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Fulton County students destroy school property for millions of TikTok likes

The viral "devious lick challenge" has students nationwide stealing from their own schools and doing it on camera.

‘I was just doing my job.’ Florida substitute reported potential school shooting threat that could have been deadly

Now two boys, 13 and 14, are facing charges of conspiracy to commit a mass shooting.

Mass. National Guard to help school districts impacted by school bus driver shortage

Nearly 100 members of the Guard begin training sessions to serve as school bus drivers.

20,000 Philly schools employees must get vaccinated by Sept. 30. Here’s what happens if they don’t.

If they choose to not get vaccinated, district workers will have to be COVID-19 tested twice a week, and they lose access to a bank of 10 “quarantine leave days.”

More than 2 dozen Georgia teachers, staff lost to COVID-19 since start of school year

At least 24 have died since Aug. 11, in just over 30 days. Many of the dead were not vaccinated.

Harvard pulling $42 billion from fossil fuel investments

The president also said the university has set a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by next July.

Nation’s largest school district welcomes NYC students back to in-person learning

There will be no remote option for the district's 1 million students this school year.

Two Florida teens accused of planning a Columbine-style school shooting

The two boys were charged with conspiracy to commit a mass shooting at a middle school in Lehigh Acres, about 15 miles east of Fort Myers, authorities said.

Parents want kids to learn about ongoing effects of slavery – but not critical race theory. They’re the same thing.

That disconnect underscores the heated feelings parents have about race-related conversations and how teachers should be handling that and other delicate topics.

Wildfire season is complicating efforts to keep schools safe from COVID-19

On bad air days, schools are instructed to close windows and doors and let the air purifiers work. But during the pandemic, that solution comes with its own problems.

California may require menstrual products in public schools

The bill by Democratic Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia builds on her 2017 law requiring low-income schools in disadvantaged areas to provide students with free menstrual products.

Missouri teacher resigns after school tells him to remove Pride flag

District administrators mandated the flag’s removal after a parent allegedly expressed fear that the educator would “teach their child to be gay.”

Florida appellate court reinstates ban on school mask mandates

State can once again pursue punishments against school districts in violation.

Ohio legalized school vouchers to help kids in failing schools. Is that what’s happening?

What started as a $5 million pilot project to rescue Cleveland kids from "failing schools" is now a statewide voucher system serving 69,000 children that could cost taxpayers more than $628 million for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Massachusetts schools will be required to resume COVID case reporting, officials say

Last month, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education had said districts would not be required to report positive cases in school buildings for the new academic year.