Texas proposal would let schools use Bible teachings in lessons
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ education board on Tuesday advanced a new Bible-infused curriculum that would be optional for schools to incorporate in kindergarten through fifth grades,…
Federal judge blocks Louisiana Ten Commandments classroom law
BATON ROUGE, LA. — A new Louisiana requirement that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public classroom by Jan. 1 was temporarily blocked Tuesday by…
Oklahoma parents and teachers sue to stop classroom Bible mandate
OKLAHOMA CITY — A group of Oklahoma parents of public school students, teachers and ministers filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to stop the state’s top education…
Georgia school shooting highlights fears about classroom cellphone bans
Breadcrumb Trail LinksPMNPMN BusinessAuthor of the article:The Associated PressAndrew DemilloPublished Sep 08, 2024 • 4 minute read You can save this article by registering for…
Why it matters Kamala Harris picked teacher Tim Walz for VP
As the daughter of a gun-owning, gun-control-supporting veteran and progressive social studies teacher whose calm, exasperatingly informed, “bulls—”-calling rebuttal of political speeches predated the recent…
How will Louisiana’s Ten Commandments classroom requirement work?
BATON ROUGE, La. — Even as a legal challenge is already underway over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms,…
New Louisiana law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments churns old political conflicts
NEW ORLEANS — A bill signed into law this week makes Louisiana the only state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every classroom…
Bay Area Jewish families say K-12 schools are fostering antisemitism
SAN FRANCISCO — In the weeks after Hamas’ deadly cross-border attacks on Israeli border towns and Israel’s ensuing bombardment of Gaza, a seventh-grade Jewish student at…
15 per cent of UK teachers are still ‘uncomfortable’ discussing LGBTQ+ topics in the classroom
Fifteen per cent of secondary school teachers in the UK are “not very comfortable” discussing LGBTQIA+ topics in the classroom, according to new research by…
Opinion: The pathetic lessons of the Uvalde school shooting
The Justice Department’s report on what went wrong in Uvalde, Texas, nearly two years ago when an 18-year-old gunman armed with a high-powered rifle slaughtered…
Classroom massacre: Survivors say Israel executed innocents in Gaza school | Israel-Palestine conflict
At least seven bodies of displaced Palestinians, including women, children and babies ‘shot point-blank’ were recovered at the Shadia Abu Ghazala School. Jabalia, Gaza Strip…
High school basketball roundup: Guard trio powers Bernstein to 7-0 start
The basketball players at unbeaten Bernstein High have quickly learned the expectations of first-year coach Chans Smyth, who used to be head coach at Price.…
Preschools struggle with California law that limits expelling children
Kristin Hills is at her wits’ end with how to handle the chaos in her preschool classrooms. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, behavior among the children…
Music teachers band together to stop ‘illiterate’ students falling through gaps
Most students that Hannah O'Neill encounters each day are musically "illiterate".Key points:Nearly two in three Australian primary schools offer no classroom music, according to The…
AI won’t replace teachers — but a classroom revolution is coming | Technology
I recently asked Bard, Google’s conversational chatbot, whether artificial intelligence would replace teachers. Here’s what it said, “It is unlikely that AI will completely replace…
Virginia teacher files $40M lawsuit after being shot in classroom
Virginia teacher Abigail Zwerner Monday filed a $40 million lawsuit contending Richneck Elementary Schoo officials ignored her repeated warnings about a first grade student who…
Can Toronto help Canada end casteism in the classroom? | Civil Rights
On March 8, 2023, the Toronto District School Board ( TDSB) made history by passing the first ever resolution in Canadian legislative history accepting the reality…