Parents Must OK Use of Students’ Preferred Names
The federal education department contends that a transgender student's preferred name or pronoun is not confidential medical info and must be shared with parents.
Families & Communities
Some science in the story of high school sweethearts
From the intensity of the classroom to a 36-year marriage, an Ohio student explores what it takes for couples to go the distance.
Parents aren’t extremists. They’re advocates.
When parents speak up, they’re defending kids, not plotting conspiracies. So why is the Houston school chief calling one “extreme”?
Charlie Kirk killed at Utah Valley University event
The conservative activist’s assassination fueled concerns about rising political violence and deepening partisan divides in the US.
Students join debate over Guard deployment in DC
A high school editorial warns that voices on the ground must be heard, or mistrust between residents and authorities will widen.
Dropped charges don’t ease unease in Palo Alto
Families remain unsettled after a PE teacher's return, urging the district to prioritize student well-being over legal outcomes.
Millions of kids take the Great Kindness Challenge
It's Kindness Week, and millions of students in thousands of school districts have accepted a challenge to perform random acts of kindness.
Immigrants learn English, other skills in Stamford
When immigrants make up a significant portion of a community, it becomes necessary to provide for their needs in English and job skills.
Working moms need a social safety net
Nonstandard work schedules (not 9-to-5, Monday-Friday) are linked to weaker private safety nets, esp. for blacks, and parents with a limited education.
Milwaukee riot follows a police-involved shooting
Riots broke out in Milwaukee Saturday following a police-involved shooting of an armed black man who was fleeing police. Frustration reigns.