As the Florida measure critics call the "Don't Say Gay" bill awaits final approval, a new curriculum transparency law requires schools to list library books and reading materials.
"School closures may ultimately prove to be the most costly policy decision of the pandemic era." That's the somber conclusion made by researchers taking a fresh look at the economic and other impacts of COVID.
The move, which restricts the teaching of "inherently divisive concepts" in K-12 schools, makes South Dakota the latest Republican-controlled state to restrict how history and systemic racism can be taught.
Schools may soon have better resources to respond to opioid abuse and student drug overdoses under legislation that would create a pilot program for Narcan administration in schools.
Public school teachers in Florida are now banned from holding classroom instruction about sexual orientation or gender identity after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the controversial "Parental Rights in Education" bill.
Federal judge rules that a new Virginia law allowing parents to opt children out of mask mandates cannot prevent 12 vulnerable students from seeking a "reasonable modification" that could require that their classmates wear masks.
A growing lack of confidence in K-12 principals—mainly among Republican voters—may only be the tip of the iceberg as yet more evidence of wider dissatisfaction with U.S. schools emerged Wednesday.
Parental Rights in Education bill would prohibit “classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity” in the state's primary schools. Some warn it will endanger LGBTQ students.
State lawmakers scrambling to restrict the teaching about race and racism, LGBTQ issues and other topics risk seeing their schools lose advanced placement classes.
