The fight to revive a lawsuit over how California portrays Hinduism in public school lessons largely hinges on whether state educational standards are policies — which can be reviewed by courts — or curriculum, which cannot be.
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The lingering effects of school segregation, which largely ended in Arizona in the 1950s, still echo through the courts more than four decades after a Hispanic mother claimed Tucson’s school district was “tri-ethnic,” offering a very different experience for Black, Hispanic and white students.
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Students and teachers in Los Angeles will not return to the classroom next month as the novel coronavirus infections continue to spike across the region.
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As the Trump administration tries to force public schools to resume in-person education, public health experts warn that a one-size-fits-all reopening could drive infection and death rates even higher.
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President Trump’s administration is providing false assurances on the safety of schoolchildren during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read moreHong Kong will close all schools after a spike in locally transmitted coronavirus infections, the city’s education minister said Friday.
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Despite pressure from President Donald Trump, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday the agency will not loosen school reopening guidelines.
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New York City’s 1.1 million public school students will not return to their classrooms full-time in September, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday, unveiling plans for a “blended learning” model that balances online teaching with in-person classes two or three days a week.
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The Supreme Court on Wednesday found a doctrine that insulates religious institutions from lawsuits over their hiring and firing decisions bars two teachers from suing their two Los Angeles-area Catholic schools for employment discrimination.
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The New York City Board of Health voted in a virtual meeting Tuesday to reopen 3,000 child care centers that have been closed since early April, in the latest sign that the Big Apple is getting back to work after months of coronavirus-driven shutdowns.
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With the coronavirus pandemic pushing the whirlwind conclusion of the Supreme Court’s term into July for the first time since 1996, the justices still must decide a handful of highly anticipated cases, including over Obamacare, religious exceptions to employment laws and access to President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
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Accusing the Trump administration of propping up private schools in the pandemic aid sweepstakes, California and four other states sued Tuesday to freeze a plan they claim reduces federal relief meant for cash-strapped public schools.
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Despite Covid-19 cases rising in over 30 states and America’s top infectious disease expert saying the country is still in the first wave of infections, the Trump administration on Tuesday urged schools to reopen this fall.
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After facing pressure from students protesting police presence in schools, the Los Angeles Unified School District board voted Tuesday night to slash the district’s police department’s budget by $25 million and shift the funds to programs supporting students of color.
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Europe’s top rights court on Wednesday heard from the lawyers of Czech parents who don’t want to vaccinate their children, while the government argued it has a responsibility to safeguard public health.
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The Third Circuit ruled Tuesday that a school violated a cheerleader’s First Amendment rights when it kicked her off the squad over a profane Snapchat post done off-campus.
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Montana discriminated against religious schools by excluding them from a tax-credit scheme meant to help low-income families afford private education, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Tuesday.
Read moreParents sued Orting School District No. 344 and Ptarmigan Ridge Elementary School in Pierce County (Wash.) Court, claiming their “no tattling rule” kept their fifth-grader from reporting a bully who eventually kicked him and broke his hand.
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The Trump administration on Thursday moved forward with a policy ordering public schools across the U.S. to share coronavirus relief funding with private schools at a higher rate than federal law typically requires.
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Californians will have the chance to ditch the state’s 24-year-old ban on affirmative action this November after lawmakers on Wednesday moved forward a piece of law to let voters decide whether gender and race should be a consideration in contracting, public hiring and public education.
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