A black high school senior sued the Troup County School System, its superintendent and the principal of LaGrange High School in federal court for expelling him for making a rap video, out of school, in the summer, and posting it on YouTube.
Read moreNew York’s largest teachers union scored a victory in the war over charter schools Thursday with an appeals court ruling that state policymakers overstepped by diluting certification requirements for charter school educators.
Read moreChicago public school teachers will strike starting Thursday morning, as delegates from the Chicago Teachers’ Union voted Wednesday to reject the latest contract proposal from the city after three weeks of negotiations.
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Authorities evacuated an elementary school in Montana on Tuesday after officials found what they thought were the remnants of a homemade bomb that exploded, but it turned out to be a plastic bottle filled with nuts and bolts left in the schoolyard.
Read moreMontana authorities say an improvised explosive device blew up in an elementary school playground in Helena.
Read moreA former high school football player sued the Cache County (Utah) School District for negligence, claiming that after he took a helmet-to-helmet hit while playing for Ridgeline High School, and he told his coach he thought he’d suffered a concussion, the coach told him to “man up … quit being a pussy (and) get back out there,” in Cache County Court.
Read moreCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom capped his first legislative session as governor with a weekend bill-signing that included legislation meant to improve students’ health and grades by giving them more time to sleep before school.
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A threatened strike by Chicago teachers would test a strategy employed by a growing number of urban teachers unions who think transforming contentious contract talks into discussions about class size and student services wins public support and can make a difference at the bargaining table.
Read moreOhio privacy law prohibits The Associated Press and other news organizations from accessing school records of the Dayton gunman who killed nine people in August to substantiate former classmates’ claims he was suspended in high school for compiling a “hit list” of people he wanted to kill.
Read moreA special ed teacher with a master’s degree sued the American Federation of Teachers in federal court, claiming it failed to represent her after she was repeatedly injured by violent students in a “secret room” at Corpus Christi Independent School District.
Read moreAn attorney for Los Angeles said a lawsuit claiming the city blocked disabled students from commenting on a construction project near their school should be thrown out because it impedes developers’ rights.
Read moreSan Francisco school officials failed to study environmental consequences when they ordered the covering of controversial George Washington murals, according to a complaint filed in state court from a California high school alumni association.
Read moreAn appeals court in New Mexico ruled that a minor was properly convicted of assault and carrying a deadly weapon after bringing a BB gun to school and threatening to shoot his principal, whose discovery of a CO2 cartridge and observation of a bulge in the student’s waistband proved the child “used” the weapon while making the threats.
Read moreThe first of five scheduled debates between Kentucky Republican Governor Matt Bevin and Democratic candidate Andy Beshear was held Thursday at the Paducah Chamber of Commerce, and saw the two sparring over education and job creation.
Read moreCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Thursday authorizing local school boards to close charter schools or block them from opening if they impede neighborhood schools from operating or don’t serve all students equitably.
Read moreA federal court in Mississippi dismissed a school bus driver’s employment retaliation and due process suit against her former employer. The former driver claimed she was constructively terminated after she complained about harassment, including an incident in which a co-worker allegedly tried to run her over with a bus.
Read moreA Colorado judge ruled Wednesday that a teenager will stand trial on first-degree murder charges over a school shooting that resulted in the death of his classmate in May.
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