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The orders seek to encourage ''patriotic education'' and restrict discussions about racism and gender by threatening to withdraw federal funding. But schools are often resistant to change. With a series [...]

The executive order was among several the president signed meant to steer American schools and universities to adopt Republican priorities, such as restricting how schools discuss racism and gender issues. [...]

Byline: Sophia Nguyen When Utah ordered schools statewide to remove more than a dozen books from libraries and classrooms in 2024, free speech advocacy groups criticized the measure as the [...]

Scott Stringer, a former New York City comptroller who is running for mayor, will center his campaign on making the city more livable for families. Scott Stringer, a former New [...]

The ruling is probably the first in what could be a long legal fight for conservative Christian groups hoping to amplify public expressions of faith. A federal judge in Louisiana [...]

Byline: Kim Bellware A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Louisiana law that would require every public school classroom in the state to display the Ten Commandments, calling the law [...]

Byline: Nicole Asbury Montgomery County Public Schools has stopped teaching two books featuring LGBTQ+ characters that are part of an ongoing legal battle over when families can opt children out [...]

The bid details for new Bibles the state is buying seem to point to a version promoted by former President Donald J. Trump. When the education superintendent of Oklahoma, Ryan [...]

Byline: Karina Elwood, Emily Guskin A solid majority of Virginia voters support banning cellphone use in public schools, according to a Washington Post-Schar School poll. About 7 in 10 voters [...]

Districts like New York are revamping elementary school reading instruction. But the middle and high schoolers who don't read proficiently are an afterthought. American public school districts are rethinking how [...]

North Carolina student-athletes' ability to profit off of their name, image, and likeness (NIL) is continuing to evolve due to recent litigation. High School Developments The ban prohibiting high school [...]

A new City Council law seeks to pressure schools to undo bias in enforcing a dress code across the nation's largest school system. In June, a group of current and [...]

Here's what you should know about federal and state programs to feed children, and what the two parties are saying. School lunch has been popping up in the news lately, [...]

As the new school year starts, a wave of new laws that aim to curb distracted learning is taking effect in Indiana, Louisiana and other states. Cellphones have become a [...]

Byline: Gregory S. Schneider, Karina Elwood RICHMOND - The Virginia General Assembly voted Thursday to roll back cuts to a popular tuition waiver program for military families, resolving a self-inflicted [...]

Byline: Anumita Kaur Oklahoma's state superintendent on Thursday mandated that all public schools teach the Bible in a move that he said was meant to impart 'historical understanding,' but that [...]

Byline: Anumita Kaur Anne Long can still recall the Ten Commandments hanging on the wall of her childhood classroom in a Kentucky public school some 70 years ago. They were [...]

Byline: Anumita Kaur Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed legislation Wednesday requiring every public classroom in Louisiana to display the Ten Commandments, becoming the first state with such a law and [...]

On June 21, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada (the 'SCC') released it decision in York Region District School Board v. Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario clarifying the capacity of [...]

On June 21, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) delivered its decision in York Region District School Board v. Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario. The SCC held that the [...]

The law will stay on the books, but the settlement makes clear it that does not ban classroom references to L.G.B.T.Q. people, including in literature and class discussions. The State [...]

Crashing at someone's house, doubling up, couch surfing: It all conjures a rosy scenario in which someone takes in friends or family members who have fallen on hard times, offering [...]

The News Utah will prohibit transgender people from using bathrooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that align with their gender identity, after Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill on [...]

Byline: Frank Cerabino, The Palm Beach Post, USA TODAY Network Florida's book-banning frenzy in public schools has finally reached the dictionary level. Thank God. A new state law that allows [...]