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Eight Maine schools closed due to surge in COVID cases

Some Maine school districts are dealing with COVID outbreaks just as they’re hitting the home stretch of another school year affected by the virus.

Student stabbed at Texas high school dies; classmate in custody

Police say Jose Luis Ramirez Jr., 18, was stabbed during a fight in a campus bathroom. Another 18-year-old was taken into custody after he fled the school, authorities said.

Schools have policies to stop sexual abuse. Advocates say they have too many weak spots

When Larry Chen, a former Brookline middle school teacher, was arrested last month many members of the community were left reeling.

Minneapolis Public Schools adds “violence interrupters” to provide after-school safety

In the first in-person, semi-normal school year since Minneapolis Public Schools stopped using armed police as school resource officers, the district is testing a program where community members act as violence interrupters.

Philadelphia public schools continue to lose Black teachers as city officials vow improvement

Philadelphia public schools have lost nearly 1,200 Black teachers over the last two decades, mirroring a widening gap between the amount of students and educators of color in Pennsylvania.

Elementary students from two Fresno USD schools ingested marijuana edibles

Police responded to two calls that elementary students from two different Fresno schools ingested marijuana edibles and became sick on Thursday.

The education culture war is raging. But for most parents, it’s background noise

By wide margins - and regardless of their political affiliation - parents express satisfaction with their children's schools and what is being taught in them.

Headcounts are down at public schools. Now budgets are too.

Public school systems are beginning to feel the pinch from enrollment losses tied to the coronavirus pandemic.

Some schools reported increases in Covid-19 cases in April. Not everyone is worried about it

Attitudes around the virus in schools appear to have undergone a dramatic change in the past three months. In interviews or in messages, administrators described school communities that were no longer preoccupied with Covid-19.

Pa. district ‘appalled,’ investigating after-school drag show at Gay Sexuality Alliance Club event

The event reportedly featured dancers in “tight-fitting and revealing clothing with exposed buttocks,” LancasterOnline reported.

School board member who shared a porn link while advocating for abstinence faces resignation calls

Lakota school board member Darbi Boddy, who campaigned as a staunch opponent of critical race theory, posted on her public Facebook page in response to the board weighing future curriculum reviews for the Ohio district.

Boston superintendent wants to close K-8 school due to report of rampant sexual misconduct

Parents claimed that officials at "failed institution" ignored bullying at the school, and separately, five families alleged that one student repeatedly sexually abused their children.

The price kids pay: Schools and police punish students with costly tickets for minor misbehavior

Illinois law bans schools from fining students. So local police are doing it for them, issuing thousands of tickets a year for truancy, vaping, fights and other misconduct.

Florida atheist uses state’s new book-banning law to object to the Bible

Chaz Stevens, a self-described “stunt activist,” is objecting to the book’s depictions of rape, cannibalism, bestiality and more.

‘More than a warm body’: Schools try long-term solutions to substitute teacher shortage

Nathan Roberts is a substitute, but unlike the other subs–many of them parent volunteers or people looking for a little extra work–he’s a full-time, salaried employee with health benefits and a long-term contract.