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A teacher in the Tucson Unified School District told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) he’s retiring, frustrated by students who are unmotivated and simply play on their phones in class.

Francis Howell School District board members plan to introduce measures prohibiting classroom discussions on gender identity and require the board to approve every book purchased or donated in the district.

A Ohio school board member has resigned out of frustration with the district’s policies and curriculum – as well as with her colleagues’ apparent unwillingness to stand up to them.

In a powerful school board meeting speech, the superintendent of Georgia’s Cobb County Schools said educators who provide sexually explicit materials to children should not be in the classroom.

Two boys have sparked heated debate across Hawaii after competing in — and winning — multiple girls’ track and field competitions. Lana Huff and Frankie-Lyn Mocilio were permitted to compete on the Kea’au High School girls’ track team because they “identify” as girls.

Gaines praised the four student-athletes, saying they "set the precedent and the standard for many girls to come."

A biological male beat several female competitors to advance to Connecticut’s track and field state championships in the girls’ shot put event where he placed 3rd.

A federal judge in Kansas has blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation.

The parents of an elementary school student have sued Bellingham Public Schools for allegedly failing to protect their son from repeated sexual assaults perpetrated by another male student while they were on a school bus, and for failing to report the allegations to law enforcement or state child welfare officials.

There are many new laws that Tennessee can expect from the General Assembly starting this month. The ‘Family Rights and Responsibility Act’ outlines 12 fundamental rights of parents.

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced the decision on Thursday, calling the Bible an "indispensable historical and cultural touchstone."

The Satanic Temple has reached out to the state of Florida to offer their services as school chaplains under the state's new in-school chaplain program.

Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom, the latest move from a GOP-dominated Legislature pushing a conservative agenda under a new governor.

In a victory for education freedom, an anti-school choice measure is being removed from the November ballot in Nebraska.

The Louisiana Senate has passed a universal school choice bill, thanks in part to the support of Gov. Jeff Landry.

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