The growth in charter schools and private schools coincides with continuing declines in enrollment in traditional public schools.

The course highlights Asian Americans’ contributions in U.S. history. It also seeks to offer an honest look at the mistreatment, like the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Rather than attempting to get back to normal, experts say more attention needs to be paid to students exposed to gun violence.

Texas school libraries must have policies to prohibit the possession or purchase of books determined to be “sexually explicit.”

Teachers could be moved into other positions as DISD revamps courses in efforts to put more students on career and college pathways, Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde said.

Walters said according to Oklahoma law, the state Board of Education must maintain accreditation standards that “equal or exceed nationally recognized accreditation standards to the extent that the standards are consistent with an academic results-oriented approach.”

The district has long hosted routine vision screenings on school campuses. Screenings can alert parents to a problem, but unlike complete eye examinations offered at the Parkview clinic, kids don’t leave them with new glasses.

The fourth special legislative session this year ended without any increased funding for school safety—even though public schools have complained for months they don’t have enough money to meet new safety mandates approved this year.