Though many students are likely to spend most of this school year learning in-person, short-term shifts back to remote instruction could again chip away at the reliability of year-end assessments.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has co-opted the term "woke" for legislation he says would be the nation's stiffest prohibition against teaching critical race theory in K-12 and college.
The first person who reports the teaching of critical race theory in a New Hampshire classroom can now claim a $500 "reward" from the local chapter of a group called Moms for Liberty.
Adding to the urgency is that many districts are now following a test-to-stay approach to keep close contacts in class or want to sends rapid COVID tests home with students.
In 2019, a Vermont student with a disability that causes bone pain was forcefully subdued by a school resource officer after educators suspected, erroneously, that the 17-year-old had a vape.
Only one state provided enough transparent detail to allow advocates to analyze resource inequities and the action being taken to address them, a new report finds.
Just a few weeks ago, the outlook for the 2021-22 school year had New Hampshire education officials expecting something like a return to a pre-COVID normal.
