DA Staff

Conservative activists want to ban 400 books from a library — but they aren’t even on shelves

For months, a group of conservative Christians have inundated the staff and board of a public library in Bonners Ferry, Idaho, with complaints about books they didn’t want to see on the she

Missouri school district reinstates spanking students as ‘last resort’

The school board approved the policy in June and notified parents that Missouri’s Cassville school district is bringing back spanking – a disciplinary measure abandoned by the district in 2001.

Uvalde school board fires police chief Pete Arredondo after mass shooting

The firing took place in a unanimous vote that arrived after months of angry calls for his ouster.

Monkeypox is rare in children, but K-12 schools are preparing for possible cases

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasizes that “the risk of monkeypox to children and adolescents in the United States is low” right now, but schools should follow their everyday protocols to reduce the transmission of any infectious disease.

Schools loosen COVID restrictions amid ongoing infections

America’s K-12 public schools are loosening COVID-19 restrictions in a piecemeal fashion to keep their doors open as students return despite lingering concerns about the stubbornly persistent original virus and its variants.

After Roe, teens are teaching themselves sex ed, because the adults won’t

They are part of a burgeoning movement of high-schoolers nationwide who are stepping up to demand more comprehensive lessons on reproduction, contraception and abortion — and who, if the adults refuse, are teaching each other instead.

Portland Public Schools defends teaching transgender ideology to kindergarteners

A spokesperson for Portland Public Schools told The Washington Times in an emailed statement that the district’s health education, gender and sexuality curricula “are aligned and consistent with anti-bias education and Oregon law.”

Most DeSantis-endorsed school board candidates win their Florida primaries

Conservative candidates who DeSantis endorsed won at least four of the seven head-to-head elections against opponents supported by Democrats.

Allies rally behind Indiana NAACP’s Black student achievement proposal

The Indiana Black Academic Excellence plan, released in April, seeks to make Black student success a top priority for the governor and state education department.

Uvalde school board to consider firing district police chief

Uvalde’s embattled school police chief on Wednesday could become the first officer to lose his job over the hesitant response by hundreds of heavily armed law enforcement personnel during the May massacre at Robb Elementary School.

Alarm over Texas law forcing schools to display ‘In God We Trust’ signs

Civil rights advocates are ringing alarm bells about officials distributing “In God We Trust” posters in Texas schools after a state law took effect requiring public campuses to display any donated items bearing that phrase.

One state declined a simple tweak to its summer meals program. Thousands of kids paid the price.

Missouri was the only state to not allow grab-and-go meals, resulting in up to 97% fewer kids meals being distributed than last summer in some areas.

Cleveland Rape Crisis Center reports uptick in ‘unhealthy behaviors’ inside Northeast Ohio schools

Megan Williams, the Director of Education and Outreach at the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center reveals "95% of child abuse is preventable through education."

Man arrested on suspicion of attempted sexual assault of a child at Riverside elementary school

The incident happened Friday afternoon, when police say a campus supervisor at McAuliffe Elementary School in Riverside saw a man come out of the girls bathroom and heard a girl crying inside.

K-12 instructional materials providers adjust to lingering impacts of Covid

Publishers of K-12 Instructional Materials still are adjusting and making changes in their business, products and marketing from the ongoing impacts of the pandemic.