April 8, 2022 Alabama joins Florida in prohibiting certain school teachers from discussing gender, sexual matters Alabama’s Republican governor has signed legislation prohibiting certain elementary school teachers from discussing gender identity and sexual orientation matters in school.
March 31, 2022 South Carolina student shot in middle school; suspect in custody A student was shot at Tanglewood Middle School in South Carolina shortly after noon on Thursday and a suspect who is also a minor was taken into custody, school and police officials said outside the school.
March 14, 2022 Oregon's racial standards for kindergartners requires kids to 'identify possible solutions to injustices' The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) adopted social studies standards that require children as young as 5 to understand their own identity groups and identify examples of racial injustice.
February 16, 2022 Kentucky Senate advances bill to bar biological males from playing female sports The Kentucky Senate voted Wednesday to advance a measure which would require older students in the state to play on teams based on their biological sex.
February 8, 2022 Loudoun County parents and children serve affidavits to school board calling for them to end mask mandate Parents and children at a school board meeting in Loudoun County, Virginia, served affidavits to board officials on Tuesday evening, calling on them to cease and desist the school district's mask mandate for students and staff.
February 8, 2022 Children aren't as good at recognizing masked faces as adults, study finds Kids have a harder time recognizing faces that are masked than adults do, which could harm "children’s ability to navigate through social interactions with their peers and teachers," according to York University researcher Erez Freud, who published his findings on Monday in the journal Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications.
January 28, 2022 New Mexico governor supports $15 minimum wage for school workers New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham backed a $15 minimum wage for all school workers.
January 13, 2022 After-school 'Satan club' in Illinois district elicits 'concern,' superintendent response Parents of kids at Jane Addams Elementary School in Moline, Illinois, shared 'mounting concern' after flyers about a 'Satan club' were made available to students — and the superintendent responded.
December 21, 2021 MI school district suggests joining BLM protests, warns calling US 'land of opportunity' is 'microaggression' A public school system in Michigan taught adults in the district how to be good equity allies, asking them to join Black Lives Matter political protests.
December 17, 2021 Michigan schools with mask mandates have 'similar' COVID case rates as schools with no mandate Data released by the state of Michigan this week showed that coronavirus transmission rates among school-age children have reached comparable levels regardless of community mask mandates.
