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This racist teacher actually made a TikTok video which he seemed very proud calling out another teacher for having a discipline system in class.

A federal judge on Monday ordered the state of Iowa to immediately halt enforcement of a law that prevents school boards from ordering masks to be worn to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Tara Williams’ three little boys run shirtless, because most of their clothes were swept away, and they stack milk crates beneath a blazing sun because their toys are all gone too.

New research focused on college students training to become K-12 teachers emphasizes the need to recruit and enroll more diverse students in teacher education programs.

A Tennessee high school student was heckled at a school board meeting while sharing the loss of his grandmother due to COVID-19. 

A Missouri teacher who said he was told to remove a Pride flag and not discuss topics related to sexual identity has resigned and filed a lawsuit against the school district.

John M. Wallis, who had recently been hired at Neosho Junior High School to teach speech, theater and world mythology, argued in a lengthy Twitter thread over the weekend that school administrators “chose to believe the bigotry of parents over their building's teacher.”

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A Missouri teacher resigned last week after parents complained about a pride flag in his classroom and the district told him to take it down.
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John M. Wallis was recently hired to teach speech, theatre and world mythology at Neosho Junior High School. He has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights.

In a series of tweets over Labor Day weekend, Wallis explained what led to his exit.

"At the beginning of the school year, I had two signs above my whiteboards that read 'In this classroom everyone is welcome' and an LGBTQ+ pride flag on my bookshelf," he wrote on Twitter. "This was an attempt to make my classroom more open and welcoming for all of my students and nothing was ever taught about the flag because it stood there as a reflection of my classroom as a safe space for my LGBTQIA+ students."


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Another Florida school district on Tuesday made the decision to push back against Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and implement a mandatory mask mandate for its students.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf on Tuesday issued a mask mandate for all K-12 school and child care facilities to protect against the spread of COVID-19, three weeks after the Democrat said he would leave the decision to individual districts.

A black school principal has been placed on paid leave one week after a group of parents accused him of pushing Critical Race Theory— even though the Texas school does not mention it in the district’s curriculum.

A Texas parent on Monday took off his clothing during a school board meeting to make a point regarding social norms and the need for mask mandates.

The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday sided once again with Gov. Greg Abbott (R) over his ban on school mask mandates in the state, blocking Bexar County from continuing to defy his executive order. 

A Montana school district is dangling $4,000 bonuses and inviting people to test drive big yellow school buses in hopes of enticing them to take a job that schools are struggling to fill as kids return to in-person classes.

“We have to do everything in our power to keep them safe,” Miguel Cardona said.

For now, schools appear to have the upper hand on implementing mask requirements.

As elementary students anxiously return to school, they will become reacquainted with teachers, manage their class schedules and try not to forget their locker combination.

Quinnipiac University implemented new penalties for unvaccinated students.

A federal judge in Kentucky on Thursday temporarily blocked a statewide school mask mandate put in place amid increased transmission of the highly contagious delta variant of the coronavirus.