Green school buses have received some high-profile endorsements. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is promoting electric school buses in his "Green New Deal," Vox reports. Sanders' plan would pay for many schools and cities to switch to electric buses.

Being a librarian is a labor of love, even if it means getting into "good trouble" for standing up for students' choice, right to read and access to technology in libraries, says K.C. Boyd, a featured speaker at DA's FETC in January and a library media specialist at Jefferson Middle School Academy in Washington, D.C.

School districts are recommitting to international field trips and other travel activities as administrators get a better handle on managing risk. However, equity remains an issue.

Florida will become the third state in the U.S. to require students to learn more about mental health, behind Virginia and New York. Public schools will now provide students in grades six and above a minimum of five hours of mental health education annually.