April 20, 2017 Massachusetts charter school teacher is Teacher of the Year A humanities teacher at a Massachusetts charter school has been named the 2017 National Teacher of the Year.
April 19, 2017 Kansas students invited to Washington correspondents' dinner Six Kansas high school journalists who published a story that led to the resignation of their school's new principal will be special guests at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
April 18, 2017 Bid to ban dodgeball shot down by Louisiana school board A plan to ban dodgeball and other "target games" from public schools has been scrapped by Louisiana's top school board.
April 11, 2017 AP seeks unsealing of parts of Penn State defendants' files A Pennsylvania appeals court is being asked to review a judge's decision to keep sealed some of the filings in the criminal cases of three former Penn State University administrators.
April 6, 2017 Transgender teen: Fight for rights is 'bigger than me' A transgender teenager who sued his school board for the right to use the boys bathroom says his case won't be resolved by the time he graduates but he will keep fighting on behalf of others.
April 5, 2017 Kansas principal resigns after student journalists look into her credentials An incoming Kansas high school principal has resigned after student reporters raised questions about her credentials.
April 5, 2017 The Latest: Transgender issue dominates Illinois school race The Latest on a suburban Chicago school board election (all times local): 4:30 p.m.
April 5, 2017 Attempt to overturn school board's transgender policy fails Some Chicago suburban school board members who approved a policy allowing a transgender student to use the locker room of the sex she identified with survived an election challenge mounted by angry parents.
March 30, 2017 Pennsylvania school district Oks pact on immigrant students A Pennsylvania school district reached a settlement Tuesday with the American Civil Liberties Union over what civil rights attorneys contend was a practice of denying older refugee and immigrant students a meaningful education by steering them to alternative high schools.
March 29, 2017 The Latest: ACLU: Immigrant education pact will be 'strong' The Latest on a Pennsylvania school district's settlement with the American Civil Liberties Union on educating older immigrant students (all times local): 10:45 p.m.
