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Board of Education Penalizes Miami-Dade and Broward School Districts Over Mask Mandates
The Florida Board of Education voted unanimously to penalize eight school districts, including Miami-Dade and Broward, which Commissioner of Education, Richard Corcoran, said are guilty of mandating masks instead of making them optional.
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New Penalties on School Districts for Mask Mandates
The Florida Department of Education imposing new penalties on school districts with mask mandates. This is the latest response from the state in the battle over face coverings in classrooms. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports
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State Gives Broward Schools 48 Hours to Comply on Mask Order or Face Sanctions
The Florida Board of Education is ordering Broward County to comply with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ executive order banning mask mandates within 48 hours. In a letter sent to the Broward County School Board on Friday, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran said both Broward County and Alachua County must comply within 48 hours before both counties could face sanctions. “It is important…
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State Orders Broward to Comply With Rules on Masks in School
The Florida Department of Education is ordering Broward and Alachua Counties to comply within 48 hours or face sanctions.
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First Day of School in Broward County in the Books With Mask Mandate
NBC 6’s Ari Odzer is in Hollywood where the new school year looked a little different in Broward than previous years as the county instated a mask mandate.
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Florida Bans Teaching of ‘Critical Race Theory' in Public Schools
Florida’s state Board of Education banned “critical race theory” from public school classrooms Thursday. NBC 6’s Ari Odzer reports
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DeSantis Proposes Replacement For Common Core in Florida Schools
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Friday a new framework for setting academic standards in Florida schools that would replace the controversial Common Core.
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DeSantis Announces New Academic Standards for Florida, Rejects Common Core
The changes were criticized by Miami’s teacher union, and still need to be approved by a board to get implemented
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Parole Denied Again for Inmate in 1976 School Bus Hijacking
California officials again rejected parole Tuesday for the last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of children for $5 million ransom more than four decades ago.
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Mental Health Classes Becoming Mandatory in Florida Schools
The Board of Education proposed a change to the state curriculum that would require schools to teach at least five hours of mental health instruction, though it was not made clear if the measure would be enacted for the upcoming school year.
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California Becomes First State to Prohibit Hair Discrimination in Workplaces and Schools
California is the first state to ban discrimination against natural hair in workplaces and schools.
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Bernie Sanders Unveils Plan to Overhaul Public Education
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders wants to suspend taxpayer funding of new charter schools and ban those that are for-profit as part of his plan to overhaul public education that he released on Saturday. Saying charter schools are “exacerbating educational segregation,” Sanders proposes more transparency and accountability for them, as well as limits on the pay of their chief executives....
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Suit Filed in Case of 4 Girls Claiming NY School Strip-Search
The parents of four 12-year-old girls who say they were illegally strip-searched in school are suing a New York district in federal court.
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Ben Crump on the Fight for Social Justice
In an one-on-one interview, civil rights attroeny Ben Crump talks about the high-profile trials that sparked the Black Lives Matter movement, his continued fight for social justice and the South Florida mom he thinks should run for office.
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Long Island School District Investigates Racist Photos
A school district on Long Island said it was investigating after a photo of nooses was allegedly displayed in a middle school classroom.
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Strike Ends, LA Teachers Head Back to Their Classrooms
Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers returned to work Wednesday after voting to ratify a contract deal between their union and school officials, ending a six-day strike for the nation’s second-largest district.
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Florida Gov.-Elect Ron DeSantis Announces Picks for Education, Emergency Management
Florida Republican Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis is tapping a former House speaker to be education commissioner and a Democratic state representative to head the state’s Division of Emergency Management.
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Mississippi's ‘Segregation Academy' History Highlighted in Senate Race
It took more than 15 years for Mississippi and other Southern states to catch up to the Supreme Court’s landmark desegregation decision, Brown v. Board of Education, and many public schools found ways around the new system, NBC News reported. The issue came to light again last week when the Jackson Free-Press reported that Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith a school...
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After Parkland, Parents Push for School Security Upgrades
In Kentucky, parents have pooled money to pay an armed officer to begin patrolling schools. A mayor outside Cleveland, Ohio, is urging a security levy to pay for guards. And a town in New Jersey has begun assigning off-duty police to stand vigil inside all its school buildings. In the jittery aftermath of the shooting in Parkland, Florida, novel efforts...
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Striking West Virginia Teachers Have Eye on Fall Elections
West Virginia’s teachers striking for the fourth day over low pay and rising health insurance costs say state legislators are failing to learn their civics lessons, which may have to be driven home at the ballot box in November. All 100 seats in the House and half of the 34 Senate seats will be on the fall ballot. Both chambers...