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    Book banning in schools surges, report says

    April 17, 2024
    PEN America, an advocate for free expression, has documented more than 4,000 instances of book banning from July to December 2023.
    Google

    Former assistant principal charged in connection with 2023 shooting of teacher by 6-year-old student

    April 11, 2024
    Ebony Parker, who was assistant principal at Richneck Elementary in Newport News, Virginia, is charged with child abuse for allegedly failing to act on warnings that the 1st-grade...
    Socorro Independent School District

    Socorro (Texas) school superintendent placed on leave

    March 27, 2024
    An audit has found that Nate Carman, who announced last month that he is leaving the district, may have a conflict of interest with regard to a district contract.
    Google

    Birmingham-Southern College is closing

    March 27, 2024
    Trustees have voted to close the school, founded in 1918, after Alabama lawmakers said a bailout was likely to fail.

    Broward County (Florida) district owes millions to charter schools, state says

    March 21, 2024
    The Florida Education Commissioner says the district should have provided funds from a 2018 referendum to charter schools in the county.

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    Texas judge rules that district's suspension of Black student over hair length was allowable

    Feb. 22, 2024
    The Barbers Hill district suspended high school junior Daryl George over the length of his hair.
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    Supreme Court declines to take appeal challenging Virginia high school's admissions policy

    Feb. 21, 2024
    The lawsuit contended that the admissions policy at the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology was unfair to Asian American students.
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    St. Paul (Minnesota) district superintendent is Superintendent of the Year

    Feb. 16, 2024
    Joe Gothard, who has led the district since 2017, received the honor for 2024 from the AASA.
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    Memphis-Shelby County board selects new superintendent

    Feb. 15, 2024
    Marie Feagins, an administrator in the Detroit school system, will lead the 106,000-student Memphis district.