Category Archives: Education
South Carolina governor signs transgender sports ban bill
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's governor has quietly signed into law a bill that would ban transgender students from playing girls’ or women’s sports in public schools and colleges as the state joins about a dozen others that
Georgia students sue over blocked protest against rebel flag
ATLANTA (AP) — Several Black students who were suspended for trying to protest Confederate flag displays at their school in Georgia have filed a federal lawsuit against their school district and its board members, accusing them of allowing an extensive...
Wyoming senator booed for sex identity remarks at graduation
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis apologized Monday after getting booed and heckled for remarks she made on sexual identity during a University of Wyoming graduation speech.
B.C. to launch ‘circle of care’ for neurodiverse kids but parents have many questions
VANCOUVER — British Columbia is set to launch one-stop support centres for children with issues like ADHD, autism and Down syndrome, but parents say promises of a no-wait system that won't require assessments or a diagnosis seem unrealistic due to
US grappling with Native American boarding school history
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Deb Haaland is pushing the U.S. government to reckon with its role in Native American boarding schools like no other Cabinet secretary could — backed by personal experience, a struggle with losing her own Native language
US reckoning with role in Native American boarding schools
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Deb Haaland is pushing the U.S. government to reckon with its role in Native American boarding schools like no other Cabinet secretary could — backed by personal experience, a struggle with losing her own Native language
Mississippi school board upholds firing over ‘New Butt’ book
BYRAM, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi educator who was fired for reading a children’s book called “I Need a New Butt!” to second graders says he will go to court to try to get his job back.
US finds 500 Native American boarding school deaths so far
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A first-of-its-kind federal study of Native American boarding schools that for over a century sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 500 student deaths at the institutions, but offic...
US agency to release report on Indigenous boarding schools
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department says it will release a report Wednesday that will begin to uncover the truth about the federal government's past oversight of Native American boarding schools.
Ontario NDP, Liberals pledge to overhaul standardized EQAO testing
TORONTO — For the provincial government, Ontario's annual standardized tests provide valuable tools to measure student achievement and assess programming, but for Douglas Watson's 15-year-old son, the tests mean nothing but stress and anxiety. Watson m...