George Floyd’s murder and the subsequent clashes it spurred between protesters and federal troops on Portland streets are among the events chronicled in some of the history textbooks that Portland Public Schools is considering as part of a social studies curriculum update.
“This is a parental rights bill,” Republican Rep. Chip Brown, the sponsor of the bill, told the committee. “It’s a bill that basically says, as a parent, that I should make the health decisions for my children, not the state.”
The bill would require schools to adopt a protocol for student opioid overdoses as part of a school safety plan. That could include training staff to administer medication like Narcan to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
Classes in the 1,500-student Amory district will resume, although officials did not run school buses Tuesday because of safety hazards from roadside debris and heavy equipment.
Efforts to understand school and student performance have been snarled by a surprisingly hard-to-answer question: Which schools have the highest concentration of the poorest students?
Investigation will focus on whether the Loudoun County Public Schools system failed to properly respond to two sexual assaults by the same student in 2021.
“It’s not like turning on, flipping a light switch when the lights go on or off and this problem goes away in a day, a week, or even a month,” Jefferson County Superintendent Walter Gonsoulin told employees recently.
The Ohio Department of Education announced Tuesday it has expanded its Ohio Afterschool Child Enrichment program, called ACE, which was designed to provide educational activities to students who "experienced learning disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic," according to a release.
The bill’s sponsor, Representative Ed Lewis, (R)-Macon and Randolph, says under current state statute a teacher's minimum salary is only $25,000 which he hopes to increase.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa are seeking approval for an online program intended to serve students in mainly rural areas who otherwise have little choice beyond their local public schools.
Shorter schedules may make schools more attractive to applicants and reduce burnout but the most recent studies suggest that the four-day week may lead to significant learning losses that compound over time.
“Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation” was removed from a library at Vero Beach High School after a leader of Moms for Liberty in Indian River County raised an objection. The school’s principal agreed with the objection, and the book was removed last month.
A grand jury sitting in Newport News charged the boy’s 25-year-old mother with felony child neglect and a misdemeanor charge of endangering a child by reckless storage of a firearm, Commonwealth’s Attorney Howard Gwynn said in a news release.
Regis Harris said his top picks were UGA, USC and Clemson, but he eventually decided on North Carolina A&T after visiting the school and receiving a full-ride scholarship.
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