DA Staff

Schools limiting outdoor activities due to poor air quality

Several districts, such as the Rochester City School District and the Pittsford School District, issued a notice Tuesday afternoon, announcing that outside activities, including physical education and recess, will either be canceled, moved indoors, or reduced.

Fall data breach at San Diego Unified worse than originally thought: District

The district recently released an update on the investigation, saying more personal information was potentially compromised, including social security numbers and bank account information for both current and former employees.

More than 10,000 preschool kids missed required education services this year

According to the city’s education department, 10,580 preschoolers who were supposed to get speech, physical or occupational therapy were not yet getting it as of April 2023.

Indiana isn’t holding schools accountable for forcibly isolating and restraining students

An 11-year-old boy was isolated inside a room inside his school for roughly 12 hours over the course of two days early last fall. The boy is on the autism spectrum, and it wasn’t the first time he was removed from his class and forced into seclusion.

Defiance of North Carolina’s school calendar law is growing

The law has frustrated school boards, educators and families across the state for years. It passed in 2004, driven by the tourism industry’s desire for a uniform summer vacation season.

Governor replaces school board chair who challenged public school leaders

Gov. Josh Green has decided there needs to be new leadership of Hawaii’s public schools and so is replacing School Board Chair Bruce Voss, an attorney known for challenging the department leadership, with a veteran businessman with few education credentials.

Mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher will plead guilty to federal felony charges in deal with prosecutors

Deja Taylor, the 26-year-old mother, was charged with unlawful use of a controlled substance while possessing a firearm and with making a false statement while purchasing the firearm, specifically a semiautomatic handgun, the federal complaint states.

Oklahoma board approves nation’s first state-funded Catholic school

An Oklahoma school board on Monday approved what would be the nation's first taxpayer-funded religious school despite concerns over the decision’s constitutionality from state officials and advocacy groups.

PROOF POINTS: How important was your favorite teacher to your success? Researchers have done the math

A study finds significantly higher college going rates for students who cultivated mentors in high school.

Deal extends Los Angeles USD school year, restores 3-week winter break

A sweeping agreement between unions and Los Angeles school officials will result in a longer school year, a return to a three-week winter break and a reboot of controversial acceleration days.

A rural community library was housed in a high school for 60 years. Then the school district evicted it.

The Frazier Community Library has recently found itself at the center of a dispute after a Pennsylvania district's school board voted to evict the facility over security concerns.

A Utah district removed the Bible from some libraries. Now it’s received a request to review the Book of Mormon

The Davis School District, which recently pulled the King James Bible from elementary and middle school libraries, has now been asked to review the Book of Mormon because it contains battles, beheadings and kidnappings.

Schools received billions in stimulus funds. It may not be doing enough

Education researchers and advocates say recovering from the effects of remote learning should be the top priority, but it is unclear how much of the funding is helping students across the nation fully catch up.

No teacher raises. A failed school voucher push. Armed guards. Here’s what changed for public education this legislative session.

Lawmakers sacrificed school funding to block school vouchers, but the issue could be debated again in a special session. Districts will get new funds for school safety, though Uvalde families were ultimately left disappointed with inaction on gun restrictions.

In Missouri, more school districts try to suspend licenses of teachers who break contracts

The amount of financial penalties imposed on teachers who break contracts has grown. It ranges from $500, which used to be fairly common, to as high as $10,000.