Leaders of a newly launched Public Schools Caucus in Congress will mount a bipartisan effort to build on the educational innovations of the pandemic era.
Sen. Lindsey Graham said on Twitter that there were "hundreds of thousands" of veterans who would bring an array of experience in order to keep schoolchildren safe in classrooms.
U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed new rules that would cut funds from public schools that prohibit transgender youth from participating in sports or using bathrooms of their choice.
Cardona said Title I is the "best tool" to address K-12 inequity and advocated for a $1 billion investment in mental health care for students at recent Congressional hearing.
Legislation approved Wednesday by Republicans would punish teachers who mention to their students that the mass murder in a Buffalo grocery store this month was allegedly committed by a white supremacist who targeted Black people.
Early analyses indicated that Covid-19 health factors had virtually nothing to do with reopening decisions, and partisan politics could explain nearly all the variation.
Schools in Arizona must now let students take a one- to two-minute moment of silence at the beginning of each school day. Whether they meditate, pray, or run through test questions in their head is up to them.
Even stricter measures have surfaced, including a Louisiana bill that would prevent educators from discussing sexual orientation through eighth grade, and a Tennesse proposal to bar instructional materials that "normalize" LGTBQ lifestyles.
