School officials in Amherst, Massachusetts, have ordered an independent investigation following allegations some middle school counselors failed to protect LGBTQ students.
As school districts finalize contracts for teachers, bus drivers and other district employees, many are reporting fewer departures than they feared. Their strategy: transparency, clear communication and lots of planning.
As administrators brace for the expiration of federal pandemic aid, they are are urging lawmakers to create a dedicated funding stream for K12 mental health assistance.
In January 2021, Tennessee legislators passed a law requiring third graders who do not score “met” or “exceeded expectations” on TN Ready tests to attend a summer reading camp or tutoring program, or to repeat the grade.
Jenna Barbee is a teacher in Hernando County’s Winding Waters K-8 school. “I am the teacher that’s under investigation with the Florida Department of Education for indoctrination for showing a Disney movie,” Barbee said in a TikTok post over the weekend.
The department's proposed rule would allow schools to ban transgender and nonbinary students from participating in sports on a case-by-case basis, infuriating advocates for their participation.
There is no end in sight for the strike by 3,000 educators, counselors and other workers in the Oakland Unified School District, who say the district has failed to bargain in good faith on a new three-year contract that also makes more traditional demands like higher salaries.
New York City announced on Tuesday it is switching its 32 school districts, encompassing hundreds of schools, to the science of reading, in teaching students to read and write.
Sun Prairie Area School District came under fire last month when a lawsuit alleged that an 18-year-old male student entered a locker room while four girls who just completed a swim unit were rinsing themselves off.
"I am, as a parent, obviously willing to take responsibility for him because he can't take responsibility," Deja Taylor said in an interview with "Good Morning America" that aired Wednesday.
Grand Rapids Public Schools said in a statement Wednesday that the weapon was discovered this morning at Stocking Elementary School and that it was the fourth time this year that the district has uncovered a student with a handgun—three of them in backpacks.
School administrators and teachers are concerned about ongoing problems with student conduct that are disruptive and difficult to deal with. Several states are beginning to propose big changes about how to handle it.
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