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Handcuffed and sent to the ER for misbehavior: Schools are sending more kids for psychiatric evaluation
Black students are more frequently subjected to these removals than their peers.
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Pa. school district, Satanic Temple reach agreement in lawsuit over After School Satan Club
An eastern Pennsylvania school district has reached a settlement with The Satanic Temple in a lawsuit alleging discrimination against students by barring one of the group’s After School Satan clubs from using a school building. The American Civil Liberties Union said Thursday that the Saucon Valley School District would pay $200,000 in attorney’s fees and will allow the club the...
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After-school ‘Satan Club' at Connecticut elementary school raises eyebrows in town
An organizer for the Satan Club says kids who attend will be doing activities that focus on science and rationalization while building empathy and tolerance for all creatures.
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Teachers claim NJ district restricted access to topics like the Holocaust, civil rights movement
A New Jersey school district is facing tough questions after some teachers claimed access had been restricted to important topics like the Holocaust and the civil rights movement — but the superintendent argues it isn’t true.
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More students gain eligibility for free school meals under expanded USDA program
More students in schools serving low-income communities will be eligible to receive breakfast and lunch at no cost under a rule change announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Long Island 5-year-old walked right out of school undetected. His parents want changes
The parents of a 5-year-old Long Island boy are furious after their kindergartener was able to walk out of his elementary school, undetected, and walked nearly a third of a mile to his house. It was his parents who learned he had left school.
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4-day school week has students celebrating, parents trying to solve child care gap
Hundreds of school systems around the country have adopted four-day weeks in recent years, mostly in rural and western parts of the U.S. Districts cite cost savings and advantages for teacher recruitment.
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U.S. News & World Report rankings explainer: What changed in 2024?
According to U.S. News, this year’s ranking formula was changed and modified to reflect academic reputation, cost of attendance and return on investment.
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Alabama band director who wouldn't stop performing at football game is tased, arrested by police
The altercation happened Thursday after the Minor and Jackson-Olin High School football game in Birmingham.
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‘Who will be left out?': Controversial nuclear war homework gets NY teacher removed
Long Island parents were so outraged over a controversial homework from a health class that the teacher who assigned it has been removed from the classroom. See what sparked their anger.
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2 buses collide at intersection
A collision involving a city bus and a school bus at an intersection in Racine, Wisconsin, was caught on camera Wednesday.
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I-Team: On school bus bills, some districts get bargains. Others get taken for a ride.
New Jersey’s two largest school districts – Newark Public Schools and Elizabeth Public Schools – have a lot in common. Situated on either side of Newark Liberty International Airport, they are about six miles apart from each other. Both school systems serve primarily students of color, and both districts classify more than 10% of their kids with some type of disability. ...
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NJ families push for virtual learning option
Some parents in New Jersey are fighting for the option to keep their kids out of the classroom. Adam Harding reports.
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Democrats push for investigation of Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's firebrand schools superintendent
A Tulsa-area school district is in its second week of bomb threats after Walters shared a Libs of TikTok post about a school librarian on social media.
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Ohio soldier surprises son as school mascot on first day of school
Perry Chronister surprised his 7-year-old son, Eli, on his first day of school after returning from a yearlong deployment by disguising himself as the school mascot.
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Report finds few parents are utilizing new Georgia law making it easier to ban books from school libraries
Georgia Republican lawmakers passed a law to make it easier to challenge school library books as inappropriate, but few people are using it.
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Ohio school district moves to 4-day week
North College Hill City School District outside Cincinnati, Ohio, has become the first in the state to go to a four-day week for in-person learning.
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More states expect schools to keep trans girls off girls teams as K-12 classes resume
Children are heading back to classes and fall sports practices, and four more states are expecting their K-12 schools to keep transgender girls off their girls sports teams.
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Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US
Students have been absent at record rates nationwide since schools reopened after COVID-forced closures.
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These are the best and worst states for aspiring lawyers
Uplift Legal Funding named the best and worst states for aspiring lawyers to begin a career based on academic success rates, job prospects and other factors.