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USDA introduces new guidelines to improve school meals
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced new regulations on Wednesday to improve the quality of school breakfasts and lunches by tightening the limits on salt and sugar.
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USDA updates rules for school meals limiting added sugars and sodium
U.S. agriculture officials announced new nutrition standards for school meals that will limit added sugars for the first time.
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Schools are using surveillance tech to catch students vaping, snaring some with harsh punishments
Schools around the country are installing sensors and cameras to crack down on student vaping and handing out harsh punishments for many who are caught.
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Taking a closer look at what's behind school weather decisions
School districts across the state have some tough decisions to make when there’s snow and ice. What exactly goes into those decisions? For parents across Connecticut, dealing school delays or closures during winter is a fact of life. “It’s stressful. It’s stressful, but we manage it and find a way in our schedules,” Percy Subbarao, of West Hartford, said....
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Handcuffed and sent to the ER for misbehavior: Schools are sending more kids for psychiatric evaluation
Black students are more frequently subjected to these removals than their peers.
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After school Satan Club at Lebanon Elementary School raises eyebrows in town
There are concerns over a new after school club in Lebanon. The “Satan Club” is set to meet at the elementary school starting next month and that’s got the attention of parents. Organizers say it’s not what you think.
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After-school Satan Club at Lebanon Elementary School raises eyebrows in town
An organizer for the Satan Club says kids who attend will be doing activities that focus on science and rationalization while building empathy and tolerance for all creatures.
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More students gain eligibility for free school meals under expanded USDA program
More students in schools serving low-income communities will be eligible to receive breakfast and lunch at no cost under a rule change announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Long Island 5-year-old walked right out of school undetected. His parents want changes
The parents of a 5-year-old Long Island boy are furious after their kindergartener was able to walk out of his elementary school, undetected, and walked nearly a third of a mile to his house. It was his parents who learned he had left school.
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4-day school week has students celebrating, parents trying to solve child care gap
Hundreds of school systems around the country have adopted four-day weeks in recent years, mostly in rural and western parts of the U.S. Districts cite cost savings and advantages for teacher recruitment.
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U.S. News & World Report rankings explainer: What changed in 2024?
According to U.S. News, this year’s ranking formula was changed and modified to reflect academic reputation, cost of attendance and return on investment.
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Alabama band director who wouldn't stop performing at football game is tased, arrested by police
The altercation happened Thursday after the Minor and Jackson-Olin High School football game in Birmingham.
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2 busses collide at intersection
A collision involving a city bus and a school bus at an intersection in Racine, Wisconsin, was caught on camera Wednesday.
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Democrats push for investigation of Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's firebrand schools superintendent
A Tulsa-area school district is in its second week of bomb threats after Walters shared a Libs of TikTok post about a school librarian on social media.
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Ohio soldier surprises son as school mascot on first day of school
Perry Chronister surprised his 7-year-old son, Eli, on his first day of school after returning from a yearlong deployment by disguising himself as the school mascot.
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Report finds few parents are utilizing new Georgia law making it easier to ban books from school libraries
Georgia Republican lawmakers passed a law to make it easier to challenge school library books as inappropriate, but few people are using it.
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Ohio school district moves to 4-day week
North College Hill City School District outside Cincinnati, Ohio, has become the first in the state to go to a four-day week for in-person learning.
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More states expect schools to keep trans girls off girls teams as K-12 classes resume
Children are heading back to classes and fall sports practices, and four more states are expecting their K-12 schools to keep transgender girls off their girls sports teams.
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Millions of kids are missing weeks of school as attendance tanks across the US
Students have been absent at record rates nationwide since schools reopened after COVID-forced closures.