DA Staff

Male teachers are dying out in the education system. Here’s why — and how to bring them back

For 17-year-old Max Millar, teaching little ones isn't just about hand-painting flowers and pots, and then giving them to senior citizens—although that is one aspect of his job as a part-time educator at the Sunshine Academy preschool.

Former Loudoun County schools superintendent Scott Ziegler’s trial delayed

Scott Ziegler will have two two-day trials for the three misdemeanor charges he's facing following an investigation into how LCPS handled sexual assaults at two schools in 2021.

Transgender girl misses high school graduation after losing emergency plea to go in a dress and heels

The 17-year-old, identified in court documents by her initials “L.B.,” opted to miss the ceremony when she was told she had to wear boy’s clothes to attend, telling CNN she would “rather stand up for what’s right than be humiliated.”

School choice won big in states this year. Is the movement about to hit a wall?

At least eight states have put new school choice policies on the books in the first five months of 2023, with some of them expanding to all K-12 students. Other measures are still up in the air. 

Meet the 18-year-old Highlands senior who could win a seat on the school board

At just age 18, Mr. Majocha could become one of Pennsylvania’s youngest elected officials. During Tuesday’s primary election, the soon-t0-be high school graduate earned a nomination on the Highlands School Board. 

A Maryland man has been carrying an AR-15-style rifle near a school bus stop

J'Den McAdory, 20, has been strolling around his neighborhood in Severn, Md., with a long gun in what he says is a protest against recent state gun control legislation. Police say his actions are legal.

Bullying notification bill clears Illinois Statehouse despite opposition from school associations

A bill that passed the Illinois Legislature requires school principals to report bullying to parents within 24 hours. Some opponents say that is not feasible. “I could come up with 20 different scenarios where that doesn’t happen in 24 hours,” said Mark Klaisner, president of the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools.

Lessons in the lockdown: Can one school’s response to shots fired help improve safety plans in Utah?

After gunshots rang out in the parking lot of a Utah high school earlier this year, the KSL Investigators began reviewing the school and law enforcement response—and asking if commonly used safety protocols are the best option.  

Boston Public Schools training own mental health professionals through special program

School districts across Massachusetts are seeing an increased need for mental health support for their students.  At the same time, there is a nationwide shortage of school psychologists, social workers, and counselors.

How Dallas schools boosted diversity in honors classes

Far more students are on track to take eighth-grade algebra, a prerequisite for more advanced coursework in high school, per The 74. Prior to a 2019 policy change, only 20% of Dallas ISD eighth graders were enrolled in Algebra I, compared with 60% today.

Book bans move from sex to war, as west Michigan school removes ‘Jarhead’

Some parents told the board the book is too violent and disrespects the military. The book also includes references to drugs, profanity and graphic descriptions of sex.

Suspected overdose deaths of 2 girls at a Tennessee high school lead to murder charges against student

The girls, ages 16 and 17, were found dead Tuesday in the parking lot of Fayette-Ware Comprehensive High School in Somerville after having taken a drug combination that authorities believe included fentanyl.

Most U.S. Latino history is left out of high school textbooks, study finds

A vast majority of key topics are ignored or barely covered, including aspects of the Mexican-American War, the U.S. acquisition of Puerto Rico and racial segregation.

Two students dead, one hospitalized in suspected drug overdoses at Tennessee high school

All three teens, one 16 years old and the others age 17, were completing their junior year at the high school, Fayette County Public Schools released in a statement on Wednesday.

The Republican plan to take over school boards may be backfiring

Nationally, parents have become increasingly worried about the GOP’s book-banning push and have cooled somewhat on the curriculum concerns that dominate Republicans’ education platform.