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Ann Arbor Public Schools approves Mideast cease-fire resolution that had stoked controversy

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The district is also encouraging its teachers to discuss the Israel-Hamas war in their classrooms following an emotionally charged meeting Wednesday.

Georgia House Republicans seek to boost spending on preschool by more than $100 million

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“We’ve got to continue to up our game,” House Speaker Pro Tem Jan Jones, a Milton Republican who led a study of Georgia’s prekindergarten program for 4-year-olds.

Parents want district to improve security more after deadly Iowa school shooting

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Several parents in an Iowa town where a deadly school shooting took place earlier this month told school officials on Monday they want more preventative measures and transparency as the school board plans for students’ return.

USDA estimates 21 million kids will get summer food benefits through new program in 2024

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“No child in this country should go hungry,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in an interview with The Associated Press. “They certainly shouldn’t go hungry because they lose access to nutritious school meals during the summer months.”

Investigation into police failures during the Uvalde school shooting will continue into 2024

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The possibility of criminal charges against some of the nearly 400 officers who rushed to Robb Elementary School but waited more than an hour to confront and kill the shooter has hung over Uvalde since state lawmakers faulted law enforcement at every level.

These kids want to go to school. The main obstacle? Paperwork

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A serious problem has presented itself. A corrosive combination of onerous re-enrollment requirements, arcane paperwork and the everyday obstacles of poverty—a nonworking phone, a missing backpack, the loss of a car—is in many cases preventing children from going back to school.

Federal judge rules school board districts illegal in Georgia school system, calls for new map

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School board districts in the Cobb County school system appear to be unconstitutionally discriminatory and must be quickly redrawn ahead of 2024’s elections, judge says.

Changes to Georgia school accountability could mean no more A-to-F grades for schools and districts

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A full spectrum of school accountability numbers was released for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. But there isn’t a single number to sum up the performance of any one school or district.

New superintendent selected for Mississippi’s Madison County Schools

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Ted Poore said in a statement that he is “honored and humbled” to be chosen to serve as the next superintendent beginning July 1, 2024.

Florida school board may seek ouster of Moms for Liberty co-founder

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Bridget Ziegler could move a step closer to getting ousted from a Florida school board on this week as she is embroiled in the fallout of a sexual assault investigation into her husband.

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