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In a national survey of 1,230 school nutritiondirectors, nearly all said the rising costs of food and supplies were their top challenges this year. More than 90% said they were facing supply chain and staffing shortages.

As kids’ behavior reaches crisis points after the stress and isolation of pandemic shutdowns, many schools are facing pressure from critics to rethink their approaches to discipline — including policies intended to reduce suspensions and expulsions.

Blame it on the pandemic and “supply chain problems,” says the school district’s assistant superintendent of finance.

Iowa’s largest school district has canceled classes for a second day due to an apparent cyberattack on its computer system.

A video of Matthew Myslenski, a Connecticut high school senior, reacting to his acceptance at Harvard has been viewed by millions.

Teacher shortages and poor retention rates for public school employees prompted the change.

A picture book is sparking controversy and debate in a Connecticut town after it was included in a second grade class curriculum.

Among 18 of the country’s largest school districts, 12 started this school year with fewer counselors or psychologists than they had in fall 2019, according to an analysis by Chalkbeat. As a result, many school mental health professionals have caseloads that far exceed recommended limits, according to experts and advocates, and students must wait for urgently needed help.

The FBI’s update comes as academic institutions across the nation have faced a surge of threats, including many targeting historically Black colleges and universities.

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration has rewritten Virginia’s model policies for the treatment of transgender students, issuing guidance for school divisions that would roll back some accommodations and tighten parental notification requirements.

Students in Uvalde, Texas, returned to school on Tuesday for the first time since the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in May, where a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers. Robb Elementary students have been reassigned to other campuses across the district for the new school year after the city’s mayor announced plans to demolish Robb. Meredith Yeoman,...

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Cases of adolescent anxiety have at least doubled since the pandemic, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association. And “mental health problems were already at an emergency level before the pandemic even happened,” psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Bober says. Bober joins LX News and shares advice for kids facing stress and anxiety ahead of this school year.

Conservative Supreme Court justices have “chipped away” at separation of church and state, though the right-leaning wing of the court is divided on whether the concept is still viable, says Willamette University professor Steven Green.

As the public awaits a coming decision that could overturn Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court released a batch of other decisions. They ruled in favor of religious freedom in a Maine case on school choice, and tweaked a criminal sentencing rule on attempted robbery cases. Constitutional attorney Andrew M. Lieb joins LX News to discuss.

Congressional child nutrition waivers that allowed for free meals in school and other food assistance measures are expiring June 30.

A fifth grader at a Springfield, Mass., school was displeased with the state of tacos at his school, so he brought his concerns to state Rep. Orlando Ramos, who got the district to do something about it.

More than 100 former students and staff at the school have been diagnosed with cancer over the last 30 years, and local parents say the information they’re getting on the investigation is woefully insufficient.

The safety agent believes one quick shift saved his life, leaving him with a deep puncture wound behind his ear — rather than a cut to a main artery, which he thinks the attacker was aiming for

A Facebook post saying security would throw out students’ food had garnered hundreds of comments before it was abruptly deleted Tuesday morning.