Mayor Bans 'All Official and Private Cacti' from Town Buildings and Schools After Man Suffers 'Ugly Injury' from Spiky Plant
A major has declared a total ban on cacti from all municipal buildings after a man suffered an "ugly injury" from one of the spiky plants inside a school.
Teachers Fed Up With 'Parenting Parents' Share Their Most Terrifying Parent-Teacher Conference Horror Stories
With parent-teacher conferences right around the corner, teachers are rallying around one of their biggest frustrations: the expectation to "parent parents."
Pennsylvania School Bus Shooting Was 'Targeted' Assault on Student by Classmate: Officials
Shots fired at a Pennsylvania school bus on Thursday were directed towards just one student in a targeted assault, officials say.
Some U.S. Schools Are Reportedly Cashing In on Degrees That Double as Work Visas for International Students
Schools compete for students by making requirements as flexible as possible, raising concerns that lax standards could jeopardize their immigration status.
Pennsylvania School Puts Windows in Bathrooms, Says Students Have No Right to Privacy Outside Stalls
Parents in a small Pennsylvania town were outraged to learn the school board is installing windows in a middle school's new gender-inclusive bathrooms.
Virginia county approves restoring names of Confederate leaders to two schools
The schools will go back to being named Stonewall Jackson High School and Ashby-Lee Elementary School
Virginia county to vote on reinstating Confederate leaders' names at schools
Shenandoah County will vote on reversing the school board's decision from 2020
In a u-turn, Governor DeSantis signs bill limiting book challenges in Florida schools
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Tuesday that tightens the state's law, restricting numerous books and classroom materials subject to challenges within school districts.
France's New Education Minister Under Fire Over Swipe At Schools
France's new Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera is coming under increasing pressure over her decision to have her children attend a private school, a row overshadowing President Emmanuel Macron's attempt to relaunch his second term with a government reshuffle.
Texas House Votes to Remove School Vouchers From Massive Education Bill
The outcome was an embarrassment to Gov. Greg Abbott, who spent seven months lobbying two dozen Republicans who signaled opposition to vouchers in April
Schools Across U.S. Scramble to Find Bilingual Teachers as Migrant Enrollment Soars
An Axios report gathered information from several cities to show its extent as illegal border crossings continue to break records
Czech President Milos Zeman Supports Hungarian Law That Openly Slams LGBT Community
Milos Zeman, in the midst of spewing volatile remarks against the LGBT, further described transgender people as "intrinsically disgusting to me."
FEMA Will Refuse To Reimburse States For PPE's In Schools Starting September 15
“Supporting schools and other functions – courthouses and other related functions – are not a direct emergency protective measures and therefore they’re not eligible for public assistance,” said Keith Turi, a FEMA assistant administrator for recovery, according to the NPR.
Roosevelt Field Mall Area Shooting: 1 Dead, Suspect Is At Large; Long Island Mall, Schools On Lockdown
The Roosevelt Field Mall on Long Island is under lockdown after a gunman shot two people at an office building near the shopping destination Wednesday. The gunman fled and schools were also placed under lockdown, and many streets were closed as a result of the manhunt.
Sofia Vergara Twerking Photo Schools Miley Cyrus; Who Does It Better? [POLL]
It's not an award show without the after parties, and Sofia Vergara sure knows how to heat things up! This time around, the sexy Colombian schools Miley Cyrus on how to twerk. You can't miss this "instructional photo."
iPad-Only 'Steve Jobs Schools' Open In Netherlands To Begin 'Education For A New Era' [VIDEO]
12 iPad only Dutch schools will open by the end of this school year. The iPad will replace all other educational tools at the schools.
Mexican Textbook Errors Prompt Education Department To Open Investigation As Mistakes Amount To 117
As Mexican children headed back to school on Monday, a list of the 117 errors found in some 235 million elementary school textbooks was handed out to teachers, who will have to manually correct them. The errors ranged from misspellings and forgotten or misplaced accents to one case in which a city was identified as being located in the wrong state.
Yoga In Schools Allowed By California Judge Who Says It's Not A Religion
Some parents sued the Encinitas Union School District because they didn't agree that yoga classes were introduced to the academic program but a judge ruled favoring the school district saying it promotes a healthy life style.
Gun lobby defends call for armed guards at schools
The leader of the gun lobby on Sunday defended his call for placing armed guards in all American schools despite withering criticism of the group's response to the massacre of 20 first-graders in Newtown, Connecticut.
Funerals Begin for Newtown Victims as Schools Confront Tragedy
Mourners in Newtown, Connecticut, headed for the first two of 20 funerals of schoolchildren massacred in their classroom as the rest of the nation on Monday anxiously sent children back to school with tightened security.
Chicago Schools Reopen, Teachers, Mayor Reach Deal to Suspend Strike
The 44 percent of Latinos in the nation's third largest school district are back in school today after a teacher's strike that kept them out of the classroom for 7 days.