District Administration | Accurate and Timely CU News

How one state is taking on the 'forced outing' of transgender students

By Matt Zalaznick

Chino Valley Unified School District requires schools to notify parents if a child asks to use a name or pronoun that's different from what's on their birth certificate or official records. The state's attorney general, Rob Bonta, is suing the southern California district, saying the mandates violate the privacy and civil rights of LGBTQ+ students.

Read Story

Briefing

How this Iowa district deployed AI to ban 19 books from its libraries

Briefing

Advocates are fighting move to block 'sexually relevant' books in Texas schools

Legal Stories

July 12, 2023

Superintendents are stressed out. Here is the No. 1 reason

Turnover has risen from around 14% to 17% since the beginning of the pandemic and neither test scores nor safety appear to be among the top five reasons for K12 leaders' growing anxiety.

Read

July 05, 2023

Investigations force 2 more superintendents out as leadership posts are filled

Leaders in Idaho and Indiana are leaving their posts during district investigations into matters that have not been disclosed to either the public or, in one case, to the superintendent himself.

Read

June 28, 2023

Backlash against restorative discipline is growing as behavior breaks down

Leaders in district after district, sometimes with prodding from state legislators, are now rolling back more lenient restorative discipline policies and relying again on suspensions and other measures to address disruptive behavior.

Read

June 20, 2023

Your students' parents may have conflicting views on K12 LGBTQ policies

When it comes to K12 LGBTQ policies in schools, parents and other adults prefer classroom discussions about the LGBTQ community to using students' preferred pronouns.

Read

June 14, 2023

Coalition of principals to Congress: 'Here's how to help prevent school shootings'

The Principal Recovery Network of building leaders who have experienced school shootings is pressing for several billion dollars worth of mental health and safety support for staff and students.

Read

May 22, 2023

Removal of 8 books may have created fear and harassment in Georgia district, feds say

Library book challenges in Forsyth County Schools may have created a "hostile environment for students," Department of Education investigators said in the agency's first foray into the recent wave of book bans buffeting K12.

Read

May 17, 2023

Parents—and authors—sue district for banning LGBTQ-themed books

The Escambia County School District's book bans are being called "unconstitutional" in a federal lawsuit filed by a leading free speech organization and the country's largest publishing firm.

Read

‹ ‹ PREV 3 4 5 ... 38 › NEXT ›

Legal

Top Legal Stories

How one state is taking on the 'forced outing' of transgender students

How this Iowa district deployed AI to ban 19 books from its libraries

Advocates are fighting move to block 'sexually relevant' books in Texas schools

Legal Stories

Superintendents are stressed out. Here is the No. 1 reason

Investigations force 2 more superintendents out as leadership posts are filled

Backlash against restorative discipline is growing as behavior breaks down

Your students' parents may have conflicting views on K12 LGBTQ policies

Coalition of principals to Congress: 'Here's how to help prevent school shootings'

Removal of 8 books may have created fear and harassment in Georgia district, feds say

Parents—and authors—sue district for banning LGBTQ-themed books