Sep 26 Biden orders schools to make active shooter drills less traumatic for students By Colleen Long, Associated Press President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Thursday that aims to help schools make active shooter drills less traumatic for students yet still effective. Continue reading
Sep 20 For churches seeing demand for more Christian schools, vouchers ease start-up stress By Holly Meyer, Associated Press In Florida, Ohio and other states, there is now greater availability of taxpayer money to pay for K-12 private school tuition. Many say the primary reason is to give parents more schooling options that align with their Christian values. Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch 5:31 Teachers struggle to educate Gaza’s children with many schools reduced to rubble By Nick Schifrin, Zeba Warsi, Shams Odeh It’s back-to-school season, but in Gaza, 625,000 students have no building to return to. Most of Gaza’s 560 schools have been either damaged or destroyed. More than half of the schools have been directly hit by Israel and the few… Continue watching
Sep 06 Kenya school dormitory fire kills 17 students, seriously burns 13 others By Evelyne Musambi, Associated Press Police said Friday they feared the death toll may rise. Continue reading
Aug 30 WATCH: Trump holds ‘fireside chat’ at Moms for Liberty summit in Washington, D.C. By Ali Swenson, Will Weissert, Moriah Balingit, Associated Press Trump lamented the growing acceptance of transgender Americans Friday in an appearance at the annual gathering of Moms for Liberty, a national nonprofit that has spearheaded efforts to get mentions of LGBTQ+ identity and structural racism out of K-12 classrooms. Continue reading
Aug 22 School choice, history of segregation collide as Florida county consolidates rural schools By Kate Payne, Associated Press As some districts are being forced to close schools, administrators are facing another long-avoided reckoning: how to integrate students in buildings that remain racially and economically segregated. Continue reading
Aug 15 How schools in Oklahoma are responding to a new Bible mandate By Adam Kemp Oklahoma’s top education official issued a mandate over the summer that Oklahoma classrooms must now incorporate the Bible in lesson plans. As the school year begins, several of the state’s largest school districts say they determine what is taught. Continue reading
Aug 15 Taliban deliberately deprived 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling, United Nations agency says By Riazat Butt, Associated Press The Taliban have deliberately deprived at least 1.4 million Afghan girls of schooling through bans. That's according to new data released Thursday by UNESCO. Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch 8:11 Competition inspires students to explore history through art By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alexa Gold Every year for 50 years, some 500,000 students from across the country have competed in National History Day, using arts to portray their researched stories. Jeffrey Brown spent a day with the finalists to see how they defined turning points… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 5:44 Federal pandemic aid helped students catch up academically, but research shows gaps remain By Jeffrey Brown, Karina Cuevas It's well known there were some big gaps in student learning tied to school shutdowns during the pandemic and difficult transitions with hybrid classes. But how much did federal aid help students recover from those academic losses? We now have… Continue watching