Dec 02 Michigan 15-year-old charged in Oxford High School shooting By Corey Williams, Ed White, Associated Press Ethan Crumbley, 15, has been charged as an adult with two dozen crimes, including murder, attempted murder and terrorism, for a shooting Tuesday at Oxford High School in Oakland County, roughly 30 miles (50 kilometers) north of Detroit. Continue reading
Dec 02 How Maine is trying to take food insecurity off kids’ plates By Laura Santhanam Recent constraints on food supply and rising costs have also stretched school districts thin -- another reminder of the way that COVID has contributed to food insecurity. Continue reading
Nov 24 Rising COVID cases causing turmoil for Michigan schools as flu season arrives By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang School leaders in Michigan dealing with staffing shortages across their districts now face a flu season that’s arrived alongside a major spike in COVID-19 cases… Continue reading
Nov 24 Students who launched pro-slavery petition at Missouri high school sue after suspensions, expulsion By Gabrielle Hays On Sept. 17, according to the suit, the district interviewed the students involved and subsequently charged them with violating school policy. Continue reading
Nov 23 Watch 8:10 New documentary highlights plight of missing Black women and why their cases go ignored By Amna Nawaz, Talesha Reynolds A third of the almost 300,000 U.S. girls and women reported missing in 2020 were Black. That's according to the National Crime Information Center. Yet those cases are often marginalized or ignored by law enforcement and national media. Now, a… Continue watching
Nov 23 Schools across the country are struggling to find staff. Here’s why By Cresencio Rodriguez-Delgado, Frances Kai-Hwa Wang, Gabrielle Hays, Roby Chavez Paying students to serve lunches during school hours. Bringing retired teachers back to the classroom. Across the country, these are some of the short-term solutions to a nationwide shortage of school staff… Continue reading
Nov 22 Families of those killed in Florida high school massacre settle lawsuit against federal government By Terry Spencer, Associated Press The families announced Monday they have settled their lawsuit against the federal government over the FBI's failure to stop the gunman even though it had received information he intended to attack. Continue reading
Nov 18 Fearful of new laws, many teachers deterred from covering race-related topics By Travis Loller, Associated Press, Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America Education officials have nixed a contemporary issues class in a Tennessee district and removed Frederick Douglass' autobiography from reading lists in an Oklahoma school system, among other examples. Continue reading
Nov 17 For Detroit’s Japanese Americans, oral histories key to preservation of history, future solidarity By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang The Detroit chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) has been collecting and sharing the stories of the Japanese American community in the area. These stories, spanning over a hundred years, are a vital part of Detroit’s history, and… Continue reading
Nov 15 6 teens injured in drive-by shooting near Denver area high school By Patty Nieberg, Associated Press Police say six teenagers were shot in a drive-by shooting in a park near a high school in suburban Denver, but all are expected to survive. Continue reading