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March 14, 2022

Oregon's racial standards for kindergartners requires kids to 'identify possible solutions to injustices'

The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) adopted social studies standards that require children as young as 5 to understand their own identity groups and identify examples of racial injustice.

February 16, 2022

Kentucky Senate advances bill to bar biological males from playing female sports

The Kentucky Senate voted Wednesday to advance a measure which would require older students in the state to play on teams based on their biological sex.

February 8, 2022

Loudoun County parents and children serve affidavits to school board calling for them to end mask mandate

Parents and children at a school board meeting in Loudoun County, Virginia, served affidavits to board officials on Tuesday evening, calling on them to cease and desist the school district's mask mandate for students and staff.

February 8, 2022

Children aren't as good at recognizing masked faces as adults, study finds

Kids have a harder time recognizing faces that are masked than adults do, which could harm "children’s ability to navigate through social interactions with their peers and teachers," according to York University researcher Erez Freud, who published his findings on Monday in the journal Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications.

January 28, 2022

New Mexico governor supports $15 minimum wage for school workers

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham backed a $15 minimum wage for all school workers.

January 13, 2022

After-school 'Satan club' in Illinois district elicits 'concern,' superintendent response

Parents of kids at Jane Addams Elementary School in Moline, Illinois, shared 'mounting concern' after flyers about a 'Satan club' were made available to students — and the superintendent responded.

December 21, 2021

MI school district suggests joining BLM protests, warns calling US 'land of opportunity' is 'microaggression'

A public school system in Michigan taught adults in the district how to be good equity allies, asking them to join Black Lives Matter political protests.

December 17, 2021

Michigan schools with mask mandates have 'similar' COVID case rates as schools with no mandate

Data released by the state of Michigan this week showed that coronavirus transmission rates among school-age children have reached comparable levels regardless of community mask mandates. 

December 7, 2021

Minn. health official hyped masks for kids to parents, but sounded a different note behind closed doors

A top Minnesota public health official told parents that masking their children is a "best practice" for mitigating the spread of COVID-19, but he appeared to contradict himself behind closed doors, reportedly telling staff that masking is among the "least effective" mitigation technique.

December 6, 2021

California's proposed woke math curriculum alarms mathematicians, scientists

Nearly 600 STEM professionals have signed an open letter expressing "urgent concern" over the California Department of Education’s efforts to reform mathematics education in the name of equity.