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Michigan school district says no racial bias in staffer cutting off girl’s hair

Earlier this year, a 7-year-old biracial girl attending a Mount Pleasant grade school had her hair cut first by a fellow student, then by a school librarian.

Unions promising money and support to members teaching ‘honest history’

School district leaders might deny that they’re openly teaching critical race theory, but the nation’s largest teachers union is launching a campaign to have them do just that.

New Chicago Public Schools program puts free condoms in nearly every school

When Chicago Public Schools students head back to their schools next month, any school with kids in the 5th grade and up will offer birth control.

Supreme Court to hear case on government aid to religious schools (subscription)

The case, from Maine, will address questions left open in a decision last year requiring Montana to let religious schools take part in a scholarship program.

As schools reopen, will Black and Asian families return?

The pandemic has underscored racial injustices in education. Black and Asian families want those issues fixed before they return to the classroom.

Ohio lawmakers ban requiring COVID-19 vaccine at public schools

"Parents, in consultation with their personal doctors, have the right to make decisions about their children especially for vaccinations that are not fully approved by the FDA," said Sen. Andrew Brenner, R-Powell. "This is about personal rights."

Closing the homework gap so ‘no child is left offline’

A new survey finds that 15 percent of kids in lower-income families still lack reliable internet at home. New federal funds are aimed at changing that.

Teaching critical race theory isn’t happening in classrooms, teachers say in survey

“We don’t get it. This objection is being pushed upon us, and it’s not even happening in our classes,” an English teacher in the Phoenix area said.

2 vacant school district properties in California will become teacher housing

The Oakland Unified School District board voted to lease two East Oakland sites for employee homes. The developments will also include a Black Cultural Zone hub and a job training center.

12 big challenges from last school year that could now define the fall of 2021

If the 2019 school year was when things derailed, and 2020 was the year we did the best we could in an impossible situation, 2021 is poised to be the moment the nation turns the page and doubles down on education as a post-COVID priority.

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