School

Over 27 years, Oregon students working with Schnitzer Cares: Student Grantmaking have given out over $5 million to more than 560 nonprofit organizations and school programs.

The letter, sent to school leaders across the nation late last week, threatens to withhold federal funding from schools for “any violation” of civil rights law — including DEI programs that “advantage one race over another.”

Washington state lawmakers are considering bills to revise the parents’ rights law. They have until the end of next month to finalize proposed changes, some of which would eliminate rights for parents to access their kids’ school-based medical records.

Students and families had called for Stockwell to resign for weeks, for what they say was a failure to respond to allegations of sexual abuse committed by teachers.

The Seattle branch of the department’s Office for Civil Rights launched the investigation after a transgender girl played in a high school girls’ basketball game last month. This comes weeks after Trump issued an executive order barring transgender girls and women from competing in women’s sports.

Opponents worried that the resolution would have put an ‘unnecessary target’ on the district’s back and jeopardized federal funding.

A 2023 law barring sale of fluorescent bulbs has schools wrestling with flickering lights – and major costs.

The biggest question this session is about how much money the state will invest in public schools for the next biennium. But it’s not the only question.

St. Helens School District officials said they shifted to the virtual format after they learned about gun threats related to the board meeting.

Steven T. Webb took on the superintendent role after the St. Helens School District was rocked by a sexual abuse scandal involving several educators and administrators.