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Turnover at the top: Nearly a third of Oregon school superintendents are in first or second year

Out of Oregon’s 197 school districts, 60 have superintendents in the first or second year of the job. Twenty-five districts will have new superintendents this year, including two of the state’s largest — Salem-Keizer and Hillsboro.

Nonbinary students are now included in NYC school enrollment data

After New York City cleared the way for families to list their child’s gender as “X” instead of “M” or “F,” officials released statistics for the first time on how many families selected that designation for their child’s school records.

Teachers association sues Tennessee education department over race education restrictions

The Tennessee Education Association and five Tennessee public school educators behind the lawsuit believe the Tennessee policy that bans certain concepts from being included in curriculum, programs or supplemental materials complicates how students learn about "controversial" subjects such as slavery, the Holocaust, 9/11 and more.

Palm Beach high school principal and four employees arrested, accused of failing to report suspected child abuse

Principal Darren Edgecome was arrested along with two assistant principals, a choir director and a school behavior therapist in connection with an incident involving a a 15-year-old girl.

Brevard Public School lost 212 teachers in July. Here’s how that compares to previous years

"The closer we get to the new school year the more concerned we are about resignations and retirements," District Spokesperson Russell Bruhn said in an email to FLORIDA TODAY.

Tennessee student suspended over Instagram memes about principal sues school district and officials

“This case is about a thin-skinned high school principal defying the First Amendment and suspending a student for lampooning the principal on the student’s Instagram page even though the posts caused no disruption at school,” lawsuit says.

New York school district’s woes likened to ‘environmental racism’ in Flint, Mich.

Students and staff in the East Ramapo Central School District cannot drink the tap water in any of the public school buildings. The chronic state of disrepair has prompted calls for a takeover of the school system.

How to pay teachers $84,000 a year—without raising taxes

Schools are struggling to fill all their teaching jobs for the fall. Teacher morale is low. And, this summer, about one-sixth of the nation’s teachers are working in non-school jobs. It’s no wonder there’s broad support for raising teacher pay.

What federal education data shows about students with disabilities in the U.S.

For Disability Pride Month, here are some key facts about public school students with disabilities, based on the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

$150k-plus salaries for Princeton superintendent, principals, admins

School administrators in New Jersey are among the highest-paid in the country and it comes as no surprise they make upwards of $150,000.

Conservative California school board kicks State Superintendent Tony Thurmond out of meeting

Thurmond was heckled and forcibly removed from a Chino Valley USD board meeting after speaking in opposition to a proposed district policy that would force schools to inform parents if their child identifies as transgender.

Brazosport ISD is training its own teachers. The program might become a model for other Texas schools.

Located about 60 miles south of Houston, the 11,500-student district doesn’t have a big college of education nearby to churn out new teachers. It’s hard to compete with larger districts in the region for talent or convince educators to move to the small town of Clute, where Brazosport ISD is based.

School board in Missouri, now controlled by conservatives, revokes anti-racism resolution

Followed the police killing of George Floyd, about 2,000 protesters took to the streets in a St. Louis suburb and urged the mostly white Francis Howell School District to address racial discrimination. The school board responded with a resolution promising to do better.

High schoolers account for nearly 1 out of every 5 community college students

The number of high schoolers taking college classes has been surging for more than two decades. In what is called dual enrollment, students simultaneously earn high school and college credits from a single class.

California school board adopts LGBTQ+ curriculum after governor’s $1.5M threat

Temecula Valley USD had previously rejected the material due to its inclusion of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, and had considered using a textbook that did not comply with state law.