Alaska's schools face tough problems today. Many classrooms have fewer students than before. Some people think closing schools is the only answer. But that misses the real issue. Years of decisions have left schools struggling. Money problems make it hard to help students. When schools can't give k
The Atlantic City school board is about to vote on renewing Superintendent La'Quetta Small's contract for another five years. This move comes even as critics wonder why she was cleared of past allegations just as the new deal is being discussed. Some see a pattern here: when problems arise, the resp
Cole Allen was no stranger to success. At 31, he held a master’s in computer science and had just been named “Teacher of the Month. ” Most people would see only the achievements on paper. But the attempted attack at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner changed everything. The way he saw the world
Tennessee has a long record of pushing LGBTQ+ people to the sidelines. Back in 2018, a local prosecutor argued that domestic abuse laws shouldn’t apply to gay couples. Fast forward to 2023, and one city nearly made being gay illegal just by passing a local rule. That kind of history shows a pattern:
In April, a conservative group filed a second civil rights complaint against a Los Angeles school program designed for Black students, claiming the district still gives race-based advantages despite saying it ended that practice. The U. S. Department of Education’s civil rights office recently agree
The New York City Department of Education is being examined by the state’s Office for Civil Rights after claims that some teachers formed a group called “NYC Educators for Palestine. ” Reports say the group ran workshops on topics such as “Palestine, Zionism, and Resistance, ” teaching young childre
Laura Hine, a Pinellas County School Board member, has spent over a decade trying to understand why some schools in her area struggle while others don’t. Her journey started when her child was about to start kindergarten at a nearby school with a "D" grade and a Title I label—a term she didn’t even
Back in 1972, a federal rule called Title IX arrived to stop schools from treating boys and girls differently. At first, it mostly helped girls join sports and science classes on equal footing. Now the rule is at the center of a new fight—not over girls versus boys, but over how to treat students wh
Alabama has recently made changes to how students using CHOOSE Act funds can play high school sports. The AHSAA announced that these funds won't be counted as financial aid, so students can still join sports teams. This decision follows a new law signed by the governor that ensures these students ca
Eagle River and Chugiak have long prided themselves on strong schools where kids learn, play, and grow. Recent political moves threaten that stability. A representative from the state legislature proposed cutting all education money in a bill meant to help districts with rising costs. She even sugge
