'Good Boy!': 12.5-Foot Alligator Plucked From School Path And Relocated
A 12.5-foot alligator spotted sauntering down a path frequented by Florida schoolchildren was wrangled and relocated to a presumably less kid-dense area earlier this week.
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West Virginia governor calls special session for school funding amid FAFSA issues, other proposals
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is calling state lawmakers back to the Capitol to consider an $80 million allocation to the state’s colleges and universities to help students pay for school amid the ongoing federal financial aid crisis, among other proposals.
Biden says landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation was about more than education
WASHINGTON (AP) — The landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling that desegregated schools was about more than just race in education, President Joe Biden said Friday as he commemorated the 70th anniversary of the decision. It was about the promise of America, he said — that it is “big enough for everyone to succeed.”
Watch A D.C. TV Reporter Cover A School Lockdown While His Son Is Still Inside
A TV reporter in Washington, D.C. covered a bomb threat at a local high school Thursday — while his son, a student there, was trapped inside.
Repeal of a dead law to use public funds for private school tuition won’t be on Nebraska’s ballot
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A measure to repeal a now-defunct law passed last year that would use public money to fund private school tuition has been pulled from Nebraska’s November ballot, the secretary of state announced Thursday.
The Uvalde School Massacre Was One Of The Reasons Sophie Turner Left America
In an interview with British Vogue, “Game of Thrones” actor Sophie Turner said the 2022 mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was one of the reasons she decided to move out of America.
Mississippi School's Dress Code Is Illegal And Unfair To Transgender Students, ACLU says
Transgender and gender-nonconforming students at a Mississippi high school were unfairly targeted because of the school district’s sex-specific dress code, the American Civil Liberties Union claims in a complaint filed Wednesday with the U.S. Department of Education.
70 years ago, school integration was a dream many believed could actually happen. It hasn’t
WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race was unconstitutional. On paper, that decision — the fabled Brown v. Board of Education, taught in most every American classroom — still stands.