U.S. states with anti-bullying laws that explicitly protect LGBT+ teens have fewer suicide attempts among youth than states with more general laws, according to new research that could help protect vulnerable children. All 50 U.S. states have anti-bullying laws, but…
The strike raises safety concerns for parents whose children have severe disabilities. Many have kept their children home.
Some education groups and school districts aren’t yet ready to embrace a $3.7 billion plan to give all Texas teachers a $5,000 pay raise, citing concerns the plan might not be funded in the long term and will tie the…
A new study finds mixed results for Indianapolis Public Schools dramatic shake-up in recent years: Students in schools within the district boundaries are below the state average when it comes to improvement on tests, but their peers at charter and…
Building on his commitment to prepare students to use computers and technology in their careers, Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday announced $8.7 million in targeted grants to expand computer science classes and teacher training at 765 schools across the commonwealth.…
Civil rights activists and the Trump administration’s Education Department find themselves in the rare position of being on the same side of an issue.
A vast majority of LGBT students at middle and high schools in Louisiana regularly hear homophobic and transphobic remarks on campus, according to a report recently released by the national education organization GLSEN. GLSEN, formerly known as the Gay, Lesbian…
The flames have long since died down, but Fiona Roberts, a high school senior, remains haunted by the memory of being trapped with her mother in a slow-motion race for their lives on the morning of Nov. 8, the day…
The federal government’s budget stalemate over border security is causing lunches to shrink at one eastern North Carolina school district. Vance County Schools officials announced on Facebook late Tuesday that lunch menus “have been revised to a minimum level to…
A new political dynamic in Lansing has put Michigan in a position to potentially see the kind of education transformation that helped catapult Massachusetts to its status as the top-performing state in the nation, says a former U.S. Secretary of…
Negotiations are set to resume Thursday for the first time in a week to settle the teachers’ strike in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The venue will be City Hall; the time, high noon. The talks are resuming under…
The difference between Hannah Williams’s old and new high schools was night and day. The Nevada teen had dropped out of her first school — twice. She was suffering from anxiety, dealing with a chaotic family life that shifted her…
A legislative proposal in Connecticut would mandate instruction on climate change in public schools statewide, beginning in elementary school. Connecticut already has adopted science standards that call for teaching of climate change, but if the bill passes it is believed…
An Upstate school district could become the first in South Carolina to move toward year-round education. The Oconee County School District in the northwestern corner of the state is considering adopting a modified calendar for the 2020-21 school year that…
A New Jersey judge has found that the binding arbitration requirement everyone who takes the ACT must sign is "unconscionable" and may not be enforced in the case of a student suing the testing organization. While the ruling currently applies…
