Using police to enforce discipline often fails to address the underlying causes of a student's behavioral problems and may hinder the accommodations the child needs to succeed, the nonprofit Center for Policing Equity contends.
Principal Darren Edgecome was arrested along with two assistant principals, a choir director and a school behavior therapist in connection with an incident involving a a 15-year-old girl.
Students and staff in the East Ramapo Central School District cannot drink the tap water in any of the public school buildings. The chronic state of disrepair has prompted calls for a takeover of the school system.
Thurmond was heckled and forcibly removed from a Chino Valley USD board meeting after speaking in opposition to a proposed district policy that would force schools to inform parents if their child identifies as transgender.
Some Temecula Valley USD board members claimed there was not enough parental involvement in the curriculum creation process and made comments attacking gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk.
The 2018 Parkland high school massacre will be reenacted twice with the firing of about 140 blanks on campus as part of families' lawsuits against the former sheriff's deputy they accuse of failing to stop the gunman, a judge ruled Wednesday.
The road to recovery remains rocky as the academic growth that most students made in the 2022-23 school year failed to match pre-pandemic norms, according to data on grades 3-8 released Tuesday.
Given the recent surge of edtech tools in K12 schools, it's important that leaders understand these technologies are still in their infancy, so proceed with caution.
"If you choose to respond in a powerful, informed, instructive and positive way, then it can be a huge benefit for us," says Jon Ostendorf, CIO at the Princeton Day School. "It's exciting because it's a challenge and we have to respond to it right away. Every day, you see more potential."
The Oklahoma State Department of Education "failed to prove" a teacher acted unlawfully in a controversial case about teaching gender and critical race theories, an assistant state attorney general ruled Wednesday.
