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.
Some district leaders may need to rethink enrollment goals as the homeschool-inspired learnings pods that families set up during the darkest days of COVID are becoming permanent.
A federal civil rights investigation could force suburban Carroll Independent School District to implement the same types of diversity programs that voters rejected in landslide elections.
Summer school can be both the most entrepreneurial and most unequal season in education—a time when students can learn in more engaging ways or continue to face long-embedded inequities.
Teachers have long sought to deliver a complete version of U.S. history that engages students and includes contributions by people of color. They also are facing increased pressure from politicians and other critics who take issue with how schools address diversity and representation.
State lawmakers scrambling to restrict the teaching about race and racism, LGBTQ issues and other topics risk seeing their schools lose advanced placement classes.
D.A.R.E.'s new "keepin' it REAL" curriculum called has been modernized to cover issues such as cyberbullying, vaping, internet safety and how to deal with stress. It could also build a better rapport between young people and police.
