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Transgender former student sues Missouri school for making her use boys’ bathrooms

The former student, identified only as R.F., received detention twice for using the girls' restroom, according to the lawsuit against Platte County R-3 School District.

Why the Parkland school shooting will happen again in a planned reenactment

The reenactment is part of a civil lawsuit against former Broward County school resource officer Scot Peterson, who did not enter the building or engage the teenage gunman at any point during the shooting. 

Former Boston principal allegedly misused nearly $40,000 of public money, including on vacations

Authorities have charged Naia Wilson, former head of New Mission High School, with one count of wire fraud for allegedly misusing nearly $40,000 in public money on things like all-inclusive personal vacations.

Bay Area school districts scrambling to find teachers ahead of new school year

“We’re still trying to hire teachers, classroom teachers,” said Juan Cruz, superintendent for the Franklin McKinley School District in San Jose. “There’s just not enough candidates out there so we’ve had to close some classes, combine some classes to fill some of the vacancies that we currently have."

HISD seeks waiver from TEA to hire uncertified people to teach in classrooms

Michelle Williams, an HISD teacher with the Houston Education Association, a teacher's advocacy group, said she would rather see the district put out a call for retired teachers and have Miles's staff step in.

Here are the top education issues to watch going into the new school year

From advances in technology to books being pulled off a classroom shelf, the new year is expected to bring serious challenges to educators, along with battles at the legislative level about how and what should be taught in the classroom.

Many Fresno Unified students spend years becoming fluent in English. Why that’s a problem

Studies show that it should take students who speak another language at home approximately five to seven years on average to become proficient in English. Yet during the 2022-23 school year, about 40% of English-learning students in the district—or 5,421 of 13,527 students—were considered long-term English learners by the state.

Florida may become first state to accept a ‘classical’ alternative to the SAT and ACT

Florida’s embrace of the Classic Learning Test for college admissions follows a high-profile dispute between the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis and the College Board, which administers the SAT.

Chicago Public Schools’ aggressive tactics for removing principals under the microscope

Nine principals have been removed pending discipline or investigations into “serious misconduct” in recent years. Of those, six are Black men.

8,000 Chicago Public Schools students won’t have bus service on first day of school, district says

With only half of the 1,300 drivers needed to transport students who require bus service, Chicago said it will instead prioritize transportation for students with disabilities and those experiencing homelessness.

‘No one is coming to our rescue’: Inside rural California’s alarming teacher shortage

In small, rural districts like Modoc Joint Unified in Alturas, a cattle ranching town of 2,700, being short even a few teachers can send a school spiraling.

Oklahoma parents, faith leaders and education group sue to stop US’s first public religious school

The lawsuit seeks to stop taxpayer funds from going to the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, which was established despite a warning from Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general that the school would violate both state law and the state constitution.

Nassau BOCES Superintendent Robert Dillon dies after complications from surgery, family says

Dillon previously served as superintendent of four school districts, East Meadow and Eastport on Long Island, as well as Sugar Loaf in Orange County and Abbott Union in Westchester County.

These two Utah school districts took opposite paths when the pandemic hit

Juab School District says it “took care of kids,” while the Wasatch School District says it “didn’t change anything.” Here’s how that affected learning in the two districts.

LGBTQ+ students feel erased as school boards ban pride flags in rural districts

Fowlerville High School's inclusivity club was a space meant to "unite LGBTQ+, multicultural, and allied youth" to form a stronger sense of community. But unity felt faraway at Fowlerville High to some LGBTQ+ students.