Education Sep 20 For churches seeing demand for more Christian schools, vouchers ease start-up stress By Holly Meyer, Associated Press
Education Sep 18 St. Louis NAACP files civil rights complaint over low literacy rates among Black students The complaint follows years of troubling data showing stark disparities between Black and white students’ reading scores. But advocates argue, it's also an issue nationwide. Based on a 2022 data from the NAEP, 17 percent of Black students scored at… By Gabrielle Hays
World Sep 16 WATCH: This ‘Friendship Bench’ is pulling on the healing power of grandmothers "The Friendship Bench" recruits grandmothers as mental health counselors to bridge the mental health treatment gap in Zimbabwe. By Brief But Spectacular
World Sep 06 Kenya school dormitory fire kills 17 students, seriously burns 13 others Police said Friday they feared the death toll may rise. By Evelyne Musambi, Associated Press
Nation Sep 06 Teen and father charged in Georgia school shooting will stay in custody The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting at a Georgia high school that killed four people and his father will both stay in custody following back-to-back court hearings Friday morning where their lawyers declined to seek bail. By Jeff Amy, Jeff Martin, Associated Press
Sep 04 4 killed and 9 others wounded in shooting at Georgia high school By Jeff Amy, Associated Press Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey said two school resource officers encountered the shooter within minutes after a report of shots fired went out. The suspect, a student at the school, immediately surrendered and was taken into custody. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 4:26 Families paying for school lunches grapple with recurring online transaction fees By John Yang, Andrew Corkery Schools are increasingly turning to online payment systems for school lunches. Those systems are run by payment processing companies, which typically charge transaction fees. According to federal analysis, families qualifying for reduced-price meals may be paying as much as 60… Continue watching
Aug 22 School choice, history of segregation collide as Florida county consolidates rural schools By Kate Payne, Associated Press As some districts are being forced to close schools, administrators are facing another long-avoided reckoning: how to integrate students in buildings that remain racially and economically segregated. Continue reading
Aug 21 ‘Hitting kids should never be allowed’: Illinois bans corporal punishment in all schools By John O'Connor, Associated Press Legislation that Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law this month bans physical punishment in private schools while reiterating a prohibition on the practice in public schools, first implemented 30 years ago. Continue reading
Aug 19 Jury decides parents of Texas student accused in 2018 deadly school shooting not responsible By Associated Press The victims’ lawsuit sought to hold Dimitrios Pagourtzis and his parents, Antonios Pagourtzis and Rose Marie Kosmetatos, financially liable for the shooting at Santa Fe High School on May 18, 2018. Continue reading