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As kids' behavior reaches crisis points after the stress and isolation of pandemic shutdowns, many schools are facing pressure from critics to rethink their approaches to discipline — including policies intended to reduce suspensions and expulsions

"We will miss her experience and expertise," Governor Gordon said. "She has worked to improve our state’s education system, and I thank her for her efforts. Her service to the State has been exemplary, and I wish her well in her new role.”

A recent Wyoming school board meeting was yet again packed with opponents of mask mandates when things took an abrupt turn and a parent started reading out sexually explicit passages from a book available in school libraries.

She quotes the state constitution.

A judge has ruled that Florida school districts may impose mask mandates.

Trustee Tom Keegan, who opposed the proposal, objected to it on the grounds that it was a slippery slope to ban a book.

“People are entitled to their sexual orientation,” says Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Quality Learning Mike Hamel.

Members of the public voiced their opinions on two policy drafts regarding transgender and gender-nonconforming students at a packed Albany County School Board hearing in the School Administration Building Wednesday night. Emotions ran high at times, but School Board Chair Janice Marshall commended those in attendance for keeping the hearing respectful...