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Legislation/legal affairs

How schools are targeting safety more precisely during the latest COVID wave

Matt Zalaznick -
School leaders are not rushing to impose districtwide mask mandates or close schools to combat the omicron-driven resurgence of COVID.

Requiring daily moments of silence in schools is gaining wider support

Matt Zalaznick -
Schools in Arizona must now let students take a one- to two-minute moment of silence at the beginning of each school day. Whether they meditate, pray, or run through test questions in their head is up to them.

‘Don’t Say Gay’ is inspiring even stricter limits on LGBTQ topics in schools

Matt Zalaznick -
Even stricter measures have surfaced, including a Louisiana bill that would prevent educators from discussing sexual orientation through eighth grade, and a Tennesse proposal to bar instructional materials that "normalize" LGTBQ lifestyles.

Teacher shortage: More colleges are now helping to solve the K-12 crisis

Chris Burt -
University leaders trying to build back the pipeline of educators say changes to systems and support are needed.

K-12 culture wars: Republican-led states continue battle against critical race theory

Matt Zalaznick -
As the Florida measure critics call the "Don't Say Gay" bill awaits final approval, a new curriculum transparency law requires schools to list library books and reading materials.

FBI: 99 threatening texts lead to arrest of Massachusetts superintendent

Matt Zalaznick -
Chicopee Superintendent Lynn Clark has been arrested by the FBI after an investigation into threatening messages she allegedly sent to someone applying to be the town's police chief

Why new LGBTQ restrictions could undo 10 years of improving climate for studentsl

Matt Zalaznick -
Recent limits on teaching LGBTQ topics and student activities fly in the face of years of growing inclusion and affirmation by educators, schools, and yes, even state lawmakers.

$500 million worth of help coming for cleaner schools and buses

Matt Zalaznick -
Building Better School Infrastructure grants will support energy- and cost-saving redesigns and help districts transition to electric school buses.

Why free lunch may no longer be the best way to measure student need

Matt Zalaznick -
Free- and reduced-price lunch, used for decades to set school funding levels and track other accountability measures, no longer serves as an accurate proxy for student poverty, researchers say.

LGBTQ+ topics are being pushed out of schools. What do adults say?

Matt Zalaznick -
Despite a wave of new laws that hit schools this week, a majority of adults oppose banishing sexual orientation or gender identity topics from U.S. classrooms.

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