Decked out in rain boots, ponchos and umbrellas, tens of thousands of teachers took to the streets of Los Angeles on Monday in a fight for the future of the city’s schools. Source: Huffington Post
A proposed law in Arizona would completely limit the ability of Arizona schoolteachers to talk about politics and other “controversial issues” in schools. Schools can be political without being partisan. Source: The Hechinger Report
After the 2016 presidential election, teachers across the country reported they were seeing increased name-calling and bullying in their classrooms. Research shows that those stories are confirmed by student surveys. Source: KQED Mindshift
There are potentially millions of students at risk of being food insecure, which means they do not have access to nutritious, affordable food. Many are at risk of dropping out. Source: The Atlantic
Shop class is making a comeback in Texas, where immigration enforcement has left the construction industry with a dearth of skilled workers. Source: Dallas News
A new study by the Rand Corporation, a nonpartisan think tank, shows just how crucial improving the climate at school can be to helping decrease suspensions. Source: The Atlantic
High schools across the country have answered the challenge to provide safe and supportive spaces for children. Slower to move, however, are middle schools. Source: Edutopia
The annual ritual of state testing in elementary and middle schools often comes within an unwelcome side effect: jittery, stressed-out kids. A new study documents some of what’s actually happening to students. Source: Chalkbeat
The nation’s urban schools have improved significantly, but middle-class, white parents tend to make assumptions otherwise—and research suggests that those assumptions are the result of racial biases. Source: The Atlantic
For many American children, going to school means handing over personal data, increasing parent concerns that it is being illegitimately shared. But laws in the United States offer students very little digital privacy or security protection against the wiles of technology companies. Source: The New York Times