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No more book bans: How Florida students are pushing rightwingers out of school boards

Local communities are fighting back against the influence of conservative groups like Moms for Liberty in education

US schools and police warn about viral ‘Cat in the Hat’ trend after teens’ arrests

Disturbing and AI-generated versions of Dr Seuss character have been used to threaten schools and communities.

Several schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootings

The Ukraine war-inspired drones launch into action after an alert that a school is under attack and once a response team has confirmed the threat is credible, the manufacturer says.

Sally the robot was coming to a New York school. Then the plug was pulled.

Students helped design the A.I.-powered creation as a young female with dark hair and an upbeat personality. Then came the outrage.

Meta settles major social media addiction lawsuit with school district

About 1,200 school districts from across the US came together to each sue Meta, TikTok, Snap and YouTube for allegedly fueling a mental health crisis in children.

Many U.S. adults are skipping parenting or having fewer kids—and it’s forcing schools to close

Fewer students are leaving many public schools underenrolled and districts with less funding. As costs remain high, more systems are considering closures, consolidations and cuts.

Schools are using AI counselors to track students’ mental health. Is it safe?

Some schools are turning to AI chat platforms that flag student messages for potential self-harm or other safety risks. Experts say the tools may help short-staffed districts triage concerns, but warn they can’t replace human judgment and raise privacy concerns.

In some schools, chatbots interrogate students about their work. But the AI revolution has teachers worried

The fast take-up of innovative technology risks creating a ‘two-speed system’, an Independent Schools Australia paper warns.

Local police aid ICE by tapping school cameras amid Trump’s immigration crackdown

Hundreds of thousands of audit logs spanning a month show police are searching a national database of automated license plate reader data, including from school cameras, for immigration-related investigations.

Many schools don’t think students can read full novels anymore. That’s a tragedy

Increasingly, teens are given only parts of books, and they often read not in print but on school-issued laptops.

New York school board investigates wooden ‘timeout’ box allegations

Allegations involving the isolation of elementary students have triggered an investigation in a rural New York school district. State officials are reviewing the situation as staff members are placed on leave.

Opinion: I’m an elementary school principal. Students live in fear of ICE

I am in awe of the children and their parents as they live through raids. How can you call an operation targeted when it blankets a city in fear?

Immigrant students experience more bullying as ICE raids cause ‘culture of fear’, says survey

Many principals described a “climate of distress”, the report found, with 70.4% reporting that students from immigrant families have “expressed concerns about their well-being or the well-being of their families."

ICE detained teenaged U.S. citizen during school lunch break, family says

Christian Jimenez, an American citizen, was taken to the ICE facility in South Portland and released later the same day, his brother said. Authorities are now attempting to charge Christian with interference or obstruction of an investigation, according to his brother.

Inside San Francisco’s new AI school: Is this the future of U.S. education?

The private Alpha School says its students can learn faster and better—but experts warn not all may benefit from an AI boom in schools