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Ohio students could be allowed excused mental health days from school

Ohio could join 11 other states and allow students to miss school if they feel the need to stay home that day for their mental health.

Mississippi Education Board removes ban on guns in K-12 schools, citing state law

The Mississippi Board of Education voted to remove a policy that barred individuals with enhanced concealed carry permits from carrying guns in elementary and secondary public schools, revising a 1990 policy that previously prohibited anyone other than “duly authorized law enforcement officials” from doing so.

Veterans can now teach in Florida with no degree. School leaders say it ‘lowers the bar’

A potential solution to a statewide teacher shortage issue has education leaders feeling as though Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is undermining the qualifications of classroom instructors.

SUNY Buffalo helps educators to incorporate more Black history curricula in classrooms

National calls for more inclusive and effective education in schools, as it pertains to American History and Black and Brown people, are intensifying.

Get ready for substitutes in special education classrooms

Using case law and hypothetical scenarios, new guide illustrates a school district's legal obligations and consequences for failing to fulfill them.

Hanover County to build elementary school with no gendered bathrooms

The Hanover County Public Schools division will be among the first in Virginia to build a school with no gendered bathrooms.

Fairfax County school employees accused of stealing up to 35,000 laptops

Two Fairfax County Public Schools employees and a third man are accused in a scheme to steal as many as 35,000 school laptops worth more than $2 million, police said. 

Former Limestone County Schools superintendent sentenced in school fraud scheme

Former Limestone County Schools Superintendent Thomas Michael Sisk was sentenced for his role in the school fraud case, according to the United States Attorney's Office in Montgomery.

Rural Texas districts struggling to attract teachers are switching to four-day school weeks

At the end of April, the Mineral Wells Independent School District, located about 50 miles west of Fort Worth, lost one of its most treasured educators. After teaching there for decades, the teacher was a longstanding community member.

WA schools chief wants to sever connection between timber sales, K-12 construction

State revenue from logging public land would no longer be used for building and remodeling schools in urban areas under a new set of recommendations from Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal.

Cobb school logo resembling Nazi crest sparks outrage

The Cobb County School District said Tuesday it's halted the rollout of a new logo for an elementary school after parents pointed out similarities to Nazi iconography.

Masks are now required indoors at San Diego Unified School District schools, offices

Indoor mask mandates returned Monday for the San Diego Unified School District schools and offices as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations tick up in the county.

Santa Fe schools to use settlement money for electric buses

The steering committee for a 2017 lawsuit settlement from car manufacturer Volkswagen recently awarded Santa Fe Public Schools about $1.1 million in its third round of funding distribution.

Dallas joins other Texas school districts in requiring clear or mesh backpacks after Uvalde massacre

The Dallas school district announced Monday that it will require students to carry clear or mesh backpacks to class, joining other Texas districts in implementing new security measures following the Uvalde school massacre.

Florida school safety conference kicks off amid reflections on Uvalde ‘systemic failures’

As lawmakers in Texas pore over details of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, school safety leaders in Florida are preparing to discuss how school safety is doing in the Sunshine State.