News

4 Canadian school boards sue Snapchat, TikTok and Meta for disrupting students’ education

Thursday, March 28th, 2024

via The Associated Press

School Board – General

A school bus company where a noose was found is ending its contract with St. Louis Public Schools

Tuesday, March 26th, 2024

via The Associated Press

A school bus company will terminate its contract with St. Louis Public Schools a year early. The termination ends a strained relationship after a noose was found near the workstation of a Black mechanic.

School Safety

Virginia sex assault case raises questions about school responsibility

Saturday, March 30th, 2024

via The Washington Post

The woman, who filed the lawsuit and recently testified in the trial, alleges that Fairfax County school officials failed to provide a safe learning environment.

School Board – General

How NYC Schools Became a Battlefront in the Culture Wars

Thursday, April 4th, 2024

via The New York Times

Parent Involvement, School Board – General

Tennessee lawmakers pass bill to require anti-abortion group video, or comparable, in public schools

Thursday, April 4th, 2024

via The Associated Press

Sex Education

Book Bans: The Most Challenged Books of 2023 Target LGBTQ Experiences

Tuesday, April 9th, 2024

via The New York Times

Amid a nationwide surge in book bans, memoirs and novels that deal with the experiences of L.G.B.T.Q. people or explore race received the most challenges.

Book Bans

Book-Ban Campaigns Hit 4240 Titles Last Year: Here Are the Top 10 Targets

Monday, April 8th, 2024

via The Wall Street Journal

Book Bans

Exclusive | Suit Challenging Iowa’s Book Ban Is Backed by Every Major Publisher

Monday, April 15th, 2024

via The Wall Street Journal

Book Bans

Kali and Joshua Fontanilla’s Exodus Institute aims to challenge ‘indoctrination’ in schools

Monday, April 15th, 2024

via The Washington Post

As right-wing claims of indoctrination in public education surge, the story of two teachers explores what happens when such claims come from inside the classroom.

Racism

School Board Cancels Gay Actor’s Anti-Bullying Talk Over His ‘Lifestyle’

Thursday, April 18th, 2024

via The New York Times

Maulik Pancholy was scheduled to give a talk on anti-bullying at a Pennsylvania school next month. School board members scrapped it, citing concerns about his activism and "lifestyle."

Parents

Pennsylvania School Board Reinstates Gay Author’s Speech Amid Backlash

Thursday, April 25th, 2024

via The New York Times

The Cumberland Valley School Board reversed its decision to cancel Maulik Pancholy's speech at a middle school next month after many community members said the actor had been discriminated against because of his sexuality.

School Board – General, Book Bans

New Nutrition Guidelines Put Less Sugar and Salt on the Menu for School Meals

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

via The New York Times

The Agriculture Department finalized a new rule to bring the meals more in line with federal dietary standards.

Book Bans

Tennessee Passes Bill to Allow Teachers to Carry Concealed Handguns

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

via The New York Times

School Safety

Tennessee Parents Question Whether Teachers Should Carry Guns

Thursday, April 25th, 2024

via The New York Times

School Safety

Tennessee passes bill to allow armed teachers in public schools

Wednesday, April 24th, 2024

via The Associated Press

Tennessee Republican lawmakers have passed a bill that would let some teachers and staff carry concealed handguns on public school grounds. If Republican Gov.

School Safety

The number of Americans who ‘love’ Trump

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024

via The Washington Post

A deep dive on this actually quite relevant question. (Spoiler: It's a fraction of 200 million.)

Parents

Tennessee governor signs bills to allow armed teachers nearly a year after deadly Nashville shooting

Saturday, April 27th, 2024

via The Associated Press

School Safety

Planet Fitness bomb threats come after anti-trans posts

Sunday, April 28th, 2024

via The Washington Post

More than 50 Planet Fitness locations have been evacuated because of bomb threats in recent weeks after online criticism from an anti-trans activist.

LGBTQ+

His Book Was Repeatedly Banned. Fighting For It Shaped His Life.

Wednesday, May 1st, 2024

via The New York Times

"The Chocolate War," published 50 years ago, became one of the country's most challenged books. Its author, Robert Cormier, spent years fighting attempts to ban it - like many authors today.

Book Bans