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NYC teacher grazed by bullet fired through school window
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City teacher was struck in the hand by a stray bullet Wednesday as he set up his classroom for the start of school, police said. The 33-year-old teacher was inside his sixth-floor classroom at a middle school in the Bronx just before noon when a bullet...
School choice and a history of segregation collide as one Florida county shutters its rural schools
MADISON, Fla. (AP) — Tens of thousands of students have left Florida’s public schools in recent years amid an explosive expansion in school choice. Now, districts large and small are grappling with the harsh financial realities of empty seats in aging classrooms. As some...
Education official announces last-ditch spending strategy for federal COVID-19 funds
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — With roughly $1.5 million in pandemic-era education funding set to expire next month, Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen announced a plan Tuesday to route those federal dollars directly to classrooms across Montana. The spending strategy,...
Jewish groups file federal complaint alleging antisemitism in Fulton schools
ATLANTA (AP) — Three Jewish advocacy groups filed a federal complaint against the Fulton County school district over alleged antisemitic bullying against Jewish students since the Israel-Hamas war broke out on Oct. 7. The complaint said administrators failed to take action when...
Drexel University agrees to bolster handling of bias complaints after probe of antisemitic incidents
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Drexel University will review the “shared ancestry” discrimination complaints it has fielded in recent years and work to improve how it handles them under an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education announced Friday. The federal investigation began...
California added a new grade for 4-year-olds. Are parents enrolling their kids?
Earlier this month, Gov. Gavin Newsom touted the success of California’s transitional kindergarten expansion, saying enrollment in the $2.7 billion program had doubled over the past two years. His comments echoed those of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, who called the...
Antisemitism runs rampant in Philadelphia schools, Jewish group alleges in civil rights complaint
The Philadelphia school district has failed to protect Jewish students from “a virulent wave of antisemitism” that swept through classrooms after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, according to a federal complaint filed Tuesday. The district, among the largest public school systems...
Young Voters Want To Make Themselves Heard In Hawaii — But They Don’t Always Know How
A month before Hawaii’s primary election, 18-year-old Misty Cruden is starting to feel nervous. She wants to elect local leaders who take climate change seriously and care about high-quality education for all students, but she’s also worried about the outcome of the presidential race in...
For-profit college in Chicago suburbs facing federal review abruptly shuts down
OAK LAWN, Ill. (AP) — A for-profit college in Chicago’s suburbs has abruptly closed amid a federal review. Officials at Northwestern College in Oak Lawn sent an email to students on Saturday saying the school had closed, WGN-TV reported. Northwestern College...
Department of Education and Brown University reach agreement on antidiscrimination efforts
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced Monday that it entered into an agreement with Brown University to make sure the school is in compliance with federal law barring discrimination and harassment against students of Jewish, Palestinian, Arab and Muslim ancestry. ...
