A West Virginia school board "punished" a group of middle school girls who protested a biological male competing against them at a track meet earlier this month, according to a legal complaint. What's the background? Cellphone video showed girls from Lincoln Middle School staging a protest in the shot put ring at the Harrison County Middle School Championships on April 18; one by one, they stepped into the ring and then quickly stepped out without making attempts. — (@) ...
At their final meeting of the month on Monday, Richmond City School Board members will discuss topics that could impact numerous students across the district, including a school name change and staffing shortages.
The Fenton High School board is seeking an independent review into how school administrators handled allegations against former staff member dating back to 2011.
Dozens of Powhatan County residents, teachers and parents showed up to yet another packed Powhatan County School Board meeting Tuesday night, with many voicing their frustrations about the alleged ongoing racial discrimination taking place in the school district.
Palestine Legal says the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened a formal investigation into UMass Amherst for violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
(The Center Square) – The ability for voters to repeal a Colorado law limiting their access to legislative information took a step forward recently. Initiative 287, approved by the state’s Ballot Title Setting Board last week, would overturn Senate Bill 24-157, signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jared Polis in March. The new law allows members of Colorado’s General Assembly to discuss legislative matters via email and text messaging without public disclosure. Previously, Colorado...
Students from schools in the Nebo School District in Utah walked out of class on Wednesday and claimed to be protesting against "furries" who growled and bit them at school. Videos from the protest showed dozens of children holding signs and making accusations that school officials were ignoring their complaints about the furry students. "Furries" are people who dress up as animals, especially cats and dogs, and often behave as if they were animals. A livestreamer named Adam Bartholomew...
Superintendent Stephanie Anello has come under fire after several employees accused her of failing to discipline a supervisor whom they say bullied them.
Concerns about the impact of social media on youth have been brewing for a long time, but in recent months a new battleground has emerged: the courts, who are home to lawsuits launched by school boards seeking billions in compensation and demands that the social media giants change their products to better protect kids. Those lawsuits have now come to Canada with four Ontario school boards recently filing claims. Robert Diab is a professor of law at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops,...
By Jerrie Whiteley Herald Democrat Early voting starts Monday for school and city elections. A number of area school districts have places up for grabs on their school boards. Residents can vote for their particular school district’s election at any of the county’s vote centers. Below is a list of the local candidates for the school boards. Pottsboro ISD Vote for none, one or two: Audrea Shea Perdu Mike Springer Casey Shines Doyle Roy Jr. Sherman ISD School Board Trustee Place 1 (three-year...
Surveillance video caught the moment last week when a mom allegedly boarded a school bus in Mesa, Arizona, asked the 64-year-old bus driver if she was "talkin' s t" to her daughter, and then unleashed a flurry of punches on the driver — and even began dragging the screaming driver by her hair toward the bus exit. Video released of Mesa bus driver attack youtu.be Police on Wednesday arrested 27-year-old Hermenegilda Marquez in...
Schools and facilities will resume normally on Tuesday, April 30.