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Texas UIL Draws Fire over Decision to Use Birth Certificates for Gender ID

Public school district superintendents across Texas resoundingly approved an amendment that requires district officials use a student-athlete’s birth certificate to determine gender identification. The decision came much to the dismay of the founder of the group TransAthlete.com who sharply criticized the state’s decision.

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Compton Teachers Stage 2nd ‘Sick-out’ in a Week

On Friday, for the second time in a week, teachers in Compton failed to show up for work at 10 of the school district’s 37 campuses, according to teachers’ union president Patrick Sullivan. The school district claimed nine campuses were affected, as KPCC reported.

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31% of U.S. Govt Assets Are Student Loans

Late last week, the U.S. Treasury Department released its annual financial report for the U.S. Government. The document calculates the government’s total number of assets and liabilities. Unsurprisingly, the report offered another grim picture of the nation’s fiscal health.

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Islamic School Has Govt Funding Cut Over Mismanagement Concerns

Australia’s largest Islamic school has had its government funding pulled over concerns that lax accounting procedures could not guarantee taxpayer money was spent solely on education rather than siphoned off for other causes. The Malek Fahd Islamic School in Greenacre in south-west

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