EDUCATION

Mask debate moves from school boards to courtrooms

WASHINGTON — The rancorous debate over whether returning students should wear masks in the classroom has moved from school boards to courtrooms.

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Arkansas schools have 3,100 active COVID cases

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — More than 3,100 active coronavirus cases have been reported in Arkansas public schools among students and employees, according… Read more

Pandemic windfall for US schools has few strings attached

As the federal government releases historic sums of pandemic aid to the nation’s schools, it’s urging them to dream big, to invest in seismic changes… Read more

Pandemic prompts changes in how future teachers are trained

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Before last year, a one-credit technology course for students pursuing master’s degrees in education at the University of Washington… Read more

Virginia school shares ‘Woke Kindergarten’ video: ‘I feel safe when there are no police’

A Virginia elementary school shared on its website, and then removed, a radical educational video in its summer learning guidance that suggested police are… Read more

Hungary: Writers, bookstores brace for ban on LGBT content

BUDAPEST, Hungary  — Some bookstores in Hungary placed notices at their entrances this week telling customers that they sell “non-traditional content.”… Read more

Uncovering boarding school history makes for monumental task

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — They sat inside a dust-covered box that had been stashed away, untouched, for years: black-and-white photographs of Apache students… Read more

Acclaim, fundraising spread unevenly among Black colleges

ATLANTA  — Two recent high-profile faculty appointments could be a fundraising and enrollment bonanza for Howard University, one of the nation’s most… Read more

Summer camps hit with COVID outbreaks -- are schools next?

The U.S. has seen a string of COVID-19 outbreaks tied to summer camps in recent weeks in places such as Texas, Illinois, Florida, Missouri and Kansas,… Read more