Districts are under pressure from multiple directions: rapid student adoption, thin policy infrastructure, undertrained teachers, and a tightening pipeline of specialized talent.

The Supreme Court turned away an appeal from a Florida couple who alleged that their parental rights were violated by a now-revised school board policy that kept their daughter's school from informing them about her request to use a different name and pronouns.

On spring weekends across the St. Louis area, girls are filling football fields once dominated by boys—pulling flags, scoring touchdowns and building one of the region's fastest-growing youth sports.

Officials are calling for alcohol detection systems and lap/shoulder belts on school buses amid concerns of impaired bus drivers.