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Daughter of Spotsylvania superintendent candidate Mark Taylor says he is ‘beyond under-qualified’

Spotsylvania's school board offered Taylor $245,000 a year to serve as superintendent with no professional education experience.

South Redford Schools closed again after cyber attack

The South Redford School District on Wednesday canceled classes for a second straight day after its computer system was infiltrated, just weeks after federal officials warned that hackers are ramping up attacks against schools across the country.

Denver students sue after district files to trademark their racial justice podcast

Four young Black women who created a racial justice podcast and pushed Denver Public Schools to diversify its curriculum sued the district Monday.

Kentucky school shooter seeks parole in high-stakes hearing

A Kentucky man who killed three students and wounded five more in a school shooting 25 years ago will go before the state parole board on Tuesday in a high-stakes hearing.

Diversity chief for K-12 military schools under investigation following racially charged posts

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) told media outlets the agency is "aware" of allegations against the department's diversity chief for K-12 programs.

Twenty-four of America’s top civics and history teachers selected for Bill of Rights Institute National Teacher Council

They are some of the most talented and innovative minds in civics and history education today and were selected during a highly competitive process that included hundreds of applications across the country.

US public schools getting a D+ for poor conditions, and experts say problems are getting worse

While school infrastructure problems are a perennial challenge, national data suggest the crises are reaching an apex, even prompting some teachers this school year to go on strike.

National conservative groups pour money into local school board races

The New York-based 1776 Project PAC endorsed more than 100 school board candidates this year in states like Florida, Texas, Virginia and Pennsylvania.

On a per-student basis, school staffing levels are hitting all-time high

Schools in 46 states effectively lowered their teacher-student ratios by continuing to hire while enrollment has dropped

New York’s ultra-Orthodox schools go under the microscope

Every student failed a round of standardized testing done in 2019 to students at the Central United Talmudical Academy.

This special education school’s classrooms are so understaffed parents say it’s unsafe

Carmen Gober never planned to homeschool. But in the final days of this summer break, she worried that her son AJ’s school had a dire staff shortage — so bad, it might not be able to function.

Queens public school staffer broke autistic student’s arm: notice of claim

A staff member at a Queens public school for disabled kids broke an autistic boy’s arm while trying to snatch an iPad from him and then lied about how the child was injured, according to a new legal filing in Queens Supreme Court.

Virginia will block schools from accommodating transgender students

The new “model policies” — a version of which must be adopted by all of the state’s 133 school districts next month — will require transgender students to access school facilities and programs matching the sex they were assigned at birth.

As abortion bans take effect, Texas revises sex education to reduce teen pregnancy

Texas schools will teach about contraceptives, instituting the first new standards for teen sexual health education in more than 20 years.

DeSantis-appointed board chair asks if state can suspend Broward Schools superintendent

Broward and at least seven other school districts, including Miami-Dade and Hillsborough counties, defied DeSantis and imposed mask mandates to protect their students.