Our K12 education system has been like a footprint hardened in concrete: durable and lasting but resistant to change despite prolonged exposure to nature's elements.

Texas should explore requiring schools to have at least one armed person on each campus, a Republican lawmaker said Tuesday. Some Republicans say hardening schools — through facility upgrades and arming staff — could be a solution to making schools safer after Uvalde.

Central Oregon schools have had a difficult time retaining teachers, and the program run by George Fox University aims to rapidly train teachers to fill the need in rural schools. The university is hoping to gain permission from the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission by late March to expand its program.

A Georgia bill aimed at stopping teachers from talking to students about gender identity died an unexpected death Wednesday after conservative groups joined LGBTQ advocates in opposing the measure.