Public high school allowed notoriously anti-LGBTQ sports organization to host Christian assembly

In addition to surviving the novel coronavirus pandemic, students at a public high school in Huntington, West Virginia, apparently also fight to have their basic freedom of religion respected while in …

Unsung pandemic heroes might finally get the job protection they deserve, thanks to Biden

As parents and students continue to adjust to life amind the novel coronavirus pandemic, we’ve seen various perspectives about how schools should function with both the mental and physical health of …

Parents read social media outcry instead of book and try to get it pulled from high school library

The effort to ban (and/or burn) books is bad enough when we see elected officials sowing hysteria over it, but it’s really frustrating when actual parents are calling for valuable books to be removed …

Alabama superintendent says parents want to cancel Black History Month because they think it's CRT

On Wednesday, Alabama state legislators are set to begin discussing the amorphous and still-never-before-taught-below-the-college-level Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the Yellowhammer State’s schools. …

Is it finally time to talk about a strike on student debt repayment?

At this point in President Joe Biden’s time in office, we’re still facing an ongoing global pandemic, and we’re all still trying to adjust to the ways life as we know it has changed. Students and …

This is not satire: Florida Republicans actually trying to codify white supremacy

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is so toxic we could really have a DeSantis section at Daily Kos, and it still likely wouldn’t be enough coverage of how he’s failing taxpayers. In one of his …

New Indiana GOP bill allows everyone except teachers to decide what is actual history

As my colleague Laura Clawson wrote about Monday, the “next wave of attacks on public education” will be using the term “transparency.” The trick here is to take away the power of educators and …

Republican governor promises she hasn't forgotten her anti-trans agenda amid pandemic

If there’s one way Republicans like to celebrate the sanctity of winter holidays, it’s by broadcasting a pity party about a burned Christmas tree and, apparently, reigniting hatred against vulnerable …

South Dakota teachers scramble for dollar bills during halftime at hockey game

How much more dystopian can modern life get here in the United States? This question feels more than a little dangerous, given that Republicans continue to show us that they seem to have no …

Anti-mask parent attacked school board chair by outing her 8-year-old trans daughter

As Daily Kos continues to chronicle, school board meetings across the nation have been steadily picking up both local and national media attention, and for an important reason. Why? If it’s not people …

WI brewery sues school boards for indulging 'Tucker Carlson-watching zombies,' ignoring science

On Wednesday, Oct. 6, the Minocqua Brewing Company Super PAC announced it would be helping lend financial support to a class-action lawsuit filed against the Waukesha School Board and the …

Feeding hungry kids is getting even harder for schools for a reason you might not expect

Even before the novel coronavirus pandemic changed our lives, people in this nation were still going hungry. For some folks, this looks like a literal lack of food, and for others, they might …

What's the main reason millennials give for not yet buying a home? You need just one guess

As someone with student debt—in spite of being lucky enough to work full-time, including during the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic—I know firsthand how many barriers come when you’re paying back …

School safety concerns push Black and Latinx parents to homeschool their kids

by Ray Levy Uyeda

This story was originally published at Prism.

Many students across the country returned to in-person instruction over the past month, but for families of color, the pandemic has …

Private colleges aren't the only places leaving students with serious student loan debt—I would know

Talking about student debt and talking about the cost of college are topics that generally go hand-in-hand. While some progressives, like Sen. Bernie Sanders, argued on behalf of eliminating all …

Parent allegedly kicks off first day of school by assaulting teacher over mask requirement

As the nation continues to face the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, families and schools are trying to manage risks as well as possible. What options are safe for students, teachers, and other staff, like …

'I feel betrayed': College students protest anti-LGBTQ administrator at Lewis-Clark State College

We know that students—including marginalized students, like members of the LGBTQ+ community—learn from and work with professors, staff, and other employees who hold and espouse discriminatory, hateful …

Texas governor aims to take 'I Have a Dream' speech out of schools, and that's not all

Already trying to peel away at voting rights in the state, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is also pushing a bill that would practically remove women and people of color from a portion of required social …

More magnet schools are working toward racial equity, but are they doing enough?

This story was originally published at Prism.

By Ray Levy Uyeda

Decades after the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling that declared segregated schools unconstitutional, …

It’s going to take more than school board statements to make education more equitable

This story was originally published at Prism. 

Since last year’s racial justice uprisings catalyzed another worldwide wave of discussions about institutional racism, public school boards across the …