What started as a $5 million pilot project to rescue Cleveland kids from "failing schools" is now a statewide voucher system serving 69,000 children that could cost taxpayers more than $628 million for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Judge rules in parents' lawsuit that Gov. Ron DeSantis' mask mandate ban will not remain in effect while the governor appeals an earlier ruling that invalidated his ban.
"We only have our students for 180 days out of the school year in most of our schools in the state. And you know, that time matters, every day matters."
In 2019, a Vermont student with a disability that causes bone pain was forcefully subdued by a school resource officer after educators suspected, erroneously, that the 17-year-old had a vape.
Those students were left behind during the pandemic, according to a Department of Education report released this summer, that showed the COVID-19 pandemic worsened disparities in access and opportunities for students of color in public schools.
As waves of educators fall ill and new deaths are reported weekly, districts are giving teachers and eligible students cash and other incentives to combat COVID.
