Cheyanne Mumphrey

The U.S. is dealing with another school shooting: Two students and two teachers were killed at a school in Georgia.

School attendance tanked during the pandemic and has only started to recover. One reason? Parents are struggling to decide when it’s ok to send a child to school while sick.

The National Association of Black Journalists conference is back to business as usual after former President Donald Trump’s contentious interview.

Investments in public preschool have helped many parents through a child care crisis, in which quality options for early learners are often scarce and unaffordable. But some parents say the programs don’t work for them. Some public preschools lack an all-day option. No state has a more ambitious plan for universal preschool than California, which plans to extend eligibility for so-called “transitional kindergarten” to all 4-year-olds by fall 2025. But even in California, not all schools hosting…

Viewers don’t have to be young or a parent to appreciate the Australian kids’ television program “Bluey,” as this week’s release of a special episode proved. Not only is the animated, blue-colored Australian cattle dog a favorite among children for her playful humor, but the show also appeals to adults who are reminiscing about their childhood. “Bluey” premiered in Australia in 2018 and began streaming on Disney+ in 2020. The show has released more than 150 episodes, about seven minutes long and…

For as long as schools have policed hairstyles as part of their dress codes, some students have seen the rules as attempts to deny their cultural and religious identities. To school administrators, strict dress codes can be tools for promoting uniformity and discipline. In recent years, schools have faced pressure to reconsider their policies. Nowhere have school rules on hair been a bigger flashpoint than in Texas. A trial this week is set to determine whether school administrators can continue…

For months after George Floyd was killed by police in May 2020, people from around the world traveled to the site of his murder in Minneapolis and left signs, paintings and poems to memorialize the man whose death reignited a movement against systemic racism. Now hundreds of those artifacts are being displayed at an exhibit at the Arizona State University Art Museum. It’s the first time the work is on public display outside of Minnesota. Paintings of Floyd and poems written about him stand on ea…

The number of kindergartners in public school plunged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Concerned about the virus or wanting to avoid online school, hundreds of thousands of families delayed the start of school for their young children. Most have returned to schooling of some kind, but even three years after the pandemic school closures, kindergarten enrollment has continued to lag. For many families, kindergarten is no longer the assumed first step in a child’s formal education, another sign of the…

A Texas high school Black student has been disciplined for months for refusing to change his hairstyle. He’s not likely to be back with his classmates anytime soon. Darryl George returned to in-school suspension at his Houston-area campus last week and will remain there for now. Before that, he had spent a month at an off-site disciplinary program. Various issues are complicating George’s situation and preventing him from returning to class. These include delays in asking a judge to pause his pu…

The College Board has released an updated framework for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course, which officially launches next academic year. The framework released Wednesday includes more material on topics including the Tulsa Race Massacre, Black culture’s influence on film and sports, and discriminatory practices known as redlining. The course has gained national attention since Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, now a Republican presidential candidate, said he would ban the cours…

A Texas high school sent a Black student back to in-school suspension for refusing to change his hairstyle, renewing a monthslong standoff over a dress code policy the teen’s family calls discriminatory. The student, Darryl George, was suspended for 13 days because his hair is out of compliance when let down, according to a disciplinary notice issued by Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas. It was his first day back at the school after spending a month at an off-site disciplinary prog…

For more than a month, Darryl George, a Black high school student in Texas, spent each school day sitting by himself in punishment over his hairstyle. This week, he was sent to a separate disciplinary program where he’s been told he will spend several more weeks away from classmates. In an interview with The Associated Press, George said he has felt discouraged about missing out on his classes and time with the football team. He said: “I feel like I’m missing my full experience of being in the c…

A Black student who spent more than a month on in-school suspension over his dreadlocks has been told he will be removed from his Texas high school and sent to a disciplinary alternative education program on Thursday. Darryl George was suspended Aug. 31 at his Houston-area school. School officials say George’s dreadlocks violate the district’s dress code regarding hair length for boys. The principal says in a letter provided to The Associated Press by the family that he will be sent to EPIC, an…

High school students’ scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of student preparedness for college-level coursework, according to the nonprofit organization that administers the test. Scores have been falling for six consecutive years, but the trend accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Students in the class of 2023 whose scores were reported Wednesday were in their first year of high school when the virus reached the U…

Many LGBTQ+ students say they have not felt represented in sex education classes. To learn about their identities and how to build healthy, safe relationships, some have turned to social media or YouTube. As lawmakers in some states limit what can be taught about sex and gender, it will be that much more difficult for them to come by inclusive material in classrooms. Sex education curriculum varies widely. Some groups including Planned Parenthood have called for sex education to be inclusive of…

A Black high school student in Texas has been punished with an in-school suspension over his hairstyle for over two weeks, his mother said. The family has argued he is not violating the dress code, but when he arrived Monday wearing his hair still in twisted dreadlocks tied on top of his head, he was suspended again. School officials say Darryl George’s dreadlocks violate the district’s dress code. His mother says he isn’t violating rules about hair length for boys. The incident recalls debates…

The white supremacist shooter who killed three Black residents over the weekend at a dollar store in Jacksonville, Florida, stopped beforehand at the state’s first historically Black college. A campus police officer at Edward Waters University approached the man before he fled, potentially thwarting an attack. The incident comes amid a recent spate of threats to historically Black college and universities nationwide. Black students and faculty fear they are increasingly unsafe. The FBI, Black le…

The College Board says changes will be made to its new AP African American studies course, after critics said the agency bowed to political pressure and removed several topics from the framework, including Black Lives Matter, slavery reparations and queer life. The College Board said in a statement on Monday that experts charged with authoring the course will make changes to the latest framework in the next few months. It remains unclear what the changes are or when they will be made public. The…

PHOENIX (AP) — America’s schools say kids are hungry — just as pandemic-era benefit programs have lapsed. There is growing concern about the effects on kids’ ability to learn. Congress temporarily made school meals free to all American schoolkids, but since that ended last fall , the need has only seemed to grow.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — On break in the hallway between St. Marcus Lutheran Church and its attached school, eighth grader Annii Kinepoway had no hesitation in explaining what she’s learned to love best here — the good Lord and good grades.