Tag: Education
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Illinois Will Screen Kids for Depression. Parents Should Have to Say Yes.
Illinois will offer mental health screenings to every student from third grade up, and its guidance does not require a parent’s signature. The Education Department has given the state until Nov. 13 to require written consent and stop keeping results out of official records. It is right: ask parents first.
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Nearly Half of Tweens Have Used AI Chatbots. A Bot Isn’t a Friend.
Nearly half of 9- to 12-year-olds have used an AI chatbot, and many teens turn to one when they’re lonely or stressed. New York just banned bots from posing as human with kids. Here’s what the new research shows, what the law does, and why parents still have to lead.
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One School Board Quit Keeping Secrets From Parents. Another Just Started.
The Chathams school district in New Jersey settled a parental rights lawsuit and promised not to revive a policy that let staff keep a child’s gender transition from parents. The same week, Haverford Township in Pennsylvania voted 8-0 to do the opposite. Here’s what the Supreme Court already said, and why parents shouldn’t need a…
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Even Hochul Said Yes to School Choice. Other Democrats Are Stalling.
New York’s Kathy Hochul opted into the federal school choice tax credit, but most Democratic governors are still stalling ahead of the Jan. 1 deadline. Why their fraud questions deserve answers, why the delay looks political, and why families should speak up.
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Colorado Promised Universal Preschool. Then It Shut Out Catholic Schools.
Colorado markets its preschool program as universal, but two Catholic preschools were shut out after asking for a religious exemption. The Supreme Court hears St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy on Nov. 3. Here’s the conservative case that universal should mean universal.
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Most Schools Still Haven’t Recovered From COVID. Louisiana Did.
A new CRPE report finds only 10.5% of students attend districts that have recovered from pandemic learning loss in both reading and math. Louisiana is the lone state above 2019 levels. Here is what it did, and what parents should demand from their own state.
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Maryland Called It Race-Neutral. The Supreme Court Will Decide.
Maryland parents say their district wrote race-neutral magnet school rules to cut Asian American enrollment. Now the Supreme Court will decide if they get to prove it in court.
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