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Overbeck: DougCo school board Conservative leadership delivers results – academic gains and parent power

As soon as they were elected in 2021, the four new Conservative Douglas County School District (DCSD) directors were faced with the major issues of the time: the Covid pandemic, and the twisted woke movement to reduce parents’ influence by infecting students with leftist political ideologies. They began honoring their campaign promises on day one by keeping the Douglas County schools open, knowing that in-person classes instead of ineffective online lessons would lead to solid improvements in student achievement.

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Ganahl: Smears and fearmongering—The fight for John Adams Academy and school choice in Douglas County

In Douglas County, Colorado, a battle over education choice is brewing as efforts to open a new classical charter school, the John Adams Academy, face fierce opposition. Spearheading the initiative is Ellie Reynolds, a Sterling Ranch resident and mom, and Kim Gilmartin, a seasoned advocate for school choice, who has helped launch multiple classical charter schools across the state.

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Growth of Obama-era foster care policy unmasks transgender orthodoxy’s inherent threat to parental rights

Approved, National, The Daily Signal / October 16, 2024 / Foster care, Obama, Parental Rights, Transgender

A groundbreaking new report from The Daily Caller exposes the backstory behind the Biden-Harris administration’s regulation on foster care rules for children who identify as LGBTQ, and underscores the inherent threat that transgender orthodoxy poses to the parental rights of moms and dads who reject the idea that children can be “born in the wrong body.”

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Colorado Democrats Push Controversial Bill, Undermining Parental Rights and Imposing Extreme Ideology on Foster Families

State, Approved, thelobby-co.com / January 30, 2024 / Legislative Session, Parental Rights

A deeply concerning bill has been introduced in Colorado that seeks to impose a highly controversial and destructive policy on foster families. Colorado HB 24-1017, known as the Bill of Rights for Foster Youth, would compel foster families in the state to affirm the chosen gender identity of a foster child under their care.

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Denver Progressives’ Proposed Bill Threatens Parental Rights and Promotes Confusion in Colorado Schools

State, Approved, thelobby-co.com / January 14, 2024 / Legislative Session, Parental Rights

The extreme left-wing agenda of Denver progressives is once again encroaching upon the Colorado public education system. A small group of Denver Democrats has introduced a proposal that could have far-reaching consequences for parental rights and student identity in schools across the entire state.

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