Category Archives: Education
Kentucky lawmakers pass ban on transgender athletes
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate completed passage of a bill Thursday to bar transgender girls and women from participating in school sports matching their gender identity from sixth grade through college.
Sacramento teachers strike as Minneapolis walkout continues
Thousands of teachers and other school workers in Sacramento walked off the job Wednesday as the California capital became the second big U.S. school district this month to see a work stoppage over pay and staffing shortages as a teachers
Oklahoma House OKs ban on transgender girls in sports
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House passed a bill Wednesday to prevent transgender girls from playing on female sports teams at Oklahoma schools. The bill passed
Cal State college system drops SAT/ACT admission requirement
In a move that squarely places California’s public universities at the forefront of the national trend to drop standardized tests, the Cal State university system will eliminate SAT and ACT exams from admission requirements, officials decided Wednesday...
Transgender athlete ban heads to South Carolina Senate floor
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After nearly two years of work, supporters of a bill that would ban transgender students from playing girls' and women's sports in South Carolina high schools and public colleges have gotten a proposal out of committee.
Ontario extends college and university tuition freeze to 2022-2023
Ontario is extending a tuition freeze for college and university students through next year. Colleges and Universities Minister Jill Dunlop says the Progressive Conservative government wants to reduce financial barriers and financial strain on families...
Student demonstration marks decade since Quebec’s so-called ‘Maple Spring’ protests
MONTREAL — Several hundred students took to the streets of Montreal today, marking a decade since their peers did the same during the so-called "Maple Spring" of 2012. It was one of several demonstrations planned across the province this week until
NYC may lift rules requiring face masks for children under 5
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is preparing to lift requirements that children under age 5 wear face masks in school. Adams on
Tenn. ‘divisive concept’ bill targeting colleges advances
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are nearing final passage of legislation that would allow students and staffers to sue public colleges and universities if they feel they've been unfairly punished for not accepting “divisive co...
Video shows teacher leading preschoolers in anti-Biden chant
NORCO, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California private school apologized to parents after a teacher shared a video last month of her leading preschool students in a chant denouncing President Joe Biden.