A few schools mandated masks. Conservatives hit back hard
Experts worry that people are more susceptible to getting the virus in this latest uptick because most Americans have not received the latest booster and...
All the ways Ron DeSantis is trying to rewrite Black history
From laws to standards, Florida’s governor is shaping and limiting what students can learn at public schools.
Moms for Liberty didn’t exist 3 years ago – now it’s a GOP kingmaker
Moms for Liberty has become the champion for a burgeoning parents' rights movement - one that Republicans say is combating indoctrination around diversity and inclusion.
Schools are canceling student plays with LGBTQ characters
"It's a tough time for school theater" as school administrators have intervened to nix or alter school theatrical productions deemed objectionable.
Teachers nationwide are flummoxed by students’ newfound chess obsession
Across the country, students from second grade to senior year have stumbled across a new obsession, which is, in fact, a centuries-old game.
Florida parents upset by Michelangelo’s ‘David’ force out principal
Some parents at a "classical" charter school complained about their 6th-graders seeing images of Michelangelo's masterpiece "David," with one calling it pornographic.
COVID changed parents’ view of schools — and ignited the education culture wars
The scrutiny, distrust and hostility in Mentor is emblematic of a fissure over public schooling that has cracked America into pieces.
'Slavery was wrong' and 5 other things some U.S. educators won't teach anymore
To mollify parents and obey new state laws, America's teachers are cutting all sorts of things from their lessons. Here are six. They might surprise...
Florida bills would ban gender studies, transgender pronouns, tenure perks
Florida legislators have proposed a spate of new laws that would reshape K-12 and higher education in the state, from requiring teachers to use pronouns...