A lawsuit filed by Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, and other major publishing houses alleges that a Florida state law enacted last year has caused hundreds of book removals and is violates First Amendment rights to free speech. Authors John Green, Jodi Picoult, Julia Alvarez, and Angie Thomas also made this complaint, …
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The school shooter in Georgia on Wednesday was investigated by the FBI last year for making threats online.
On the first day of school, Royall Elementary held what they called an “Olympic parade to celebrate different cultures from around the world.” The way that some teachers and administrators chose to represent Mexico was based entirely on insensitive stereotypes. After they proudly posted photos to Facebook, the community was outraged.
Vice Principal Candra Rogers was permanently blinded by a student at a middle school in Texas.
The only thing that will work is a schoolwide ban with consequences that are actually followed through on. Policymakers are finally catching on to this enormous problem. Four states have instituted cellphone bans in schools, while lawmakers in at least eight states have considered passing similar legislation.
Over 100 teachers in South Korea have killed themselves in the last five years.
Three young teachers at a Denver school for kids with severe behavioral issues were sexually assaulted regularly by students and ignored by administrators when they sought help, according to a new lawsuit being brought by the women.
In February 2024, a group of students made a bunch of fake TikTok accounts posing as more than 20 of their teachers and school staff members.
On June 10th, Arantzazu Zuzene Galdos-Shapiro, a respected eighth-grade English teacher, resigned from her position at W.E.B. Du Bois Regional Middle School. In her resignation letter, Galdos-Shapiro bravely stated that she was leaving to protect her health, which had been gravely affected by the conditions and blatant violation of her rights at school. She painfully …
In May 2024, teacher JaQ Lee’s reputation was ruined after a video of him interacting with his students went viral. The video showed Lee’s female middle school students unbraiding his hair.
Currently, there are 19 states in America where corporal punishment in school is legal. In some districts, the school must have the parents’ permission, while others do not. In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in its Ingraham v. Wright decision that corporal punishment in schools is constitutional, leaving states to decide whether to allow it.
In 2020, school districts across the South removed Confederate names from their schools. Shenandoah County, has reversed that decision.