A Florida school board has voted to rename six schools named for Confederate leaders, but will keep three others named for a French colonizer and a U.S. president who supported slavery and forced Native Americans to move west along the Trail of Tears.
"I will not affirm that a biological boy can be a girl and vice versa because it's against my religion," Loudoun County, Virginia, teacher Byron "Tanner" Cross said.
Lawmakers in several more states have moved to ban the teaching of critical race theory with laws that set parameters for how educators teach current events and U.S. history.
Chicago will vote on whether to automatically send students up the ladder, regardless of their performance during the coronavirus pandemic, while other districts encourage summer classes.
Supporting teachers and staff with professional development and providing time for self-care pose two of the biggest post-COVID challenges for one Virginia district.
CDC urges masks until all children are vaccinated as research shows reduced incidence in Georgia elementary schools where teachers still wear face coverings.
