The quintessential childhood milestone of learning how to ride a bike is moving from driveways and sidewalks and into P.E. classes, The Associated Press reported. It’s part of All Kids Bike, a nonprofit program that has...
School District of Philadelphia Superintendent Tony Watlington speaks at Edward Gideon School in North Philadelphia on Sept. 28, 2026 about the expansion of the Handle With Care program.
Sixth grader Jocelyn Montiel had her phone stolen. She said her friend, Esteban Gonzalez, was to blame. Gathered around a table in educator Grover Edwards’ classroom, the two students discussed the situation with two of...
A flurry of immigration enforcement steps away from schools in California’s second-largest city has sparked outrage among educators and local officials.
On August 14, 2019, a long-anticipated lookback window opened in New York state, allowing adult survivors of childhood sexual assault a second chance at justice. Just after midnight, Kathryn Robb, who said she was...
This article was published in partnership with Mother Jones. Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of child sexual abuse. Going to high school in Dutchess County, New York, in the 1960s, there was no late...
New York’s Child Victims Act is often referred to as a window — or a lookback window — because it took an aperture once shut to adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and flung it open again. The law created an...
Early in my career as a high school English teacher, I was chaperoning a field trip to Six Flags when a 9th-grade student asked me to hold her phone while she rode the roller coaster. After she walked away, her phone...
L.J.’s third-grade teacher, accused in 44 Child Victims Act cases, was recently convicted and sentenced to decades in prison for child sexual abuse.
Amanda Geduld’s two-year investigation revealed how schools and alleged abusers are protected when students are not — something she had seen before.
Nearly all of the 763 registered vendors surveyed by the Los Angeles Unified School District so far do not support immigration enforcement activities carried out by ICE, according to a district presentation. The...
Peer mediators at H.L. Harshman Middle School in Indianapolis resolve a conflict between their peers under the supervision of Grover Edwards, who leads the program.
In more than nine years as a sex educator, I’ve heard a lot of things in my classrooms. But a comment from a boy no older than 12 particularly struck me. During a lesson on consent and healthy relationships, he insisted...
Police in Sonoma County arrested a student after she brought a gun to Casa Grande High School in Petaluma on Wednesday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The arrest occurred at the school. Casa Grande High School as...
School District of Philadelphia Chief of Safety Craig Johnson shares updates with press at Abraham Lincoln High School on Aug. 20, 2026.
Disturbing and AI-generated versions of Dr Seuss character have been used to threaten schools and communities. The post US schools and police warn about viral ‘Cat in the Hat’ trend after teens’ arrests appeared first...
A Meta settlement that could direct hundreds of millions of dollars to Tennessee child mental health well-being programs is a "once-in-a-generation opportunity," one Tennessee lawmaker says.
Schools were closed Tuesday and Wednesday, and officials said they could be closed longer for the safety of students. That's because the district can't access student health records and transportation and food-related...
California’s mandate requiring later start times for middle and high schools is already yielding results, with students sleeping more, reporting better mental health and scoring higher math and English scores, according...