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Fairfax Co. schools developing policy restricting information sharing with ICE

The Fairfax County, Virginia, school board wants to ensure that teachers, staff and police officers assigned to work at schools do not share information on the immigration status of students and their families with federal authorities.

Homeschooling surge continues despite schools reopening

Homeschooling numbers this year dipped from last year's all-time high, but are still significantly above pre-pandemic levels, according to data obtained and analyzed by The Associated Press.

Student suspected in stabbing inside Kansas City middle school faces murder charge

Manuel J. Guzman, a 14-year-old student, died Tuesday night after he was found with stab wounds inside a school bathroom. Police said a confrontation between two boys appears to have led to the incident.

Indiana district fires high school ELA teacher whose class sparked protest

The controversy began in November after students in Katey O'Connor's language arts class created posters about police brutality, racism and the Black Lives Matter movement.

‘Utterly unsustainable:’ Denver mulling fix for special education workloads

In one week in March, school psychologist Tim Farrow supported a student who received a text message that her father had died unexpectedly, helped another student with affordable housing vouchers for his family, and completed a suicide risk review for a student with an intellectual disability.

A Pennsylvania district will go virtual for a day for as COVID cases increase

Radnor School District officials say COVID cases have once again started increasing, prompting the district to have a one-day virtual instruction day following this week's spring break.

California public school enrollment dropping more quickly than before COVID

For the first time since the start of the century, California has fewer than 6 million students attending public schools, stirring fears of more budget cuts and long-term financial instability for K-12.

How the Supreme Court’s “praying coach” case may impact schools, explained

The case involves Joseph Kennedy, a former football coach in Bremerton, Washington, who incorporated “motivational” prayers into his coaching. Eventually, these prayers culminated in public sessions after games involving players from both teams.

A college fights ‘leftist academics’ by expanding into charter schools

Hillsdale College is building a national charter school network. Tennessee invited the college to start 50 of them, using public funds

COVID taught school districts a tough lesson about the labor market

The education community is still reeling from the exodus of teachers and other personnel with a shrinking number of potential candidates for those posts.

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