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A Vermont school district reimposed a mask mandate. The state’s top education official urged it not to.

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The Washington Central Unified Union School District required masks in all indoor spaces starting March 28. Schools needed to “normalize masking in times of high viral activity,” administrators said.

Teachers fear the chilling effect of Florida’s so-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

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The law forbids instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade. Teachers are wondering how the new law will affect them and their students.

In pursuit of equity, some NH schools continue shift away from ‘leveling’

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Critics say “leveling” or “tracking” harms poor students, students of color, English language learners and other marginalized kids, often underrepresented in higher-level courses.

Officer shoots 2 juveniles after car strikes girl at Las Vegas high school

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Police were in a parking lot around dismissal time when a car entered “at a high rate of speed.” Officers ordered the driver to stop, but the car made a U-turn, struck a student and continued toward officers.

Severe staffing crisis in Sacramento schools leads teachers, staff to go on strike

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Students in the Sacramento City Unified School District are still out of class as a standoff between teachers' and workers' unions continues against the district.

School nurse on leave after posting comments about LGBTQ+ students

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A nurse posted inappropriate comments in a Facebook group, including private and personal details about a specific student, Hartford Public Schools superintendent says.

NYC Chancellor David Banks: Schools have become like ‘testing mills’

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"I am going to use this bully pulpit to talk about the fact that tests are important, but that we are really doing our kids a disservice,” Chancellor David Banks said. “There’s a reason why so many of our kids disengage and drop out because we’ve just made our schools like testing mills.”

Florida’s new Parental Rights in Education law likely to face legal challenges

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An advocacy group, Equality Florida, plans legal challenge against divisive new law banning schools from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.

Federal legislation could provide schools with more Narcan units to fight overdoses

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Schools may soon have better resources to respond to opioid abuse and student drug overdoses under legislation that would create a pilot program for Narcan administration in schools.

State education officials begin review of Boston Public Schools

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Officials will observe classrooms, interview staff and analyze data at more than three dozen schools and the central office. The review will track the district's progress after a 2019 audit found "major structural challenges" and dozens of low-performing schools.

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