At least 25 states and the District of Columbia allow schools to suspend students for "willful defiance", according to the LawAtlas Project's Policy Surveillance Portal. This week, California became the first state in the US to ban such suspensions for all students, expanding a pre-existing ban on the disciplinary practice for students in grades kindergarten through eighth grade.

Chief of Schools Scott Schneider, is getting eager support from education voices in Jacksonville and beyond—and was previously endorsed by several Duval School Board members when he sought superintendent jobs outside of Jacksonville.

Roughly 1 in 3 new teachers hired across Texas last year were uncertified, meaning the state has no way to know if they received rigorous training. That’s up from 12% in 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

Wayzata High School's "Portrait of a Graduate" makes it clear to the community that students are learning relevant skills necessary for their future success.