The president of the education association formed a tipline following the shooting at Richneck Elementary School, where a 6-year-old shot his first-grade teacher.
The bill would require schools to adopt a protocol for student opioid overdoses as part of a school safety plan. That could include training staff to administer medication like Narcan to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
Most anti-CRT legislation targets K12 and higher education, a new report by CRT Forward suggests. As a result, teachers and district leaders are walking on eggshells over the thought of being sued by parents in the community.
Educator-turned-best-selling-author of The AI Classroom Dan Fitzpatrick shares his insight on AI in education and its potential to transform not just how students learn, but how they are taught.
Despite the explosion in popularity surrounding ChatGPT in recent months, overall use of it for high school students' assignments may have decreased over the past month, new research suggests.
Civil rights advocates argue that his bill represents a return to the kind of zero-tolerance discipline that disproportionately impacts children of color. They worry the standard for removing a student from class under the bill is too low and would be based on subjective reasons.
George Floyd's murder and the subsequent clashes it spurred between protesters and federal troops on Portland streets are among the events chronicled in some of the history textbooks that Portland Public Schools is considering as part of a social studies curriculum update.
Amid an alarming rise in hate crimes in the United States in recent years has come a rise in antisemitism – hostility or discrimination directed against Jewish people – and antisemitic attacks. Educators can play an important role in teaching students about antisemitism, helping them make sense of events globally and in their own community.
The proposed legislation to keep kids in class year-round would result in a pilot program to determine how participating districts handle issues such as transportation, budgeting and parent engagement.
The bill's sponsor, Representative Ed Lewis, (R)-Macon and Randolph, says under current state statute a teacher's minimum salary is only $25,000 which he hopes to increase.
