Addressing NRA in Houston, Donald Trump rejects gun regulations and calls for school safety overhaul
Speaking in the state where a deadly elementary school shooting left 19 children and two teachers dead this week, former President Donald Trump backed up Republican calls to resist new gun restrictions and instead called for increased mental health services and school security measures.
Trump Suggests Teachers Get a ‘Bit of a Bonus’ to Carry Guns
President Trump on Thursday enthusiastically embraced a National Rifle Association position to arm highly trained teachers to fortify schools against mass shootings like the one last week. Mr. Trump, who said the armed teachers should receive extra pay as an incentive, promoted his idea as demands for stronger gun control intensified across the country.
What Happens When Teachers Are Replaced With AI? This School Is Finding Out
The 8:15 a.m. scene in front of the school that sits on a dusty, sun-soaked residential street in Brownsville, Texas, just across the border with Mexico, looks much like any other elementary or middle school in that chaotic period before the morning bell. Groups of tousled boys and girls get off the bus or otherwise trickle, saunter and dawdle into a nondescript building where they will spent the next few hours, in theory, learning. These kids, though, seem more jubilant than might be expected for a Tuesday morning in April.
Divided Supreme Court sides with Trump to block teacher grants
A divided Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration by allowing officials to block $65 million in teacher development grants frozen over concerns they were promoting diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices.
The 5-4 emergency ruling, for now, lifts a lower order that forced the Education Department to resume the grants in eight Democratic-led states that are suing...
Texas school official resigns after hidden video captures him telling parent how to dodge transgender law
ATexas high school official resigned over the controversy surrounding an undercover video showing him telling a parent how to place a biological boy in girls' sports.
Reny Lizardo resigned as executive director of campus operations for the Irving Independent School District after the hidden-camera video led Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to call for his immediate termination. The video was obtained and published by Accuracy in Media.
This Back-to-School Season, Some Districts are Banning Cellphones
Which States Ban or Restrict Cellphones in Schools?
The iPhone debuted 17 years ago on June 29, 2007, launching the modern smartphone era that virtually every current K-12 student has been born into.
But students’ access to their devices during the school day stands to be dramatically curtailed. A growing wave of education leaders and policymakers are adopting new cellphone policies, with the debate swinging decidedly in favor of tighter restrictions. Limiting access, they argue, will benefit students’ mental health and learning.
Massachusetts teacher on leave after holding mock slave auction and using racial slur, official says
A fifth-grade teacher in Massachusetts has been placed on paid leave after a series of incidents including holding a mock slave auction, using a racial slur, and calling out the student who reported the slur, a school official said.
Officials did not name the teacher at the Margaret A. Neary Elementary School in Southborough, a town about 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Boston.
Utah teacher pay: How salaries compare to educators in other states
Utah teachers receive roughly 72 cents for every dollar earned by comparably educated professionals working in different careers, according to a recent study by the National Education Association. It’s called the “teacher pay penalty,” or the phenomenon where teachers earn significantly less than similarly educated individuals in other professions. “The compensation packages for those other professions have largely kept pace with [inflation,]” said Renée Pinkney, president of the Utah Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union.
Teachers surprised with renovated lounge, new appliances
WILLIS, Texas -- The newly-formed Parent Teacher Organization at Hardy Elementary is surprising their dedicated teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week. "The teacher lounge is pretty basic," PTO President Monet Rodrigues said. "One of the ways we decided to support our teachers was to redo the lounge and make a personal space for them." Over the weekend, parents and volunteers revamped the lounge with help from the real estate team, The Valdez Group. The teachers were gifted a new coffee bar, two new microwaves, a new fridge and a full stocked...