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Austin Schools Will Now Offer Free Pads and Tampons: Period Equity Is Expanding
Students are fighting for equal access to menstrual supplies -- and winning.
WI District Bars Teachers From Displaying Pride Flags & Using Pronouns in Emails
The district is failing at making students and staff feel “safe, valued and welcome,” one critic said of the policy.
As COVID Outbreaks Hit California Schools, Most Aren’t Reinstating Mask Mandates
Summer vacation is near, and most schools appear to be hoping to simply run out the clock.
End of Free School Meals Will Be Catastrophic for Kids
Authorization to allow schools to serve free meals to all students is set to expire on June 30.
Florida School Board Reverses Plan to Censor “Don’t Say Gay” Page in Yearbook
Students pointed out that the yearbook is student-run and financed by them, not the district.
“Parental Rights” Groups Want to Eliminate the Department of Education
The “parental rights” movement is the latest manifestation of a longstanding effort to erase civil rights.
Dark Money Networks That Attacked Justice Jackson Are Also Attacking Schools
Until our policies prioritize the knowledge and labor of teachers, the far right will succeed in dominating our schools.
What’s Taught in School Impacts Us All. We Must Defend Anti-Racist Education.
We cannot ignore Republican efforts to stifle the teaching of U.S. history and still expect to live in a free society.
DeSantis’s Education Department Bans 54 Math Books Over Supposed “CRT” Content
The state has yet to issue specific reasons why the titles were in violation of state standards.
Virginia Caucus of Rank-and-File Educators Votes to Unionize Richmond Schools
The union victory in Richmond could pave the way for other teachers’ unions to emerge in the South.