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The pandemic’s babies and toddlers are struggling in school

The New York Times -
Interviews with more than two dozen teachers, pediatricians and early childhood experts depicted a generation less likely to have age-appropriate skills—to be able to hold a pencil, communicate their needs, identify shapes and letters, manage their emotions or solve problems with peers.

Discipline used in Kansas’ largest school district was discriminatory, the Justice Department says

AP News -
Educators in Wichita Public Schools discriminated against Black and disabled students when disciplining them, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

An African American studies class is too ‘divisive’ for one Maryland school district

The Baltimore Banner -
The nearly 100 Harford County Public School students who signed up to take the Advanced Placement African American Studies next school year will have to find a new class.

Conservatives go to war—against each other—over school vouchers

ProPublica -
School choice advocates are intent on expanding the availability of vouchers to fund private education at the expense of public schools, but rural residents of these targeted states are putting up some of the strongest resistance.

Los Angeles USD’s A.I. ‘friend’ for public school students falls flat

The New York Times -
Los Angeles schools hired a start-up to build an A.I. chatbot for parents and students. A few months later, the company collapsed.

COVID aid funded big repairs at high-poverty schools. Will that give academics a boost too?

Chalkbeat -
Across 21 states with publicly available data, schools on average planned to spend 18% of their third and largest COVID aid package on facilities, a Chalkbeat analysis found.

How will Louisiana’s new Ten Commandments classroom requirement be funded and enforced?

AP News -
Across the country there have been conservative pushes to incorporate religion into classrooms, from Florida legislation allowing school districts to have volunteer chaplains to counsel students to Oklahoma’s top education official ordering public schools to incorporate the Bible into lessons.

Texas kids lose up to 4 months of learning with new uncertified teachers, study finds

The Dallas Morning News -
However, the data showed that if an uncertified teacher had previous classroom experience–such as working as a substitute–students performed on par with those taught by certified educators.

Former Uvalde schools police chief indicted for role in Robb Elementary shooting response

Matt Zalaznick -
Former school district police Chief Pete Arredondo and another former district officer face felony charges of abandoning or endangering a child, the first criminal charges brought against law enforcement for the botched response to the deadliest school shooting in Texas history.

Oklahoma’s state superintendent requires public schools to teach the Bible

Matt Zalaznick -
The state superintendent, Ryan Walters, said the Bible was a “necessary historical document.” The mandate comes as part of a conservative movement to infuse Christian values in public schools.

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