Gov. Kay Ivey has signed a bill allowing K-12 schools to offer elective yoga classes to students, ending a nearly three-decade ban on the practice in the state's public schools.
The program provides flexibility to consolidate federal, state, and local funding to create a single school funding system based on weighted per-pupil allocations for low-income and other disadvantaged students.
The TVA's School Uplift project should help public school officials in seven states realize energy savings that can be redirected to classroom instruction
While the Next Generation Science Standards ask teachers to take a new approach to instruction, they also empower teachers and students to be scientists together.
Approximately 24,000 school-aged children and their families will have greater access to mental health care through a new University of Missouri initiative funded by local taxes.
"Anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities large or small without wearing a mask or physical distancing," said CDC Director Rochelle Walensky.
Doubts about school safety among Black and brown communities hardest hit by COVID can be overcome with prevention strategies, testing and vaccinations, a poll shows.
One small, silver lining of the pandemic may be a collective understanding and acknowledgment that some students and families are suffering more than others.
