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FDA approves Pfizer/BioNTech boosters for 16 and 17-year-olds

There’s been a renewed urgency for booster shots in the face of rising COVID-19 cases worldwide as well as the spread of the omicron variant.

Supreme Court hints religious schools have right to public funds in Carson v. Makin hearing

Opinion: Such a ruling means taxpayers will have to pay for religious indoctrination that's not only contrary to their own values, but also denies their own equality.

Mass shooting survivors filing $100M lawsuits against Oxford Schools

One of the lawsuits accuses school officials of failing to stop an attack that inflicted physical and psychological injuries on students.

Supreme Court to decide whether states can refuse to pay for religious education

Two sets of parents are suing Maine over its policy of making tuition money available in areas that don’t have public high schools but not for schools that promote sectarian beliefs.

Michigan attorney general will review Oxford school shooting, after all

Michigan’s attorney general says her office will review events that occurred before the mass shooting that left four students dead at Oxford High School, despite the district’s rejection of her offer to be a third-party investigator.

Texas school district pulls 400 books from libraries after state GOP lawmaker’s inquiry

Many of the books on the lawmaker's list center around abortion, teen pregnancy, sex education, LGBTQ narratives, the Black Lives Matter movement, and anti-racism.

Fort Worth School Board Racial Equity Committee co-chair owns up to attacks on parents

Garcia-Lopez admitted she cursed out parent on the phone, but insisted her voicemail included 'no threats'

Florida middle school students disciplined after chanting ‘(****) Joe Biden,’ drawing swastika

The chant, which has gained increased attention recently after a euphemism for the phrase, "Let's Go Brandon" started trending.

After the deadly school shooting, a Michigan prosecutor criticizes school officials

She left open the possibility Monday that school officials could also face charges, saying "in this case, a lot could have been done different."

Michigan school shooter’s parents aren’t showing ‘any remorse’ in jail, sheriff says

“They’re not talking much to us,” the sheriff said. “We’ve not seen any remorse.”

Defiant California parents send child with COVID to school, trigger outbreak

The parents were told that one of their two children tested positive for COVID-19 and they were told to keep both children at home and to notify the school. They did neither, officials said.

Students are fed up with racist slurs and bullying. Now they’re walking out of class

As some lawmakers and parents attempt to limit teachings about racism and schools' diversity and inclusion efforts are met with protests, numerous reports of racist bullying have recently surfaced.

Chicago Public Schools eliminating sex-specific restrooms to ‘increase gender equity’

The gender-neutral requirement took effect on Wednesday.

Washington police investigate ‘deeply disturbing’ school board meeting incident as hate crime

Two Zoom attendees interrupted the hybrid virtual and in-person meeting by repeating racial slurs.

Oxford school chief: Discipline not needed for suspect before shooting

The teen suspect was called to the office before the shooting but "no discipline was warranted," the superintendent said.