Mentors Needed: Hundreds of students on waitlist for mentors at Pinellas County Schools
Mentors Needed: Hundreds of students on waitlist for mentors at Pinellas County Schools
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- WSOC
Video shows Anson High School principal put student in headlock during fight
Videos circulating on social media appear to show the principal at Anson High School putting a student in a headlock chokehold, and now the Wadesboro Police Department tells Channel 9 it’s looking into the incident.
- Herald-Tribune
The 'revolution' has begun at New College - and so have the nagging questions
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- The Daily Beast
School District’s ‘Racist’ Dirty Snowman Post Has Community Crying WTF
ANDY BUCHANANMembers of a small New York community are furious at their local school for sharing a painfully tone-deaf social media post in which a dirty snowman was praised for its “diversity.”The Coxsackie-Athens Central School District posted an image on Tuesday of three elementary-aged students proudly standing behind a snowman they had built, local radio station WRRV reported. In the photo, the snowman has been constructed with three large mounds of snow with what appears to be quite a bit
- The Hill
Ohio high school musical abruptly halted, deemed ‘vulgar’
After months of planning Cardinal Local Schools abruptly canceled its musical claiming it was "vulgar."
- Herald-Tribune
New College board fires president, installs former GOP House speaker, DeSantis ally
Gov. DeSantis overhauled the New College board, which voted Tuesday to replaced President Patricia Okker with Richard Corcoran, a DeSantis ally.
- Time
The Real Reason Florida Wants to Ban AP African-American Studies, According to an Architect of the Course
"Those narratives that they were singling out aren't in the curriculum itself," says Harvard's Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
- Revolt
North Carolina middle school cancels classes after body is found on campus
Officials confirmed the deceased individual is not a student.
- Raleigh News and Observer
North Carolina teacher vacancies soar by more than 50% in new state report
By far the largest number of vacancies are in elementary schools for the core subjects of math, English language arts, science and social studies.
- Miami Herald
Teacher reprimanded for her ‘crying spells’ in class was forced to quit, NJ lawsuit says
The teacher says her “crying spells” were called “unprofessional,” according to the lawsuit.
- WJAX
AP African-American studies dropped by College Board after rejection from Florida officials
State education officials essentially told The College Board that the course, an optional college-level class that would be offered to high-school students, would not be used in Florida classrooms unless changes were made due to the topics not being viewed as necessary.
- The Clarion Ledger
These Mississippi high school athletes signed on national signing day
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- Idaho Statesman
Here are the facts that Idaho school voucher supporters don’t want you to know | Opinion
Arizona is ‘the gold standard,’ legislator says, so let’s look at the problems with Arizona’s vouchers.
- Florida Today
Families for Safe Schools group, parents against conservative policies, to disband
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- Fox News
Transgender teacher dismissed for sharing 'inappropriate' TikTok videos with Maine middle school students
A parent said that students shared the videos via group chats, getting around some of the controls parents had implemented to control their children's social media use.
- ABC News
Virginia principal was not informed 6-year-old had a gun before shooting, lawyer says
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- INSIDER
Changes are coming to an AP Black history course, but the College Board says suggesting Florida's objections played a role is a 'wildly misleading'
College Board denied that changes were made because of Florida's objection. The new course framework marks certain subjects, like Black Lives Matter, as optional.
- The Florida Times-Union
No changes needed to cut CRT, diversity efforts, First Coast state colleges decide
Florida state colleges had set Wednesday as a deadline to make curriculum or policy changes regarding critical race theory and diversity effects.
- HuffPost
College Board Upends AP African American Studies Course After Attack By Ron DeSantis
On the first day of Black History Month, the board released a curriculum for the new course excluding many of the topics that originally angered conservatives.
- The Columbus Dispatch
Pickerington Local closes all schools Friday after adult died by suicide at Ridgeview
All Pickerington Local Schools will be closed Friday after an adult male died by suicide in an office Thursday, leading to a lockdown.