The board room was full Tuesday night, with 27 people signed up to speak. Of those, all 14 speakers who discussed guns vehemently opposed the idea of allowing teachers to be armed, even voluntarily, with frustration mounting over board member Matt Susin's denial of arming teachers ever being considered.

Head Start, the federally funded early childhood program for low-income children, has rigorous academic requirements and quality standards. Yet the average salary for Head Start teachers of all degree and job levels, across the country, is roughly $38,500.

This week, an advisory panel in New York recommended making the state’s century-old Regents exams optional instead of a graduation requirement. The dramatic change for New Yorkers comes as the dwindling number of states that still require exit exams has become even smaller in recent months and years.

The “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice” collection will be discontinued in January, Scholastic president Ellie Berger wrote in a letter to authors and illustrators posted to social media on Tuesday by author Vicky Fang. 

A report from the chief operating officer, Rachad Wilson, showed the district has made "substantial improvements in school safety," though there is still work to be done.

"There are less than 10 black people in my senior class," Amber Wilsondebriano said. " When we have our meetings, every black student in the school can fit in one classroom."

The arrest of three Florida teenagers last week may have prevented an attack on a high school where the suspects had identified potential targets and acquired aerial photos of the campus to map out their plot, authorities said.