The post featured a district employee posing in front of what appears to be a large mirror in a classroom with the caption "Every day is another opportunity to force kids in public schools to be gay."
Recent headlines suggest that school districts across the country are having shared experiences, or what we like to call mid-semester headaches. Here's what leaders are responding to.
From direct social media attacks to online harassment toward school district employees, administrators are working closely with local law enforcement to keep students safe. Here's what's happened over the past week.
Educators are parents, too. That's a fact that Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD Superintendent Jim Chadwell would like more Americans to recognize as he and other K12 leaders grapple with growing pushback against public schools.
Advocates are warning that schools' efforts to detect dangerous online activity increasingly threaten both academic freedom and the privacy of students—particularly those from the LGBTQ+ community, Title I schools and other marginalized groups.
Bill would allow fines against school boards that ban textbooks based on their inclusion of LGBTQ+ and race lessons — an attempt to halt escalating culture wars playing out in right-leaning enclaves of the liberal state.
These past few school years have been tough for our students, educators, and families overall. From COVID learning disruptions to teacher shortages and persisting school safety issues. Our nation wants to make sure students are "on track" and set up for success, but that can be hard to do when their safety is often put into question.
Efforts to minimize discussion pertaining to race, gender and history come in many forms, declares PEN America in a recent report. Nine in particular are being used to reduce students' exposure to "harmful content."
This troubling trend is impacting not only student health, academic performance and social well-being but also school finances, with districts spending thousands annually on enforcement, education, drug testing and prevention efforts.
