DA Staff

End of nationwide federal free lunch program has some states scrambling

Many families across the nation will likely need to start paying for school meals again.

Texas revamps ‘active-shooter’ drills at K-12 schools to minimize trauma

After Britt Kelly’s son participated in a lockdown drill two years ago in his Lamar, Texas, kindergarten class, he had nightmares and wet his bed. Now 8, he can sleep only with a light on.

State probes Boston schools’ treatment of disabled students

The state education department is investigating a complaint that claims the rights of children with disabilities in the Boston Public Schools are being violated because the district’s bus system is in “disarray,” Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley said Tuesday.

Could a different method of teaching address low education scores?

New research from New York University found that public school curriculum is falling short in providing “culturally responsive” education, a blind spot that researchers believe could be failing students across the country.

Illinois uses federal COVID money to expand high-impact tutoring. Will it help students catch up?

In order to roll out the program, hire tutors, and expand the initiative to districts, the state partnered with local universities and Pearl, a tutor management platform.

Smoothie stations coming to Portage middle schools

Portage Central and North Middle Schools were recently the recipient of a grant from Milk Means More to install smoothie stations in their school cafeterias.

Sacramento teacher arrested in teen’s 2020 disappearance, police say

A Sacramento public school teacher has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a local teenager who was missing for almost two years before returning home this past March, police said.

Teen pleads guilty to terrorism and murder charges after Michigan school shooting that killed 4 students

“We are not aware of any other case anywhere in the country where a mass shooter has been convicted of terrorism on state charges,” Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said.

California teacher charged with hiding missing teenager for nearly two years

Holga Castillo Olivares, 61, accused of concealing the fact that the unnamed Sacramento teenager was staying at her home.

Fort Bend ISD reporting over $38,000 in negative lunch accounts this year

During the pandemic – in 2020 and 2021 – the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) gave Fort Bend ISD along with other districts waivers to feed all students for free.

Teacher and teen killed in shooting at south St. Louis high school. Suspect is dead.

A gunman entered a south St. Louis high school on Monday with a “long gun” and multiple high-capacity magazines, shooting a teenage girl and a health teacher to death and injuring several others before police shot and killed him, authorities said.

These PACS are funding ‘parents’ rights advocates’ running for local school board positions

Across the country, new right-leaning political action committees are pouring money into school board races, aiming to flip control of who governs schools in favor of self-proclaimed parents rights advocates.

Skydiver dies in Tennessee high school football pregame jump

Jump TN, a company in Greeneville, said in a statement that the 55-year-old man worked with the company and had performed more than 1,500 jumps during decades of experience.

‘I am suffering mentally,’ Uvalde educator says after false blame in shooting aftermath

Speaking publicly for the first time to ABC News, Emilia "Amy" Marin, a school aide who worked with students after school, said she still struggles through post-traumatic stress from the shooting and its aftermath.

Cameras coming to special education classes due to new law, local districts getting to work

The district's plan goes beyond what's required by a state law approved last year that says that the cameras be installed "upon the written request of a parent or legal guardian."