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Wisconsin teachers resign after investigation into slavery lesson

The teachers gave sixth grade students an assignment that asked them how they would “punish” a slave, officials said.

Florida education commissioner: Schools cannot have mandatory mask rules next year

Richard Corcoran said the Department of Education had reviewed data from across the state and did not find a correlation between sweeping mask mandates and the presence of COVID-19 in schools.

Texas high schoolers set prices for classmates in ‘slave trade’ chat (subscription)

A school district in Aledo, Texas, said it had meted out “disciplinary consequences” after ninth graders assigned dollar values to students of color in private Snapchat messages.

These Alabama districts looked for ways to rethink educators’ workloads

National reporting suggests that teacher burnout is high, with resignations up particularly in districts offering both remote and in-person instruction.

‘Summer Rising’: NYC offers free k-12 summer school program

It will be open to both students assigned to summer school for remedial work and those just looking for fun activities.

California teacher put on administrative leave over Zoom rants

"This is a matter that we take very seriously and it is receiving our highest scrutiny," the San Marcos Unified School District said in a statement.

Here’s why a 3-2 Detroit school board vote to suspend in-person learning until the end of the school year failed

Seconds after the vote was taken, the three who voted yes were told the vote failed.

All schools in Ontario to shut and go to online learning

All schools in Canada’s most populous province will be shut down and move to online learning because of a record number of coronavirus infections fueled by more-contagious virus variants.

Utah parents fight K-12 mask mandate through ‘See my Smile’ campaign

A Facebook event page for the campaign states that on April 12, “parents across the state will be walking their children into their schools WITHOUT masks and declaring that their child will NO LONGER wear a mask.”

Teachers Union switches stance, now endorses CDC guidance on school reopenings

The move comes after the American Federation of Teachers received a letter from the health agency.

Why so many Asian Americans are learning remotely

As of February 2021, almost 7 in 10 Asian American K-12 students were still learning online only, according to the U.S. Education Department's latest school survey.

Chicago Teachers Union threatens to go back to teaching remotely

Amid a stalemate in reopening negotiations, the Chicago Teachers Union is threatening a Wednesday labor action in which high school educators would refuse to work from school buildings unless an agreement is reached with the district before then.

Poll: 16% of MA parents would consider holding child back amid the pandemic

58% of parents said their child has learned enough to advance.

Does it hurt children to measure pandemic learning loss? (subscription)

Research shows many young children have fallen behind in reading and math. But some educators are worried about stigmatizing an entire generation.

Teachers fear transgender students are becoming ‘political pawns’

"I think of every trans student who has ever sat in my classroom, and, frankly, they deserve better,” Melissa Tracy, a teacher in Delaware, said.