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Missouri school district backtracks ban on LGBTQ+ books

The North Kansas City School district will return “All Boys Aren’t Blue” and “Fun Home” to public school libraries.

Parkland shooting victims’ families settle lawsuit with DOJ for $127.5 million

The settlement comes after a lawsuit they filed after the FBI failed to act on tips warning about the shooter, according to a court filing.

Parents are scrambling after schools suddenly cancel class over staffing and burnout

Schools and districts around the country have been canceling classes on short notice, leaving parents to find alternate arrangements.

Hundreds of students protest school’s handling of sexual assault allegation, 4 arrested

The students allege that the school suspended a sophomore for reporting a freshman of sexually harassing her.

Waukesha School District cancels classes Monday after multiple fatalities in Christmas parade

Five people are confirmed dead and more than 40 were injured after a driver sped his car into the crowd at the Waukesha Holiday parade Sunday evening.

Florida lawmakers push to increase minimum school dropout age

The Sunshine State is one of 15 states that allows students to drop out of school with a parent's permission at 16-years-old.

‘Passing love,’ Memphis high school football star holds Thanksgiving food giveaway

The top college recruit gave out hundreds of boxes of food to members of the community in need.

Nearly 60 Georgia teachers, staff lost to COVID-19 since start of school year

At least 56 teachers and staff members have died since Aug. 11, at a rate of nearly one a day or more.

Two women arrested at Georgia school board meeting

One of the women got into a standoff with the board chairman over her refusal to wear a face mask at the October school board meeting.

Houston ISD investigating audio recording that sparked student protest at Madison High School

The students were protesting an alleged cover-up by school officials after the audio recording surfaced, supposedly of a sexually explicit conversation.

Parents sue Wisconsin school district over gender transition policy

The parents of a 12-year-old girl say the district violated their constitutional rights by using a male name and male pronouns to address their daughter at school without their consent and over their objections.

A Florida school board member filed a criminal complaint over a Black queer memoir

She wants someone to be criminally prosecuted for allowing a young-adult memoir for Black queer boys on school library shelves.

School districts across St. Louis add extra days off this month for mental health

More than a dozen school districts across the St. Louis region will take an extended Thanksgiving break next week in response to high levels of stress among teachers and students.

Oregon middle school is shutting down in-person learning for 3 weeks to address student fights, misbehavior

The school will shut down in-person learning from Thursday through Dec. 9, with each grade level returning for one day in that last week.

Georgia private school settles lawsuit over decades-old sexual abuse

The former students, now men in their 40s and 50s, said they had been repeatedly molested by an English teacher and “dorm parent” at the boarding school from 1974 to 1994.