 presidential campaign that is expected to see education play a bigger role than in the past.

Persons: Karen Smith, Laura Sorenson, Scott Calvert Organizations: Democrat, Central Bucks School District, Republican Locations: PLUMSTEAD, Pa, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s

☆ Why a 2023 Virginia Election Is a Proving Ground for 2024
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

THE PLAINS, Va.—For clues about the strength of both parties’ messages heading into 2024, look no further than this suburban Northern Virginia enclave, where Democrats and Republicans are betting big on a hotly contested state Senate race. Typically, such local elections don’t have a major impact outside their direct communities. But this one could decide control of the Virginia legislature and Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin ’s ability to enact conservative policies on abortion, taxes and education—making it closely watched in the run up to next year’s presidential race.

Persons: Glenn Youngkin ’ Organizations: Republicans, Republican Gov Locations: Va, Northern Virginia, Virginia

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☆ Violent Crime Is Surging in D.C. This Year: ‘We Just Stood There and Screamed’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Scott Calvert | Photographs Eric Lee For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Sorry, Y’all, Georgia’s Deep Southern Accent Is Slipping Away
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ The Most Important Elections of 2023 Will Test Purple-State Voters—and Glenn Youngkin’s Clout
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Dispatchers at the 911 center in Mesa, Ariz., have three levers to pull: fire/medical, police or mental health. The last one is a relatively new addition, adopted by dozens of police departments around the country and aimed at avoiding violent and often deadly confrontations between police officers and the mentally ill.

Locations: Mesa, Ariz

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☆ More States Threaten to Hold Back Third-Graders Who Can’t Read
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Sara Randazzo | Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Glenn Youngkin’s Effort to Reshape Virginia’s Schools Is Off to Modest Start
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Stockton Rush, Founder of Titanic Submersible Company, Saw Opportunity in Undersea Tourism
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Scott Calvert | Arian Campo-Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach, director of policy and advocacy at the National Association of School Psychologists, said mental-health coordination programs such as Care Solace aren’t as good as having people in a school building who can provide on-the-spot help. She said that while Nevada is trying to improve, it has “one of the worst shortages of school psychologists, school counselors, school social workers in the country.” A spokeswoman for the Nevada Department of Education declined to comment.

Persons: Kelly Vaillancourt Strobach, ” Organizations: National Association of School, Nevada Department of Education Locations: Nevada

☆ Seven Shot Outside Richmond, Va., High-School Graduation
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Two People, Including Teen, Killed in Shooting Outside Richmond, Va., High School Graduation
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ ‘There Were Fists Everywhere.’ Violence Against Teachers Is on the Rise.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Scott Calvert | Photographs Bridget Bennett For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

SPARKS, Nev.—When English teacher Lauren Forbus saw three students at her middle school sneak in through an exit-only door, she stood in the hall with outstretched arms and told them to turn around. Instead, she said, they cursed at her and told her to move.

Persons: SPARKS, Nev, Lauren Forbus

Local lore says the horses are descended from survivors of a long-ago shipwreck, but the more likely and mundane story is that herds were brought from the mainland in the late 1600s to avoid fencing laws and taxation, the park service says.

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☆ Cherelle Parker Wins Democratic Nomination in Philadelphia Mayoral Primary
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Democratic Voters in Philadelphia Size Up Candidates in Tight Primary Race
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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