Education

Courthouse News reports: American companies have come to find that diversifying their workforce is not only socially responsible but financially beneficial. However, they are worried they may soon find a roadblock to diversity at the nation’s highest court. Over 60 major American businesses are asking the Supreme Court not to thwart their success by nixing affirmative action policies used by …

Florida Politics reports: Gov. Ron DeSantis is vowing to “keep plowing forward” with plans to allow military veterans to teach in Florida classrooms, suggesting Wednesday that vets may be better suited to teaching than an education major. “You give me somebody who has four years of experience as a Devil Dog over somebody who has four years of experience at …

“So my solution is, if you want to forgive that stupid debt, take it from the colleges since they’ve tripled the tuition the last 30 years and their education sucks. “Do not take it from us. Because, I swear to God, if you do, you will see a real insurrection. “You’re actually stealing money. You’re stealing money from people and …

The Washington Post reports: As nearly 170 new medical students filed into a University of Michigan auditorium on Sunday, some wondered how they would explain to their overjoyed parents that they were going to walk out of the ritual marking the start of their studies. Each member of the incoming class had their own calculus about whether to stay seated …

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports: The Cobb County School District said Tuesday it’s halted the rollout of a new logo for an elementary school after parents pointed out similarities to Nazi iconography. The logo for East Side Elementary in Marietta depicted an eagle, the school’s mascot, over the initials ES. The Nazi eagle, which was developed in the 1920s and later …

Dallas’s ABC News affiliate reports: After hearing from parents, the Dallas Independent School District has decided to make clear backpacks mandatory for its students. On Monday, it was announced that DISD students in the 6th-12th grade will be required to use clear or mesh backpacks starting this school year. According to the district website, the backpacks have to be completely …

Reuters reports: Georgia’s second-largest school district has approved a policy to allow personnel who are not certified police officers to carry guns, part of its response to the shooting at a Texas school that killed 19 children and two adults two months ago. The Cobb County school board voted 4-2 at a meeting on Thursday to adopt the policy as …

The Texas Tribune reports: This fall, Texas public schools will be subjected to random inspections to detect weak access points in the wake of the Uvalde school shooting — but a state school safety leader says these reviews will not resemble potentially traumatizing intruder simulations. Texas School Safety Center plans to start randomly checking school buildings this September, its leaders …

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports: Kentucky’s 2022 Teacher of the Year, who is gay, says he is leaving the K-12 classroom “to make the most difference, and the discrimination and lack of support prevent me from making that difference.” After 17 years being a public school teacher, Willie Carver Jr. said he decided to leave the classroom and take a position …

Tampa’s NPR affiliate reports: School districts across Florida are working to implement a new state law that bans classroom instruction on sexual identity and gender orientation in grades K-3 and potentially in other grades as well. But they’re facing a lack of clarity on how to put policies in place to comply with the new mandate. The Florida Department of …

Miami’s NBC News affiliate reports: Officials found some loaded firearms on a school campus and they said they belong to the principal. Two loaded guns were found on the campus of Somerset Academy, a charter school in Parkland, Thursday. They were found inside a bag that was left unattended inside the school located on 8401 N. University Drive. The guns …

San Antonio’s ABC News affiliate reports: No students or staff will be returning to Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, the site of a tragic massacre last month, Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Superintendent Hal Harrell reaffirmed Friday. “We’re not going back to that campus,” Harrell said during a special meeting of the board of trustees, and added he expects to …

NBC News reports: A Virginia board is considering restoring the names of two schools that were originally named for Confederate generals but were changed in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd. The Shenandoah County School Board voted in 2020 to change Stonewall Jackson High School to Mountain View High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School to Honey Run Elementary School. …

Politico reports: Florida’s Department of Education is explicitly aiming to keep critical race theory and “social justice” out of social studies textbooks that the state will ultimately adopt for its new teaching standards. The agency, in recent undated guidance, asked textbook publishers to avoid those topics on top of “culturally responsive teaching, social and emotional learning, and any other unsolicited …

NBC News reports: Students at a Cincinnati high school who taped “Blacks only” and “whites only” signs over water fountains and posted pictures of the signs on social media will be disciplined, the district announced after the incident was broadcast by a local news station. Northwest Local School District said officials were made aware of the racist incident at Colerain …

West Palm Beach’s ABC News affiliate reports: The Martin County School District is investigating after a photo showing six middle school students spelling out a racial slur was posted on social media. Tuesday afternoon, district officials confirmed the photo was authentic. They said it was taken by students at Hidden Oaks Middle School in Palm City. Each student in the …

The Louisville Courier-Journal reports: A homework assignment given to several middle-schoolers at Christian Academy of Louisville encourages students to persuade an imaginary friend to reject homosexuality. The assignment, which was due Thursday, came to the light Friday, when JP Davis, a Kentucky-based business owner, posted screenshots of the assignment on social media. CAL officials confirmed the assignment late Friday afternoon. …

Waco’s ABC News affiliate reports: “I should never have to apologize for Christ,” said Nellie Parrish, a fourth-grade teacher at Wylie Independent School District. Now, the 20-year veteran teacher is questioning why she won’t be in a classroom next year. “I had two complaints that were brought up to me from the principal, one was over prayer,” Parrish said. Parrish …

Click Orlando reports: The yearbook controversy has come to an end. Lyman High School students will receive a complete yearbook — without covered photos and captions. The Seminole County Public Schools board voted unanimously Tuesday night to put disclaimer stickers in the yearbook instead of covering three photos from a student-led walkout with stickers. Students were upset after school officials …

The Washington Post reports: After Florida education officials rejected a number of math textbooks over alleged “woke content,” some of the books have been reinstated. The Florida Department of Education announced Thursday that nine books were added back to an adoption list of instructional materials for math after publishers removed prohibited topics from the text. “Publishers are aligning their instructional …