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Supreme Court Backs School Coach Who Prayed on 50-Yard Line After Football Games

A 6-3 conservative majority once again widens the sphere for acceptable religious expression in public spaces

Kevin Mahnken
Author: Kevin Mahnken
Virginia
assessments

Youngkin Says Report on ‘Honesty Gap’ Points to Decline in Virginia Schools

Virginia Education Association says the report relies on ‘blatant manipulation of data’

Graham Moomaw, Virginia Mercury
Michigan
mental health
Michigan

As Mental Health Crisis Rages, Michigan Schools Work to Boost Kids’ Connection

Eleanore Catolico, MindSite News
HBCUs
diversity

To Recruit New Hires, Big Employers Team Up with Historically Black Colleges

Under pressure to diversify, companies are investing money and mentorship in HBCUs

Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools
Weaving a Stronger Society — Starting in Our Schools

How 12 Educators & Mentors Are Weaving a Stronger Society, Starting With Schools

Over the past six months, we've traveled the country to meet and celebrate educators using community to help students succeed in school — and life

Steve Snyder
Author: Steve Snyder
Pride

How Libraries Came to be Sanctuaries for LGBTQ Kids

Beth Hawkins
Gun Reform

Experts Question ‘School Safety Clearinghouse’ Mandated by New Gun Reform Law

Linda Jacobson
North Carolina

NC Gov.’s DRIVE Task Force Unveils Plan to Recruit and Retain Teachers of Color

Rupen Fofaria
Higher Education

8 Ways Colleges Are Stepping Up After Roe Reversal

Marianna McMurdock
Uvalde Shooting

Graduation in Uvalde Gives Tragedy-Stricken Town a Night of Normality

Ariana Perez-Castells & Kylie Cooper
Roe v. Wade

Awakened By SCOTUS Ruling, Young People Join Push For Reproductive Rights

Asher Lehrer-Small
Campus Security

Minneapolis Schools to Halt Controversial Student Surveillance Initiative

Mark Keierleber
Enrollment Data

National Education Data: K-12 Enrollment More Racially Diverse Compared to a Decade Ago

Danielle J. Brown
Arizona

Plan to Expand School Vouchers to All 1.1 Million Arizona Students Clears House

Jerod MacDonald-Evoy

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Missouri

Missouri Attorney General Subpoenas School Districts Over Student Surveys

Tessa Weinberg
Student Well-Being

New Ken Burns PBS Documentary Offers Raw Look at the Youth Mental Health Crisis

Mark Keierleber
Wisconsin

Wisconsin School District Rejects Book About Japanese Internment

Bill Lueders
Texas

340,000 School Door Locks in Texas to be Checked in Response to Uvalde Shooting

Brian Lopez
Class of 2022

‘They’ve Been Through the Worst’: Grads at NYC Ukrainian School Celebrate & Ache

Meghan Gallagher
School Meals

As Biden Signs Waiver Extension, Study Shows School Meals Lower Grocery Costs

Kevin Mahnken
School Discipline

In a Year of ‘Abysmal’ Student Behavior, Ed Dept. Seeks Discipline Overhaul

Linda Jacobson
Title IX

Biden Administration’s New Title IX Rules Expand Transgender Student Protections

Greg Toppo
Indianapolis

In Indianapolis, Charter Schools ‘Move the Needle’ on Achievement, Study Finds

Greg Toppo
Weaving a Stronger Society

Living and Learning Among Refugees in the ‘Ellis Island of the South’

Linda Jacobson
Mental Health

Remembering How to Be Friends: Amid COVID Isolation, One School Is Using Talking Circles to Help Kids Reconnect

Bekah McNeel
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