Easton, PA

Columbus, OH

Atlanta, GA

Editor's note: This article was originally published on October 2, 2022. It has since been updated. Abby Norman, a former teacher from Atlanta, Georgia, spent nine years "loving the students and the learning and despising the testing and the paper-pushing of the classroom." She then called it quits. In a tweet, Norman explained why she chose to quit the profession and now works as a bartender. "I quit my teaching job and now make more bartending for 15 fewer hours [every] week. Also, I get blamed for way less and get told thank you way more. No lesson plans or grading papers," she wrote. "Remember this when people ask about the teacher shortage."

Former teachers reveal what made them quit and it explains why there are teacher shortages

TIME

We are in a new wave of public school closures. Yours could be next, write Jessica Alcantara and Laura Petty.

Project 2025’s Plan to Eliminate Public Schools Has Already Started

America’s K-12 schools enjoyed a boost of funding from federal pandemic aid packages during the last three school years, but that cash flow is ending in September just as the new one gets underway – forcing some districts to make tough choices about what to cut.

Some US schools are forced to make cuts as pandemic aid ends in September

Ohio State

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Editor's note: This article was originally published on August 8, 2022. It has since been updated. There's a shortage of teachers across America, reflecting the low pay for teachers and inadequate investment in education. One teacher shared a video clip of her kindergarten class and how poorly it was furnished. The teacher, who goes by @progressivemama on TikTok, said the lack of investment in school was forcing teachers like her to spend their own money to help provide basic requirements in a classroom, such as books, shelves, and classroom staples, among other things. The video showed her panning the camera across the classroom, revealing empty shelves with no books and no proper chairs for kids to use. The video soon garnered more than 388,000 views and 35,600 likes.

Teacher’s video shows empty kindergarten classroom, says she is forced to spend money on supplies

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

A permanent marker will be erected to honor the victims of the racist mass shooting nearly a year ago at a Dollar General store in the New Town community. City Council approved the marker 17-0 on Tuesday night.

Marker will honor victims of racist Dollar General shooting

Louisiana State

The Hill

As students head back to school for another year, scientists and policymakers are battling over the best morning start times for children and how schedules affect their health and learning. The scientific community has rallied against the 8 a.m. start of the typical U.S. school day, with research showing the...

Students’ back-to-school alarms ring as experts fight for later morning start times

Carson City, NV

Carson High School athletes and staff gathered Tuesday morning to rebuild and restore a Carson City landmark. Members of the Carson High football and cheerleading squads, along with coaches, spent the early morning hiking nearly two miles out to the grounds where the 'C' was originally constructed in 1924. The...

Carson High School students restore the Block C

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

103.3 The G.O.A.T.

Kids are back in the classrooms and some parents are heartbroken to see what their kids are having to learn to do on campus.

Parents of Students in Louisiana Schools Heartbroken After First Instructional Week

Orange County, CA

Corcoran, CA

NewSantaAna

CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.

Pimp arrested in Orange County killed by an inmate at a state prison

Fayette County, TN

The Boot

Who doesn't remember the most fun and exciting part of school growing up: the field trips. It didn't matter if you were going to see the inner workings of a sewage plant or a museum, you knew you were going to leave school property, and that was epic. But, one...

School District Cancels All Future Field Trips For Odd Reason, Parents Are Furious

As someone who’s spent 15 years in the trenches of public education, you might wonder why I recently decided to switch gears and enroll my daughter in private school. Let me walk you through our journey. For the past five years, our local public school has been an incredible...

Why I Chose Private School for My Daughter as a Public School Educator

Denver, CO

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

HuffPost

Skills that kids practice at home can lead to success in the classroom.

What Teachers Wish Parents Would Do To Prepare Kids For The School Year

New York State

New York Post

The head of the powerful United Federation of Teachers union supports Gov. Kathy Hochul’s push to ban smartphones in New York schools — but says individual districts should have the “flexibility” to implement it the way they want.

Asked whether he thought a statewide policy was necessary Wednesday, UFT President Michael Mulgrew said, “If the state says each district has to come up with a plan and submit it.”

But, he added, “So this way you give the school district the flexibility to do it the way they want to do it, let them engage with their parents because this is a...

UFT president supports Hochul’s  smartphone ban in schools but wants districts to have a say, too

You may assume that your child will begin kindergarten shortly after their 5th birthday, but that's not always the case. Depending on where your school places its age cutoff date for enrollment, your child may start kindergarten at 4, 5 or even 6. Because some parents assume — correctly or...

What is ‘redshirting’? Why parents are delaying when their kids start kindergarten

Migrants enrolled in the Denver Asylum Seekers Program won’t get cash benefits after all. The council amended a contract with Haven for Hope during the Safety, Housing, Education and Homelessness Committee meeting Wednesday. Instead of Haven of Hope providing migrants with cash assistance on debit cards, it will instead provide “culturally appropriate” food.

Denver revokes cash assistance for migrants

Scripps News

As summer vacation ends, many kids are getting ready to head back to school. But for some, the learning never really ended. That's because their parents are "unschooling" them. Here's what it means.

Parents share why they're 'unschooling' their kids and how it's different from homeschooling

Sometimes coincidences happen and you’re glad they did. I wrote a while back about a Denver Police Department officer who saved the day once after I had been thrown out of the homeless shelter on 48th several years ago. I had left my cot to use the restroom, and when I came back there was a man in my bed claiming it was his bed. The shelter manager sided with him and ejected me.

Opinion: My guardian angel at Denver PD

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NewsBreak

Easton Area school board OKs agreement for alternative schooling at Buxmont Academy

EASTON, Pa. – The Easton Area School District will once again offer certain students alternative schooling options at Buxmont Academy for the 2024–25 academic year. At...

Easton Area school board OKs agreement for alternative schooling at Buxmont Academy

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