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Senior Reporter Ann Schimke has the details on the latest chapter in the debate about religious content in American public schools. Colorado has 20 state-approved reading curriculum options, but the Montezuma-Cortez school district opted instead to adopt a curriculum “built for Texas students,” she reports.
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What We’re Reading
Former VP Mike Pence joining Colorado Christian University faculty, The Colorado Springs Gazette (Paywall)
Louisiana school board and federal government end 61 years of segregation monitoring, The Associated Press
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