Since the 26 deaths at Sandy Hook, at least a dozen schools, from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, have been the site of mass shootings or killings.
If approved, "highly qualified" employees in Keller would need to get approval from the superintendent and trustees, hold a license and undergo training. Choosing to carry a gun would be voluntary.
The leader of one of New Hampshire's teachers' unions is suing to stop public dollars from being spent to fund private schools through the Education Freedom Account program.
The agreement with the U.S. Department of Education comes almost exactly four years after Max Benson died after an three employees at an El Dorado County nonpublic school placed him in a face-down prone restraint for nearly two hours.
The bill, which won bipartisan support from the state's senate and assembly, would require the New Jersey Department of Education to develop learning standards across K-12 in media and information literacy.
"I know that what I learn at FETC will be new, exciting and engaging for my students in my classroom," says Technology Specialist for the Cherokee County School District Kristen Brooks.
Broke Scholar's latest analysis—known as The Ramen Index—lays out which cities are most generous with student discounts and scholarship rewards for those who need to live on a shoestring.
According to the Alabama Association of School Boards, lawmakers budgeted $7.7 billion dollars in tax revenue for the 2022 fiscal year, but instead, they brought in $10.4 billion. These extra funds have to be delegated to education.
"This is a great moment for school leaders to look for opportunities to give classroom teachers the flexibility they need to serve students with varying degrees of proficiency, like flexible schedules and adding staff that can support dynamic student grouping," said Chase Nordengren, principal research lead for Effective Instructional Strategies at NWEA.
Burton Jr. who spoke with ABC News this year described conditions that stretched beyond the pandemic in which Black male teachers were under-appreciated and outstretched -- with their numbers dwindling in the wake of what one advocate, speaking of staffing, has called a "five-alarm crisis."
