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911 calls reveal terror at Nashville school during attack
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities released 911 recordings on Thursday that capture the terror inside a Nashville elementary school during a mass shooting this week, as callers pleaded for help in hushed voices while sirens, crying and gunfire could be heard in the background. ...
Mississippi picks education head after Black nominee nixed
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A day after Mississippi’s Republican-led Senate voted against confirming veteran educator Robert P. Taylor as state superintendent of education, the Mississippi State Board of Education named Mike Kent to fill the role on an interim basis Thursday. The move...
Suit contests University of Wyoming trans woman in sorority
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The nationwide battle over the places where transgender people may belong has flared at the University of Wyoming, where a lawsuit filed by seven sorority members challenges the induction of a transgender woman into their local chapter. The woman, identified...
Police: Student shot self in hand, sparking campus lockdown
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — A high school student visiting a North Carolina community college shot himself in the hand, sparking an hourslong lockdown on campus on Thursday, police said. Winston-Salem police were called to Forsyth Tech Community College around 10:10 a.m. for a...
How 'swatting' calls spread as schools face real threats
A spate of threats and false reports of shooters have been pouring into schools and colleges across the country for months, raising concerns among law enforcement and elected leaders. Schools in Pennsylvania and Utah were the latest targeted by so-called swatting. Computer-generated...
High school student arrested after threatening to kill coach
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana student was arrested when he tried to carry a gun into his high school Thursday, shortly after threatening to kill a coach, the local sheriff's office said. The student at Southwood High School in Shreveport had argued with the coach after the...
Probe: Delays in district's schools awards not deliberate
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A third-party investigation into delays by a northern Virginia public school district in recognizing student achievements on a standardized test found no evidence the delays were deliberate, the superintendent said this week. Fairfax County Public Schools...
Wisconsin regents OK tuition increase proposal for 23-24
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System students will have to pay hundreds of dollars more to attend classes next year under a plan system officials overwhelmingly approved Thursday. The Board of Regents voted during a meeting at UW-Stout to adopt system President Jay...
College ends partnership with school over the David issue
HILLSDALE, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan college has ended its partnership with a Florida charter school whose principal was forced to resign after a parent complained sixth graders were exposed to pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included Michelangelo’s David sculpture. ...
Rejection of Black educator angers some Mississippi senators
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's Republican-led Senate voted Wednesday against confirming veteran educator Robert P. Taylor as state superintendent of education, angering some Black Democrats who said the rejection was at least partly because Taylor is Black and wrote years ago about the...
