Students have continued to get costly citations for vaping, fighting and other misbehavior even after state officials directed educators to end the practice.
Committing to the whole student is how K12 schools can and will remain the key to democracy in America, Superintendent Trent North says. "When our students graduate, they must not only be academically sound, but we must ensure they are socially and emotionally ready to leave their impact on the world."
The Northern Rhode Island Collaborative, a nonprofit geared toward special education students, is on track to be dissolved by the end of the school year.
"Exposure to such topics is inappropriate for children, creating confusion which may then cause doubt in their identities," said Rep. Ann Kelley, a former teacher and the Republican sponsor of the Missouri bill. "It is not the place of the school to indoctrinate our children by exposing them to gender and sexual identity curriculums and courses."
Texas should explore requiring schools to have at least one armed person on each campus, a Republican lawmaker said Tuesday. Some Republicans say hardening schools — through facility upgrades and arming staff — could be a solution to making schools safer after Uvalde.
A panel of experts issues three calls to action around student mental health that include smarter tech use and "big tent" thinking by cooperative communities.
Central Oregon schools have had a difficult time retaining teachers, and the program run by George Fox University aims to rapidly train teachers to fill the need in rural schools. The university is hoping to gain permission from the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission by late March to expand its program.
A Parents Bill of Rights just introduced by House Republicans seeks to codify many freedoms that families already enjoy when it comes to their schools but could also whittle away at superintendents' decision-making power.
"I'm talking to legislators, and what they're saying is that the state intends to take over the district, replacing the entire board and replacing the superintendent," Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said at a City Council meeting Wednesday morning. "I find that totally alarming."
