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An El Paso, Texas, middle school has banned students from wearing all-black clothing, claiming that the color is "associated with depression and mental health issues." According to local news station KFOX14, Charles Middle School sent parents a letter informing them that the school's uniform policy would no longer allow students to wear all-black clothing. Instead, the school's dress code was rewritten to only allow students to wear khakis or blue jeans, with black or green polos and sweaters. The changes were necessary to "[eliminate] a look that has taken over on campus with students wearing...
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A California first-grader was punished for a drawing she made at school, resulting in a federal lawsuit that probes whether the First Amendment extends to the first-grade classroom. In March 2021, the elementary school student, referenced in legal filings as "B.B.," drew a sketch depicting several individuals of different races, representing "three classmates and herself holding hands," the family's complaint states. Above the drawing, B.B. wrote "Black Lives Mater" [sic] with the words "any life" transcribed below the slogan. B.B. then gave the drawing to one of her classmates, who is black, ...
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A new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research has provided even more evidence that charter schools can boost students' academic potential when compared to typical public schools. The paper, which studied a sample of students enrolled in 15 urban and nine nonurban charter schools in Massachusetts, found that students enrolled in the charter schools were significantly more likely to enroll in and graduate from a four-year college than their noncharter peers. What's more, those enrolled in urban charters saw a significant bump in their test scores. Nonurban charter students, h...
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North Carolina is one of the few states to keep detailed statistics on homeschoolers—who are famously resistant to scrutiny, and for good reason—and officials in the state recorded an interesting development this year. After dipping from a pandemic-era high when public schools were closed or generally making a poor job of remote learning, the ranks of homeschoolers have again begun to rise. With census figures showing similar growth elsewhere, we have further evidence that DIY education is here to stay. Homeschooling Surges AgainIn the Statistical Summary for Homeschools 2023–2024, compiled by...
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Over four years after the start of mass school lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic, many children are still feeling the educational effects. According to a new report from the testing nonprofit Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA), student test score growth is still failing to rebound to pre-COVID levels, and some children would need as much as nine months of extra schooling to catch up. "Our findings make it clear that the road to recovery from the pandemic's impact on student achievement is far from over," reads an NWEA research brief released this week. "The effects continue to reverb...
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On Tuesday, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin signed an executive order mandating the introduction of "cell phone–free education" in Virginia public schools. "The necessity of implementing cell phone–free education in Virginia's K-12 public schools is increasingly evident," Youngkin's order reads. "Parents, public health professionals, educators and other stakeholders across the Commonwealth are expressing concern over the alarming mental health crisis and chronic health conditions affecting adolescents, such as depression and anxiety, driven in part by extensive social media usage and widespread...
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Last month, Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) signed a bill mandating that a copy of the Ten Commandments be displayed in all public school classrooms in Louisiana. The law, House Bill 71, requires that the religious scripture be displayed on a poster or frame sized at least 11 inches by 14 inches and in a "large, easily readable font." Apparently anticipating a First Amendment challenge to the mandatory religious text, lawmakers included several provisions that attempt to strengthen the law against a constitutional challenge. For example, the law prohibits schools from using taxpayer funds to fi...
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The Oklahoma Supreme Court determined that direct public funding for a religious school violated the state's prohibition on funding religious institutions. In June 2023, the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved a charter for St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School. The Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa, which submitted the application, would run the school, which would make it the first publicly funded religious charter school in the country. The board approved the application by a 3–2 vote just two months after unanimously reject...
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Texas lawmakers had an opportunity to take bold action on school choice in 2023. Instead, they sided with teachers unions and chose to preserve an educational monopoly that abandons millions of families in a one-size-fits-all system. Voters paid attention to the do-nothing approach. The result was a shellacking for the 21 House Republicans who joined Democrats to kill school choice during four special sessions ending on December 5, 2023. Of this group, only seven Republicans survived their 2024 primary election season. The other 14 GOP incumbents either lost in the first round on March 5, lost...
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Students at an Illinois school district have been receiving tickets for misbehavior, resulting in fines of over $750, according to a complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education this month. Further, the complaint alleges that black students in particular were singled out for this punishment—and white students who similarly broke school rules weren't issued fines as frequently. Rockford Public Schools (RPS) serves a diverse group of nearly 30,000 students, around 30 percent of whom are black, 26 percent are white, and 31 percent are Hispanic. To handle disciplinary infractions, student...
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