The lawsuit alleges that the school board violated the U.S. Constitution, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Educational Opportunity Act. The plaintiffs seek to remove the Confederate names, mascots and vestiges, and to prevent any future school naming involving Confederate leaders or references to the Confederacy.
In Florida, a ripped Israeli flag was found at Equestrian Trails Elementary School, which is part of the Palm Beach County School District. Swastikas have been drawn at other K12 buildings.
Mississippi has the highest percentage of Black residents of any state. Enforcing the open desegregation orders fit into a broader body of civil rights work examining jails, police departments and hate crimes in the state.
Investigation will focus on whether the Loudoun County Public Schools system failed to properly respond to two sexual assaults by the same student in 2021.
Superintendent Steven Connolly of MSAD 75 in Maine is stepping down, citing "divisions that exist based on political, personal, and ideological beliefs."
Students with disabilities will no longer face disciplinary isolation after a federal investigation found they had been physically and verbally abused in Florida's Okaloosa County School District.
The majority were more concerned about student safety, education funding and politically motivated book bans than the controversies stirred up by conservative activists, NEA polling concludes.
Carroll ISD, which has stirred controversy over equity issues, now faces three civil rights investigations over complaints of racial and gender discrimination against students.
In other COVID ed news, Florida, parents in Florida now have the power to decide if students who are asymptomatic should return to school after they've been deemed a close contact for COVID exposures.
