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‘Why didn’t they give him the respect?’ Black teen feels he has to leave school after refusing to cut his hair, parents say

High school freshman Braxton Schafer wears his hair in a traditional African twist known as locs. He has been at Bishop O'Gorman Catholic School system in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, since he was in the sixth grade.

Are there any national education issues left?

In the current educational world, many of the loudest education debates are not really national at all.

‘Education malpractice,’ social studies teacher speaks out about current debate over state textbooks

The latest battle in the long running debate about what students will learn in social studies classes in Texas will continue. 

Former COVID data whistleblower, now congressional candidate with bold K-12 plan

COVID data whistleblower Rebekah Jones is running for Congress against GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz.

New Jersey allots $6.5M for school blueprints for responders

New Jersey is using $6.5 million of federal aid to help collect and digitize school blueprints for first responders, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy said Tuesday.

Mother concerned after man boards JCPS bus, threatens students

Along with the man screaming, a video also shows another man, presumably the bus’s driver, trying to get the man off the bus. It also shows several children, some who can be heard sobbing.

Burke Co. school put on lockdown after man runs on campus with gun, authorities say

A Burke County school was placed on lockdown Tuesday morning after a man jumped out of a stolen car with a gun and ran behind the school, authorities said.

COVID cases at Chicago schools jump in first week back

Chicago Public Schools reported more than 400 new COVID-19 cases among students and hundreds more among staff during its first week of the school year, three times the number recorded during the same period last year, data shows. 

LGBTQ teachers open up as their schools — and identities — become next front in the culture war

According to PEN America, a nonprofit organization dedicated to free expression, more than 190 "educational gag orders" -- or bills designed to limit academic and educational speech or discussions -- have been introduced in at least 41 states since 2021.

Ex-Ohio schools chief charged with luring, abducting 2 kids in West Virginia

A former Ohio schools superintendent has been charged in West Virginia with luring two children into his vehicle with money, police said.

2 Suitland High School students arrested carrying handguns on first day of school

Two Suitland High School students were arrested after handguns were found on them Monday on the first day of school in Prince George’s County.

Parent in custody after threats made against Duval County elementary school

Principal Katie O’Connell sent to students’ families a message saying there was a “security concern” on Monday morning that promoted the school to operate on a code yellow status as a precaution.

Southlake rejects ‘In God We Trust’ signs featuring rainbows, Arabic

But under a new law, Texas public schools are required to hang posters emblazoned with “In God We Trust” if someone donates a poster or framed copy to a campus.

12-year-old shoots 13-year-old at a California school, police say

Oakland Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong told reporters that the victim was stable after the shooting Monday afternoon at Madison Park Academy.

High schools across the country launch first AP African American studies course

Sixty high schools across the United States have started offering Advanced Placement courses on African American studies amid the nationwide upheaval over race-based curriculum.