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A school district in Waukesha, Wisconsin has decided to opt out of a federally funded program that provides all students with free lunch regardless of income status. WISN 12 reports Waukesha is the only district in the entire state to do away with the federal free lunch program, which was implemented nationwide last year by the federal government […]
The University of Virginia has disenrolled more than 230 students for not complying with the school’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement. The Virginian-Pilot reports 238 students, including 49 who were enrolled in fall courses, were disenrolled after “receiving multiple reminders via email, text, phone calls, calls to parents that they were out of compliance.” Approximately 96.6 percent of the UVA student body is fully vaccinated […]
Florida, a state with political leadership hell-bent on standing in the way of protective pandemic measures, saw four educators in the Broward County school system die within a 24-hour period due to COVID-19. Between Tuesday and Wednesday, per CBS Miami, three Broward County school teachers and one assistant died after contracting COVID-19. At least three of the […]
Lil Baby is looking out for kids in Atlanta. The rapper hosted a back-to-school drive on Sunday, giving away laptops, school supplies and new clothes to kids in the area as they prepare to head back to classes in the fall. Baby also offered merch from his Four The People Foundation at the event. Baby posted photos […]
Target has joined the growing list of retailers and restaurant chains offering educational assistance for its employees. The retail giant announced Wednesday that it would pay for the full cost of college for its U.S.-based part-time and full-time employees. Target plans to invest $200 million over the next four years in the program, which will offer debt-free assistance for select […]
A school board meeting in North Carolina’s Buncombe County turned hostile after unruly protestors showed up to object the school’s new mask mandate. The Buncombe County Schools Board of Education passed the motion Thursday morning in a 4-2 vote, stipulating that face coverings be required for all unvaccinated staff and student in grades K-13 inside […]
A Black educator in Texas is breaking his silence about a 2019 incident that may have been rooted in racism. On Saturday, Colleyville Heritage High School Principal James Whitfield penned a lengthy Facebook message in which he detailed the racist attacks he’s experienced over the years. The post came as some parents are criticizing Whitfield for teaching […]
The Texas state Senate passed a new bill dropping the requirement for public school teachers to instruct students that the Klu Klux Klan is “morally wrong.” Senate Bill 3 passed with an 18-4 vote on Friday in the Republican-led Senate and will be considered by the Republican-led House, according to the Hill. The measure also drops several other […]
A former high school student is being charged with two counts of third-degree computer crimes after unlawfully accessing his school’s computer database, putting a quote from Adolf Hitler in the yearbook, and attributing it to George Floyd. According to the New York Post, 18-year-old Connecticut high school grad Hollister Tryon submitted the following quote: “It is a […]
Pharrell is expanding the education arm of his nonprofit, Yellow, to include a handful of private schools aimed at serving low-income students in his hometown of Virginia. He’s opening the first school in Norfolk, Virginia’s Ghent neighborhood, close to his Virginia Beach hometown. “If the system is fixed and unfair, then it needs to be broken,” Williams […]