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A protester holds a placard during a protest held by Philly Children's Movement against Moms For Liberty in Center City Philadelphia. Mom's For Liberty, a group from in 2021 to fight against COVID-19 Mandates, held their annual summit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and were met by protesters protesting the event and the actions of Mom's For Liberty. The group which is designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group, has been a vocal voice in anti-LGBT rhetoric and the push in banning certain books from schools and libraries. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Conservatives ousted from suburban school board grant $700K exit deal to superintendent

A protester holds a placard during a protest held by Philly Children's Movement against Moms For Liberty in Center City Philadelphia. Mom's For Liberty, a group from in 2021 to fight against COVID-19 Mandates, held their annual summit in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and were met by protesters protesting the event and the actions of Mom's For Liberty. The group which is designated by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group, has been a vocal voice in anti-LGBT rhetoric and the push in banning certain books from schools and libraries. (Photo by Matthew Hatcher / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

Education, LGBTQ+, Local, Politics

Convicted sex offender serves as faith leader of Philly ‘Moms for Liberty’ chapter

Parents, residents and teachers attend the Pennridge school board on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023 in Pennridge, Pa. The board approved a controversial new curriculum written with the help of a consultant tied to the conservative Hillsdale College, though it delayed implementation of the elementary social studies courses by a year to give teachers time to prepare. ((Steven M. Falk/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

Education, National, Politics

Winners of PA school board race talk about a campaign marred by extremism

Parents, residents and teachers applaud as they listen to speakers against the curriculum change during the Pennridge school board on Monday, Aug. 28, 2023 in Pennridge, Pennsylvania.

Education, LGBTQ+, Politics

Pennsylvanians are fighting book bans and far-right extremism in schools

Pennridge Central Middle School.

Education, LGBTQ+

Pennridge School District hit with federal discrimination complaint

Central Bucks School District high school student Leo Burchell waits for a school board meeting to start, opening his rainbow colored umbrella as it begins to rain in Doylestown, Pa., on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022.

Education, Elections, LGBTQ+, Local, Politics

Pennsylvania voters reject right-wing school board candidates

Ron DeSantis

Education, Politics, White House

Republicans continue their unpopular attempts to abolish the Department of Education

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on student loan debt forgiveness, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Economy, Education, Politics, White House

Biden has canceled $3.65 billion in student debt for 63,710 people in Pennsylvania