In an unanimous vote, Oakland Unified School District’s board passed the “George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate Oakland Schools Police Department” on Wednesday.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- June 26, 2020
Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Lizeth Cuellar and Michael Slaughter, Ph.D. to the Texas School Safety Center Board for terms set to expire Feb. 1, 2021.
The state will not require students to wear facemasks, shields, or be tested for the deadly coronavirus when Texas schools re-open for in-person classes in the fall.
- By Corbett Smith, Eva-Marie Ayala
- June 19, 2020
As thousands of people across the country protested in response to the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, multiple school districts are considering removing school resource officers from schools.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- June 12, 2020
A majority of college presidents surveyed by the American Council of Education say a fall opening is likely.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- May 28, 2020
March 2020 was the first March in about 20 years without a school shooting in the United States. The Washington Post reported that has been school shootings in the month of March every year since 2002.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- May 27, 2020
Trustees unanimously vote to reopen residential campuses in Florida and Arizona; face-to-face instruction begins June 30
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- May 22, 2020
Brian Miller was fired from the Broward County Sheriff’s Office last year for not adequately responding to the shooting. Now that firing has been thrown out by a union arbitrator.
- By Haley Samsel
- May 15, 2020
Many districts, including Lyon County in Nevada, are grappling with how to cut costs in the face of a drop in revenue to fund schools.
- By Haley Samsel
- May 11, 2020
Officers are helping with truancy checks, technology assistance, road patrol and meal distribution as schools across the state remain closed through at least May 1.
- By Haley Samsel
- April 08, 2020