West Valley sees low-key local races amid tense presidential election
The West Valley's local races were quiet due to a lack of candidates and overshadowed by power shutoffs, contrasting heavily with the contentious presidential election.
Editorial: Voters should approve these three school parcel taxes
Voters should evaluate property tax measures carefully based on cost, duration, and existing tax structures to ensure informed decisions about school funding.
Austin ISD plans to cut at least $30 million from its next budget - Austin Monitor
Austin ISD aims to reduce its $60 million deficit by half for the next school year, working to minimize impact on classrooms amid statewide budget challenges.
Editorial: Voters should approve these three school parcel taxes
Voters should evaluate property tax measures carefully based on cost, duration, and existing tax structures to ensure informed decisions about school funding.
Austin ISD plans to cut at least $30 million from its next budget - Austin Monitor
Austin ISD aims to reduce its $60 million deficit by half for the next school year, working to minimize impact on classrooms amid statewide budget challenges.
State Takeover of 8th-Largest Public School System Exemplifies Alarming Trend
State takeovers of public schools are often ineffective, with a 2021 study showing no evidence of academic benefits.
California Gov. Newsom signs law requiring schools districts to limit or ban students from using smartphones on campus
California has enacted a new law to restrict student smartphone use in schools to improve focus and mental health.
Pennsylvania schools are putting in windows in gender-inclusive restrooms so teachers can monitor students
The South Western School District's installation of windows in gender-inclusive restrooms has sparked privacy concerns and criticism from advocacy groups.
LAUSD's Black student achievement program upended, targeted by conservative Virginia group
Los Angeles Unified School District will eliminate race as a factor in its academic program after legal pressure, angering supporters of the original initiative.
Tony Thurmond seeks to build millions of affordable housing units for California teachers
California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond aims to build 2.3 million housing units for teachers on surplus school district land to address teacher and affordable housing shortages.
State Takeover of 8th-Largest Public School System Exemplifies Alarming Trend
State takeovers of public schools are often ineffective, with a 2021 study showing no evidence of academic benefits.
California Gov. Newsom signs law requiring schools districts to limit or ban students from using smartphones on campus
California has enacted a new law to restrict student smartphone use in schools to improve focus and mental health.
Pennsylvania schools are putting in windows in gender-inclusive restrooms so teachers can monitor students
The South Western School District's installation of windows in gender-inclusive restrooms has sparked privacy concerns and criticism from advocacy groups.
LAUSD's Black student achievement program upended, targeted by conservative Virginia group
Los Angeles Unified School District will eliminate race as a factor in its academic program after legal pressure, angering supporters of the original initiative.
Tony Thurmond seeks to build millions of affordable housing units for California teachers
California State Superintendent Tony Thurmond aims to build 2.3 million housing units for teachers on surplus school district land to address teacher and affordable housing shortages.
CA Offers Incentives to Build Housing for Teachers
California officials encourage school districts to repurpose surplus property for housing to address the housing shortage.
LAUSD's first day of school brings pricey electric buses, acai bowls and major challenges
School districts face challenges like lagging achievement, safety concerns, and budget constraints, even as they strive for improvements and innovations.
How dropping the kids off at school became the norm
School systems, including Chicago Public Schools, are grappling with severe bus driver shortages.
Some school districts are prioritizing bus services for students with disabilities and those in temporary living situations, while others explore alternative solutions like paying parents to drive.
California Solar Customers, Industry Brace for Impact of Reduced State Incentives | KQED
Solar energy accounts for 40% to 70% of energy use per campus in some school districts.
A state decision to reduce rooftop solar incentives could increase costs and hinder efforts to increase solar energy use.
Denmark's DPA issues injunction in Chromebook case
Denmark's data protection authority rules that school districts cannot pass on student information to Google for certain purposes.
Data can be passed on to help provide the service, improve security, and for communication purposes.
K-12 Cybersecurity Spending, Insurance on the Rise
School districts need dedicated personnel and stronger collaboration to protect data from cyber attacks.
Only 10% of respondents are very likely to change vendor selection requirements in light of increasing cybersecurity risks.
Bay Area has one of the best school districts in the country, report says
One of the best school districts in the country is in the Bay Area, according to a recent report.
Lowell High School in San Francisco ranks as the No. 13 best public high school in California.
PPS, other schools get out early Friday because of snow
Some school districts in Oregon and Washington are preparing for a winter storm by changing schedules and letting students out early.
The early releases are meant to give families time to make a plan for potential snow, ice, and dangerous wind chill.
Multiple school districts in the area have already announced early releases as of 6 p.m.
California will mandate electric school buses. But rural districts say they don't work
California is requiring all newly purchased or leased school buses to be zero-emission by 2035, but rural schools say the current electric bus technology is not practical for their routes and terrain.
School districts in California are concerned about the range and reliability of electric buses in rural areas with limited charging infrastructure.
Free COVID tests headed to nation's schools
School districts in the U.S. can order free rapid COVID-19 tests from the federal government starting in December.
This initiative will provide millions of tests to school districts as COVID cases are expected to peak in the winter months.
Schools will have the freedom to use the tests however they see fit, including distributing them to students, staff, and community members.
The big idea: what if censoring books only makes them more popular?
The 17th century rector of St Alban's College in Valladolid, Spain, must have rolled his eyes at the size of the book he had to review for the library.The Jesuit seminary, known as the English College because it produced missionaries committed to the reconversion of England to Catholicism, had received a 900-page volume of Shakespeare's plays.
These are the most challenged & banned books in America right now
The American Library Association (ALA) is out with their latest list of the most banned and challenged books, a dubious honor accorded books in library collections in the United States enduring the highest number of attempted bans and demands for censorship.The list is aggregated by the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom from reports filed by library professionals and community members, as well as from news stories published throughout the U.S. Because many book challenges go unreported, the ALA Banned and Challenged Book List is only a snapshot.
North Dakota's GOP governor vetos anti-transgender pronoun bill
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) vetoed a bill that would've forbidden school districts from adopting any transgender-inclusive policies without first notifying parents.The bill would've outed trans students to their parents if the students wanted to be addressed correctly, and the state's Republican-led legislature may not have enough votes to override Burgum's veto.
GOP lawmakers override veto of transgender bill in Kentucky
By Bruce Schreiner | Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky.Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Wednesday swept aside the Democratic governor's veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people from banning access to gender-affirming health care to restricting the bathrooms they can use.
Bill that would give parents state funds to pay for private schools moves to the full Senate for a vote
AUSTIN, Texas (The Texas Tribune) A sweeping public education bill that would allow families to use taxpayer money to send their children to private schools and restrict classroom lessons on sexual orientation received initial approval Tuesday and will now go before the Senate for a full vote.The Senate education committee, led by Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, voted 10-2 to advance Senate Bill 8.
Coalition calls for boycott of upcoming standardized tests, touts new legislation offering testing alternatives | amNewYork
As state standardized testing season looms for students, a group of New York City parents and educators recently held a virtual meeting about how public school families can opt out of the controversial tests.NYC Opt Out, a grassroots coalition that organizes boycotts of the annual state tests, invited Congressman Jamaal Bowman (D-16) and teachers to speak about the current climate around standardized testing.
The big idea: what if censoring books only makes them more popular?
The 17th century rector of St Alban's College in Valladolid, Spain, must have rolled his eyes at the size of the book he had to review for the library.The Jesuit seminary, known as the English College because it produced missionaries committed to the reconversion of England to Catholicism, had received a 900-page volume of Shakespeare's plays.
These are the most challenged & banned books in America right now
The American Library Association (ALA) is out with their latest list of the most banned and challenged books, a dubious honor accorded books in library collections in the United States enduring the highest number of attempted bans and demands for censorship.The list is aggregated by the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom from reports filed by library professionals and community members, as well as from news stories published throughout the U.S. Because many book challenges go unreported, the ALA Banned and Challenged Book List is only a snapshot.
North Dakota's GOP governor vetos anti-transgender pronoun bill
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) vetoed a bill that would've forbidden school districts from adopting any transgender-inclusive policies without first notifying parents.The bill would've outed trans students to their parents if the students wanted to be addressed correctly, and the state's Republican-led legislature may not have enough votes to override Burgum's veto.
GOP lawmakers override veto of transgender bill in Kentucky
By Bruce Schreiner | Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky.Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Wednesday swept aside the Democratic governor's veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people from banning access to gender-affirming health care to restricting the bathrooms they can use.
Bill that would give parents state funds to pay for private schools moves to the full Senate for a vote
AUSTIN, Texas (The Texas Tribune) A sweeping public education bill that would allow families to use taxpayer money to send their children to private schools and restrict classroom lessons on sexual orientation received initial approval Tuesday and will now go before the Senate for a full vote.The Senate education committee, led by Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, voted 10-2 to advance Senate Bill 8.
Coalition calls for boycott of upcoming standardized tests, touts new legislation offering testing alternatives | amNewYork
As state standardized testing season looms for students, a group of New York City parents and educators recently held a virtual meeting about how public school families can opt out of the controversial tests.NYC Opt Out, a grassroots coalition that organizes boycotts of the annual state tests, invited Congressman Jamaal Bowman (D-16) and teachers to speak about the current climate around standardized testing.
Should school use Warrior' nickname? Tribe to have last say
The profile of a Native American man, a braid trailing down and feather jutting up, is tiled into a high school hallway, dyed into the weight room carpet and laid into the turf of the football field at Salamanca city schools.School leaders say the omnipresent logo and Warrior name for the school athletic teams are sources of pride here, in the only U.S. city built on land leased from a Native American reservation.
San Jose's largest school district scrambles for teachers - San Jose Spotlight
San Jose's largest school district is projecting a need for hundreds of teachers starting next fall, but hurdles remain amid an ongoing shortage.San Jose Unified School District estimates it needs to hire 202 teachers for the 2023-24 school year, according to the California Department of Education.Education officials said districts are looking for teachers, but face an uphill battle as students and instructors alike leave the Bay Area.
Hoda and Jenna have emotional conversation after Nashville shooting: 'Let's not fail our kids'
TODAY's Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager had an emotional conversation following a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville.On March 27, a shooter armed with two assault rifles and a handgun shot through the doors of The Covenant School and killed six victims, including three children.The following day, Hoda and Jenna tearfully spoke about the fear parents experience when sending their children to school every day.
Book ban lawmaker "very sad" that a parent is using his law to ban the "sex-ridden" Bible
A Utah parent has challenged the Bible under a state law banning "pornographic or indecent" material in schools.The law has been used to remove books by mostly LGBTQ+ and Black authors from shelves.And it's making the Republican lawmaker who introduced the book ban bill "very sad."
Should school use Warrior' nickname? Tribe to have last say
The profile of a Native American man, a braid trailing down and feather jutting up, is tiled into a high school hallway, dyed into the weight room carpet and laid into the turf of the football field at Salamanca city schools.School leaders say the omnipresent logo and Warrior name for the school athletic teams are sources of pride here, in the only U.S. city built on land leased from a Native American reservation.
San Jose's largest school district scrambles for teachers - San Jose Spotlight
San Jose's largest school district is projecting a need for hundreds of teachers starting next fall, but hurdles remain amid an ongoing shortage.San Jose Unified School District estimates it needs to hire 202 teachers for the 2023-24 school year, according to the California Department of Education.Education officials said districts are looking for teachers, but face an uphill battle as students and instructors alike leave the Bay Area.
Hoda and Jenna have emotional conversation after Nashville shooting: 'Let's not fail our kids'
TODAY's Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager had an emotional conversation following a shooting at a private Christian school in Nashville.On March 27, a shooter armed with two assault rifles and a handgun shot through the doors of The Covenant School and killed six victims, including three children.The following day, Hoda and Jenna tearfully spoke about the fear parents experience when sending their children to school every day.
Book ban lawmaker "very sad" that a parent is using his law to ban the "sex-ridden" Bible
A Utah parent has challenged the Bible under a state law banning "pornographic or indecent" material in schools.The law has been used to remove books by mostly LGBTQ+ and Black authors from shelves.And it's making the Republican lawmaker who introduced the book ban bill "very sad."
G.O.P. Lawmakers Override Kentucky Governor's Veto on Anti-Trans Laws
The Republican-dominated Kentucky legislature voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to override the governor's veto of a bill that will create a host of new regulations and restrictions on transgender youth, including banning access to what doctors call gender-affirming health care.The bill, described by L.G.B.T.Q.
Kentucky law aimed at increasing parental oversight in education takes effect
A Kentucky law that aims to increase oversight in public schools by making it easier for parents to file complaints about and, if desired, shield their children from harmful materials has gone into effect after Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear declined to veto a Republican-pushed bill.Senate Bill 5 makes Kentucky the latest state to join a push by Republicans nationwide to champion so-called parental rights in the classroom.
G.O.P. Lawmakers Override Kentucky Governor's Veto on Anti-Trans Laws
The Republican-dominated Kentucky legislature voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to override the governor's veto of a bill that will create a host of new regulations and restrictions on transgender youth, including banning access to what doctors call gender-affirming health care.The bill, described by L.G.B.T.Q.
Kentucky law aimed at increasing parental oversight in education takes effect
A Kentucky law that aims to increase oversight in public schools by making it easier for parents to file complaints about and, if desired, shield their children from harmful materials has gone into effect after Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear declined to veto a Republican-pushed bill.Senate Bill 5 makes Kentucky the latest state to join a push by Republicans nationwide to champion so-called parental rights in the classroom.
How many homeless students are in your school? Search 672 New York districts
Thousands of students in school districts across New York show up to school while dealing with homelessness, according to state data.Nearly 80,000 New York students were homeless during the 2021-2022 school year, the data says.The vast majority of those - more than 66,000 - were in New York City.That's 7.3% of all students in the city.
By Susan Montoya Bryan | Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed legislation to provide free school meals to all students regardless of family income, as New Mexico and several other states look to fill the gap left by lapsed federal pandemic-era benefit programs and address the strain to family budgets caused by food prices.
Idaho passes law letting students sue for "emotional harm" if they see a trans kid in the restroom
Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed a bill last week that bans transgender students from using restrooms and locker rooms associated with their gender identities and requires them to use facilities that align with their sex assigned at birth.The bill says that transgender students who are "unwilling or unable" to use the wrong bathroom can request a reasonable accommodation in writing.
New Mexico approves school meals for all students
By Susan Montoya Bryan | Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Monday signed legislation to provide free school meals to all students regardless of family income, as New Mexico and several other states look to fill the gap left by lapsed federal pandemic-era benefit programs and address the strain to family budgets caused by food prices.
Idaho passes law letting students sue for "emotional harm" if they see a trans kid in the restroom
Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) signed a bill last week that bans transgender students from using restrooms and locker rooms associated with their gender identities and requires them to use facilities that align with their sex assigned at birth.The bill says that transgender students who are "unwilling or unable" to use the wrong bathroom can request a reasonable accommodation in writing.
Meta sued by San Mateo County Board of Education over social media addiction
By Joel Rosenblatt | Bloomberg Meta Platforms Inc. was sued by the school board in the company's home county for allegedly addicting students to its social media platforms and contributing to a mental health crisis.The San Mateo County Board of Education added the parent company of Facebook and Instagram to a complaint it filed March 13 against other social media giants, including Google, TikTok and Snap.