The primary effect on school districts and state educational agencies of the federal budget stalemate for FY 2022 is the inability to plan for the next school year, expert says.
In the last few weeks, a middle school in Oregon went remote to implement safety and social-emotional protocols while shootings near campuses sent a New York district to distance learning.
Bloomfield Hills High School in Michigan shifted to remote learning through Thanksgiving after a family filed a $150 million lawsuit alleging "dangerous racism," according to published reports.
State Superior Court Judge David Lee ruled that North Carolina has failed to provide students with their Constitutional guarantee to a sound basic education.
A North Carolina judge has scheduled a hearing that could conclude with him taking the extraordinary step of ordering $1.7 billion be spent on addressing inequities in public education.
Closing vast funding gaps among and within states will require funding reform and pressure from the federal government, according to the annual "Making the Grade" report
New lawsuit claims that Biden Administration overstepped authority in warning of a crackdown on threats made against educators and school boards over critical race theory, sex ed and other issues.
Instruction that affirms LGTBQ+ students' gender identities is spreading but still lacking in many states, as are gay-straight alliances clubs where young people can turn for critical support.