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Judge denies an order sought by a Black student who was punished over his hair
HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday denied a request by a Black high school student in Texas for a court order that the student’s lawyers say would have allowed him to return to his high school without fear of having his previous punishment over his hairstyle resume. Darryl...
Bibles that Oklahoma wants for schools match version backed by Trump
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's top education official is seeking to purchase 55,000 Bibles for public schools and specifying that each copy contain the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution, which are not commonly found in Bibles but are included in one endorsed by former President...
North Carolina lawmakers to vote on initial Helene relief
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina General Assembly leaders said Friday that they’re prepared to approve initial disaster relief next week to address Hurricane Helene damage. House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger said in a joint news release that details are...
Chancellor of Louisiana Delta Community College will resign in June
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The chancellor of a north Louisiana community college announced Friday that he plans to retire in June. Dr. Randy Esters, who leads Louisiana Delta Community College in Monroe, has served more than 35 years in education and was named chancellor in 2021....
Some children tied to NY nurse's fake vaccine scheme are barred from school
NEW YORK (AP) — A suburban New York school district has barred patients of a former nurse practitioner who pleaded guilty to running a fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination card scheme. The move by school officials in the Long Island hamlet of Plainedge comes nearly three years after...
Pennsylvania school boards up window openings that allowed views into its gender-neutral bathrooms
A Pennsylvania school district has reversed course and boarded up window openings it recently installed that allowed people in a middle school hallway to peer into two gender-neutral-designated bathrooms, the superintendent said Friday. The two windows were installed in recent weeks...
Biden's student loan cancellation is put on hold again after day of legal whiplash
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden's latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move forward after another judge allowed a pause to expire. Just as it briefly appeared the Biden...
NYC accelerates school leadership change as investigations swirl around mayor’s indictment
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is speeding up its switch to a new schools chief as indicted Mayor Eric Adams faces mounting pressure to bring stability to a city government that has been roiled by searches, subpoenas and resignations. Schools Chancellor David Banks, whose phones...
Test scores in Kentucky show mixed results, including low performance in science
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Students in Kentucky achieved mixed results in statewide testing, with math scores improving among older students but across-the-board struggles in science raising concerns, the state reported Thursday. The percentage of middle and high school students...
Bodies of the children and teachers who died in a Thai school bus fire return home for funeral
LAN SAK, Thailand (AP) — The bodies of almost two dozen young students and teachers who died in a bus fire in a suburb of Bangkok were returned late Wednesday to central Thailand, where they began their ill-fated school field trip. Friends, relatives and Buddhist monks waited past...
