A study shows the Asian-American gender academic gap starts later, giving educators insight into how to help boys of all races and pointing to the influence of social pressures. The study adds to a growing body of research suggesting that the gap is largely because of something external: their school environments and peer influences.

Gov. Brian Kemp unveiled plans to devote $69 million in one-time funds for school security grants. The school safety plan will include $30,000 for each of the state's 2,294 public schools. Gov. Kemp also wants to put a mental health counselor in all 343 state public high schools.

The federal government's budget stalemate is causing lunches to shrink at one North Carolina school district. Vance County Schools officials announced that lunch menus will be more minimal in order to conserve food and their current funding. Fresh produce, bottled juices and water, and ice cream are among the items being excluded.

Every month, Tiffany Anderson, superintendent at Topeka Public Schools in Kansas, emails the district's 3,000 teachers and staff, asking whether anyone needs time off for either professional development or something else that's quite unusual—self-care. "We have self-care space in our schools and some office buildings where the lights are low, and people can have time […]