DA Staff

Hire now, fire later. Schools flush with cash face a funding cliff in 2 years

States are awash in money — and facing pressure from the Biden administration and teachers unions to spend it on schools.

Michael Bloomberg announces $50 million for NYC charter school summer programs

The initiative, called “Summer Boost,” will allow any of the city’s charter schools to apply for grant funding to bolster their existing summer programs or launch new ones.

Man charged in fatal stabbing of California high school student

A 52-year-old man was charged with murder after a 15-year-old girl was stabbed to death outside her high school in central California in what police are calling a “random act.”

ACLU suing Indiana district over transgender student’s bathroom request

Suit claims the student requested permission to use the boys’ restroom but was denied and told to use the girls’ restroom or the single restroom in the health clinic.

As teen mental health worsens, schools learn how to help

Last year, 38 states enacted nearly 100 laws providing additional resources to support mental wellbeing in K-12 schools. Dozens of additional school mental health bills became law this year.

Dubious research, vexing guidance: CDC struggles to help schools during pandemic

And just a few months ago, the CDC failed to clearly describe how revised masking guidance applied to young children. In fall 2021, a CDC study acknowledged that it could not identify the direct effects of masking on COVID spread in schools.

‘It’s OK to be a Unicorn’ comes under fire in Ohio school district

Author Jason Tharp said a school principal told him last week that he could no longer read his book at a local school event.

Seven Mass. students charged in connection with alleged assaults on high school football teammate

The students are facing charges after a 14-year-old football player reported being attacked and sexually assaulted by his teammates.

Over 100 former students, staff of N.J. school get rare cancer, probe launched

The investigation includes conducting radiological assessments across Colonia High School's 28-acre campus.

Fairfax Co. schools developing policy restricting information sharing with ICE

The Fairfax County, Virginia, school board wants to ensure that teachers, staff and police officers assigned to work at schools do not share information on the immigration status of students and their families with federal authorities.

Homeschooling surge continues despite schools reopening

Homeschooling numbers this year dipped from last year's all-time high, but are still significantly above pre-pandemic levels, according to data obtained and analyzed by The Associated Press.

Student suspected in stabbing inside Kansas City middle school faces murder charge

Manuel J. Guzman, a 14-year-old student, died Tuesday night after he was found with stab wounds inside a school bathroom. Police said a confrontation between two boys appears to have led to the incident.

Indiana district fires high school ELA teacher whose class sparked protest

The controversy began in November after students in Katey O'Connor's language arts class created posters about police brutality, racism and the Black Lives Matter movement.

‘Utterly unsustainable:’ Denver mulling fix for special education workloads

In one week in March, school psychologist Tim Farrow supported a student who received a text message that her father had died unexpectedly, helped another student with affordable housing vouchers for his family, and completed a suicide risk review for a student with an intellectual disability.

A Pennsylvania district will go virtual for a day for as COVID cases increase

Radnor School District officials say COVID cases have once again started increasing, prompting the district to have a one-day virtual instruction day following this week's spring break.