DA Staff

All Philadelphia schools set to open in September amid asbestos challenges

Frankford High School students in grades 10 through 12 will return to their normal building next month. But because of ongoing work on the 'older wing' of the building, the high school's ninth graders will attend classes at Clemente Middle School.

Louisiana public schools now required to display ‘In God We Trust’ in all classrooms

While the “In God We Trust” motto does not reference any one religion, critics of the law fear it will further blur the lines separating church and state, which follows a pattern seen in Southern legislatures in recent years.

Affirmative action ruling means rethinking K12 education, too

As a country, if we're serious about ensuring that every student—regardless of the color of their skin, their background, or their socioeconomic status—can grow and thrive in the classroom and beyond, we must also ensure that every student has equal opportunities to succeed.

California school district at center of earlier controversy is sued over critical race theory band

A coalition of parents, students, teachers and a union representing public education officials in Temecula, California, are suing their school board and district for implementing a critical race theory ban in December 2022.

Elementary school teachers get a guaranteed 30 minute break this year

Teachers in South Carolina are now guaranteed 30 minutes during their workday to take care of the things they need to do, without having to worry about teaching or supervising children during that time.

Voters recalling 3 school board members who defied Washington mask mandate

Three Richland School Board members will be out of office in the next two weeks if election night voting trends hold as expected.

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.