December 14, 2016 School board member called on to resign over blackface photo The Arkansas NAACP and several residents are calling for the resignation of a school board member in eastern Arkansas after photos surfaced of him at a Halloween party in blackface while holding a sign referring to the Black Lives Matter movement.
December 12, 2016 Timeline of events in Iowa State president's planes scandal The governing board of Iowa's public universities is expected to decide Monday whether to take action against Iowa State University's president for his use of school planes.
December 10, 2016 School boss: Student has right to wear Confederate clothing A Pennsylvania school district superintendent says a student has a right to wear a sweatshirt depicting a Confederate flag even though it upsets a black student and her father.
December 9, 2016 The Latest: School boss bans Confederate flag clothing The Latest on a Pennsylvania school district where a black student was upset that a classmate wore a shirt depicting a Confederate flag (all times local): 5:45 p.m.
December 8, 2016 Suspended novels return to school shelves in Virginia county Two classic American novels, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "To Kill a Mockingbird," will immediately return to public school library shelves in a Virginia county.
December 3, 2016 Yale committee recommends standards for college name change Yale University's president has appointed a panel to consider whether to rename a residential college named for an ardent supporter of slavery.
December 1, 2016 Board upholds suspension for NC teacher who stepped on flag A North Carolina school board has upheld the 10-day suspension of a high school teacher who stepped on an American flag during a First Amendment lesson.
November 23, 2016 Baylor settles with 2 women who reported sexual assaults Two women who reported being gang-raped by Baylor University football players have reached a settlement with the school, which has been hammered by months of criticism that it ignored or mishandled assault claims for years.
November 22, 2016 Oakland schools chief to take over as DC chancellor The superintendent of public schools in Oakland, California, is heading east to take over public schools in the District of Columbia.
November 18, 2016 Texas board rejects disputed Mexican-American studies book The Texas Board of Education has unanimously rejected a Mexican-American studies textbook that experts say is rife with factual errors and anti-Hispanic bias.