Schools may soon have better resources to respond to opioid abuse and student drug overdoses under legislation that would create a pilot program for Narcan administration in schools.
"I am going to use this bully pulpit to talk about the fact that tests are important, but that we are really doing our kids a disservice,” Chancellor David Banks said. “There’s a reason why so many of our kids disengage and drop out because we’ve just made our schools like testing mills.”
Officials will observe classrooms, interview staff and analyze data at more than three dozen schools and the central office. The review will track the district's progress after a 2019 audit found "major structural challenges" and dozens of low-performing schools.
State health department says: Masks work. A study conducted by the National Institutes of Health found that mandatory masking policies in schools reduced COVID-19 transmission by approximately 72%.
Public school teachers in Florida are now banned from holding classroom instruction about sexual orientation or gender identity after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the controversial "Parental Rights in Education" bill.
An elementary school student apparently became separated from his group, sought help from a zoo employee at a restaurant in the early afternoon and the child’s parents were called.
Discussions are underway about how to make up the 14 missed school days during the strike, whether by adding days to the school calendar or lengthening the school day, or some combination of both.
While the state appears ready to renew the certificates of two schools, officials have noted concerns regarding both schools' “poor academic outcomes” and “the delivery of its academic program.”
The new law will apply to students entering ninth grade in the 2023-2024 school year, and require that they take a half-credit course in personal finance before they graduate.
When students returned to Ermel Elementary School this school year, the calendar looked a lot different. The high-poverty Houston school added 30 school days, creating a 210-day school year that began in July and ends in June.
COVID infections were steeply lower in the 316 classrooms that had mechanical ventilation systems, with the reduction in cases more marked according to the strength of the systems.
As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden proposed eliminating federal funding to support for-profit charter schools, and the proposed new rules go a long way to fulfilling that vow.
Waiting on hold for an hour to inquire about getting certified. Delays in receiving email responses from the state. Months elapsing before an application is approved, even after submitting all the necessary documents.
One week after masks came off, they went back on in six classrooms at Coonley Elementary School. Chicago Public Schools says there have been 40 positive cases at this school since the beginning of March.
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