CRT opponents who advocate "colorblind education" in treating all students equally regardless of their ethnicity neglect the deeper impacts of race, expert says.
Department of Education urges action on learning loss and achievement gaps, access to learning resources and opportunities, and English learner participation.
Heatwaves in the Northeast and elsewhere have allowed students to remove masks this week as more and more districts make face coverings optional this summer and fall.
In his ruling on Tuesday, Judge James Plowman Jr. said Cross' comments are protected speech and that the district could not prove there was a disruption to school operations based on his comments.
Connecticut, which implemented a new process for tracking absenteeism across in-person, hybrid and remote settings, required students to attend school for at least half a day to be marked present.
The group's new legal action focuses on a key part of the new law creating a form of scholarship tax credits – referred to by advocates as education opportunity accounts. The lawsuit calls it a "diversion of public revenues to private schools" and asks that it be struck down.
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona told ESPN that transgender girls have a "right to compete" and suggested that the Biden administration will step in to protect those students' civil rights, as multiple states enact legislation banning transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports.
Public asks whether Title IX has truly expanded athletic opportunities for girls and whether it can solve controversies over transgender athletes in high school sports?
