DeVos rescinds 72 guidance documents outlining rights for students with disabilities

The Education Department has rescinded 72 policy documents that outline the rights of students with disabilities as part of the Trump administration's effort to eliminate regulations it deems superfluous. Read more>>

The wildfires in Northern California cut across a wide swath of the state — including dozens of school districts, hundreds of schools and hundreds of thousands of students. Read more>>

As some public schools begin to reopen more than a month after Hurricane Maria plowed across Puerto Rico, Ezequiel Torres Rivas continues to call a high school classroom in the town of Corazal his home. Read more>>

The latest chapter in the country’s continuing reckoning with the legacy of the Confederacy is being written by grade school students. Read more>>

Montana is no stranger to book challenges. Patrons of libraries and schools have cited violence, witchcraft, seditious German influence and even an unflattering portrayal of the city of Butte in their objections to books. Read more>>

Springfield Local Schools in Ohio again faces criticism on social media, this time for a middle school choir performance that included a song about picking cotton. Read more>>

While the increasing number of concussion-related injuries in the NFL have captured the country’s attention, less attention has been paid to the rise of similar claims coming from high school student-athletes. Read more>>

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposal to reform the pension system could devastate local schools, according to Elizabeth­town In­depen­dent Schools Super­intendent Jon Ballard. Read more>>

The desire to protect young people from offensive ideas and words is an understandable instinct. In the context of bullying, it is a requirement. In the context of great literature, it is nearly always mistaken. Read more>>

Our continued failure to fund broad access to computer science education is shortsighted and threatens to stymie our future prosperity. Read more>>

The question is, should New Mexico schools teach a comprehensive based, medically accurate sex education so our teens can make informed and educated decisions? Or, should we lie, or not discuss this topic at all? Read more>>

New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued a disturbing report recently and New York school districts had better pay attention. Read more>>

The Texas district's educators will soon begin integrating Discovery Education’s Social Studies Techbook and Discovery Education Community into teaching and learning in eighth grade classrooms districtwide. Read more>>

Through a partnership with Shawnee Mission School District, Marathon Health, LLC will provide primary and preventive care services to more than 3,500 eligible employees, spouses and dependents. Read more>>

VocabularySpellingCity announced the acquisition of WriteSteps, a multisensory, digital platform with daily instructional videos and interactive whiteboard lesson. Teachers gain access to lesson plans and professional development, including grade-level coaching. Read more>>

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