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Despite legislative efforts, Guilford County School Board does not seat GOP appointment

4:39pm April 05, 2023

The District 3 vacancy on the Guilford County Board of Education was filled Tuesday night – but not by the GOP’s pick as expected. The board voted 6-2 to appoint Bill J. Goebel, after months of rejecting Guilford County Schools teacher Michael Logan.

Cooper lets changes to NC schools for deaf, blind become law

4:39pm April 04, 2023

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

Governance of the state’s public residential schools for the deaf and the blind is being shifted to new trustee boards controlled by General Assembly appointees in

Messages of support for teacher Abby Zwerner, who was shot by a 6-year-old student, grace the front door of Richneck Elementary School Newport News, Va. on Jan. 9.

Virginia teacher shot by a 6-year-old student files a $40 million lawsuit

10:17am April 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

The suit accuses school officials of gross negligence for allegedly ignoring multiple warnings that the boy had a gun on the day Abby Zwerner was shot and seriously wounded in January.

Kentucky state Sen. Karen Berg, who lost her transgender son to suicide in 2022, is consoled by former state legislator Patti Minter, left, and Rep. Tina Bojanowski after SB 150 passed the Senate on Feb. 16, 2023, in Frankfort, Ky.

Grief and tangled politics were at the heart of Kentucky's fight over new trans law

5:01am April 01, 2023

by Divya Karthikeyan

This week, GOP lawmakers overruled Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's veto and passed a sweeping law limiting the rights of transgender youth across the state, both at school and in their personal lives.

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States are looking for ways to make free school meals permanent

4:19pm March 30, 2023

by Ximena Bustillo

During the COVID-19 pandemic, states could offer free meals to every public school student every school day. That program ended, but some states, like Vermont, are looking to keep it on their own.

Teens share the joy, despair and anxiety of college admissions on TikTok

4:19pm March 30, 2023

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with New Yorker writer Jay Caspian Kang about his latest piece, "The Particular Misery of College Admissions TikTok."

Education

WS/FCS shares plans for remaining COVID-19 relief funding

3:56pm March 30, 2023

by Amy Diaz

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools received $215 million through the second and third rounds of Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds. A portion of those funds must be spent within six months, or returned to the federal government.

Frank Pantano speaks to school board members about magnet programming

Education

WS/FCS looks to magnet programming to increase diversity at four schools

4:23pm March 29, 2023

by Amy Diaz

Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is looking to apply for $15 million in federal funding to support IB Programs at four schools. District officials say strong magnet programming will help diversify those schools.

State unveils 'Action Plan' to address youth mental health crisis

9:56am March 29, 2023

by Neal Charnoff

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services teamed up with the state Department of Public Instruction to compose an Action Plan to address what is described as an “urgent” youth mental health and behavioral health crisis. The plan, released on Tuesday, cites a needed investment in the state’s school systems.

Wisconsin school bans Miley Cyrus-Dolly Parton duet from class concert

6:27am March 29, 2023

by The Associated Press

Administrators at Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha stopped a class from performing a Miley Cyrus-Dolly Parton duet promoting LGBTQ acceptance because the song "could be perceived as controversial."