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Conservative Supreme Court justices have “chipped away” at separation of church and state, though the right-leaning wing of the court is divided on whether the concept is still viable, says Willamette University professor Steven Green.

As the public awaits a coming decision that could overturn Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court released a batch of other decisions. They ruled in favor of religious freedom in a Maine case on school choice, and tweaked a criminal sentencing rule on attempted robbery cases. Constitutional attorney Andrew M. Lieb joins LX News to discuss.

Congressional child nutrition waivers that allowed for free meals in school and other food assistance measures are expiring June 30.

A fifth grader at a Springfield, Mass., school was displeased with the state of tacos at his school, so he brought his concerns to state Rep. Orlando Ramos, who got the district to do something about it.

Pennsauken schools are teaching students about Asian-American culture, and both students and teachers call the lessons a game-changer. NBC10’s Cydney Long talked to students and teachers about the lessons.

A shift to later start times for all of the Philadelphia School District’s schools previously planned for the beginning of the 2022-2023 school has been postponed, the superintendent said Wednesday.

A New Jersey man who graduated from the high school that he believes is linked to a mysterious cluster of brain tumors dating back decades — and to his own diagnosis — says he’s gotten a New York City-based foundation signed on to offer free brain scans to people in the community who may not otherwise have access. He just…

More than 100 former students and staff at the school have been diagnosed with cancer over the last 30 years, and local parents say the information they’re getting on the investigation is woefully insufficient.

A Facebook post saying security would throw out students’ food had garnered hundreds of comments before it was abruptly deleted Tuesday morning.

A Pennsylvania school district set a limit on outside snacks in school. Students were limited because of the excessive amounts of snacks brought from home, the school district said.

Since the pandemic started, experts have warned of a mental health crisis facing American children.

Faith-based, civil rights and social justice leaders led a rally in Trenton in support of a lawsuit that accuses New Jersey of perpetuating segregated schools. NBC10’s Cydney Long has the details.

Now that the Parental Rights in Education bill (also referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill) is law in Florida, LGBTQ groups plan to fight it in the courts. Critics have said the law is worded so broadly that it could have a chilling effect on teachers and cause them to dismiss LGBTQ subjects entirely. We hear from Michael...

Some extra sleep sounds great to some high schoolers, but not everyone is thrilled about the 9 a.m. start time. NBC10’s Frances Wang has the story.

Two thirds of support staff in Minneapolis schools are “homeless or highly mobile,” and many staff work multiple jobs, said Aria Campbell. Campbell is a rep with the Minnesota Federation of Teachers and a support professional in Minneapolis schools. Teachers have been on strike for two weeks now, calling for wage increases, more manageable class sizes and mental health resources...

After 733 days since the first documented Covid case in New Jersey, the state is no longer under a public health emergency. This means that masks are no longer required in schools. NBC10’s Cydney Long spoke to teachers and students about how they feel about the mask mandate ending.

On Monday March 7, New Jersey’s mask mandate will be lifted. It will then be up to school district leaders to decide if their schools will require masks. NBC10’s Cydney Long got reactions from families.

“It’s frustrating because a lot of the adults are saying, ‘Well, you can’t read this,’ but yet they’ve never asked any teenagers how we feel about these topics,” one Pennsylvania teen said.

More than four months after tornadoes and historic flooding devastated the region, Montgomery County elementary school students returned to their building. NBC10’s Deanna Durante was there for the first day back.

The incident in question happened in early October, but the fallout lasted for months after.