A Michigan school district has banned students from carrying backpacks
Flint Community Schools said it has concerns about the national landscape of gun violence across the nation. The ban went into effect Monday.
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There's no such thing as a free lunch. Vermont schools say there should be for kids
Vermont is inching closer to passing a bill to make school meals free for all public school students. It could be the next to join five other states to make the move after pandemic-era benefits.
Opinion: A Holocaust remembrance — and lessons we have yet to learn
NPR's Scott Simon wonders why teaching children about the Holocaust is not mandatory in most states and the lessons they are missing.
A middle school teacher faces charges from alleged drug overdose in classroom
The art teacher is being charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of children.
Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school
There is significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II, according to a new report.
WS/FCS staff raise concerns about state teacher salary proposal
A few Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools staff members say the teaching shortage may worsen if a new state licensing and compensation proposal takes effect.
Why teachers from one of Ohio's largest school districts are on strike
Children in the Columbus, Ohio, school system will likely begin their first day online because 4,500 teachers are striking after negotiations over a new contract with the district went nowhere.
Onlookers urged police to charge into Texas school
A father whose fourth-grade daughter was killed in the attack, said he raced to the school and raised the idea of charging into the school with several other bystanders.
Opinion: 5 steps we must take to vaccinate the world's vulnerable—and end the pandemic
Three doctors present their proposal to get vaccines to everyone in the world. "We already have the resources, knowledge and systems," they write. Global leaders just have to make it happen.
More Black families are homeschooling their children, citing the pandemic and racism
In Alabama, the co-founders of Black Homeschoolers of Birmingham say membership is growing as parents try to shield their children from racism in education and teach them about their own heritage.