More than 1,000 of Maryland's 1,361 public schools require repairs, renovation or replacement, according to the Maryland Comptroller's office. Meanwhile, construction costs have surged since 2019, with each new classroom averaging $1 million.
The game involves graduating seniors “assassinating” classmates within a set time by squirting them with water guns. It spread to high schools nationwide in the 2010s, fueled by TV shows, and has since grown more popular on social media.
The president framed the move as part of his administration’s broader effort to defend religious liberty and push back against what he called anti-religious bias in schools.
The ruling halts school districts from implementing the measure, which mandated a 16-by-20-inch poster or framed copy of a specific English version of the Ten Commandments in every classroom.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is touring all 50 states to promote dismantling the Department of Education, citing Louisiana’s literacy gains as proof states can lead. She says education policy and funding should return to state control.
Chicago Public Schools announced layoffs of more than 1,400 district workers, including over 400 teachers. A total of 1,458 employees were laid off, a 3.2% increase from 2024's 1,410 layoffs.
More than 7.5 million U.S. public school students live with a disability, according to a federal Department of Education data. Nearly 6.3 million of them live in states that do not require schools to make specific emergency plans for students with disabilities.
The Justice Department is suing Maine, alleging the state violated Title IX by allowing transgender girls to compete in girls' sports, which it says discriminates against female athletes. The lawsuit follows a Trump administration executive order and escalating tensions with Gov. Janet Mills, who vowed to fight the mandate in court.
Three tribal nations and five Native American students claim in a lawsuit that the Trump administration has failed its legal obligations to tribes when it cut jobs at Bureau of Indian Education schools.
Kramer Middle School in Washington, D.C., has implemented high-impact tutoring, bringing in tutors to assist students in the classroom during school hours.
An L.A. area school is finding innovative ways to keep their students engaged after the school was destroyed during the devastating California wildfires. Field trips are helping students continue learn in the midst of tragedy.
Parents say school nurses or administrative staff should remotely monitor CGM apps, making sure someone is paying attention even when a student is outside the classroom— such as at recess, in a noisy lunchroom, or on a field trip.
Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth grade under a proposal that drew hours of testimony and follows Republican-led efforts in other states to incorporate more religious teaching into classrooms.
The Oklahoma attorney general's office responded after the state's education superintendent sent an email this week to public school administrators requiring them to show students his video announcement of a new Department of Religious Freedom and Patriotism. In the video, he prays for President-elect Trump.
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