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Atlanta school board says it will oust its superintendent when her contract ends in 2024
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta school board members announced Friday that they're getting rid of district Superintendent Lisa Herring when her contract ends next year. Atlanta Public Schools Board Chair Eshé Collins, in a statement, didn't explain why the board decided to not renew...
Utah district bans Bible in elementary and middle schools 'due to vulgarity or violence'
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Good Book is being treated like a bad book in Utah after a parent frustrated by efforts to ban materials from schools convinced a suburban district that some Bible verses were too vulgar or violent for younger children. And the Book of Mormon could be...
Georgia school's book bans may break civil rights law, federal officials warn
ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education has found that a suburban Atlanta school district's decision to remove some books from its libraries may have created a hostile environment that violated federal laws against race and sex discrimination. The legal intervention by the...
Little Rock School District extends school day
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Little Rock School District has voted to extend the school day beginning in the fall for the 2023-24 school year. The Little Rock School Board's 9-0 decision Thursday means elementary students will start earlier and end later while middle and high...
Editorial Roundup: West Virginia
Parkersburg News and Sentinel. May 16, 2023. Editorial: Education: Discipline statistics show need for change The West Virginia State Board of Education now has concrete data showing our public schools are failing our kids in more ways than just academics. Last week,...
Data: Black, foster care students in West Virginia face more severe school discipline
CHARLESTON W.Va. (AP) — Being Black or enrolled in the foster care system are some of the biggest risk factors for facing school suspension in West Virginia, one of the U.S. states with the most children in foster care per capita, according to new data released this week by the state Department...
Florida law takes aim at teachers union that defied DeSantis
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Teachers and other government employees will have to write monthly checks if they want to stay in their union after Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Tuesday banning automatic dues deductions from public employees' paychecks, The anti-union bill...
Vermont school parents back gender-neutral terms for kids
Parents and community members who attended a school board meeting in Vermont's largest district mostly supported a decision to use the gender-inclusive terms “person who produces sperm” and “person who produces eggs” in a 5th grade health class rather than the words male or female. ...
School board wants workers comp for teacher shot by boy, 6
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Virginia school district where a 6-year-old shot his teacher argues that her injuries fall under the state's workers compensation act and cannot be addressed through her $40 million lawsuit, according to court documents filed Wednesday. Abigail Zwerner was...
Mother of 6-year-old who shot teacher indicted by grand jury
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — A grand jury in Virginia has indicted the mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher on charges of child neglect and failing to secure her handgun in the family's home, a prosecutor said Monday. A grand jury sitting in Newport News charged the boy's...
