Legal

A generic school board policy for banning critical race theory has been created by a conservative think tank called Citizens for Renewing America.

Increased K-12 spending and COVID relief funds comes after years of underinvestment in K-12 education, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says.

Requiring a principal and an assistant principal to participate in complaint hearings poses an "undue hardship," said a Title IX coordinator for a 36,000-student district in Colorado.

ARP-funded initiatives support the safe reopening of schools and aim to reverse underlying inequities faced by students who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID.

Recent legislative pushes on critical race theory prompt those in K-12 to take Pledge to Teach the Truth.

Heatwaves in the Northeast and elsewhere have allowed students to remove masks this week as more and more districts make face coverings optional this summer and fall.