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Missouri and Kansas public schools enroll thousands of fewer students compared to before the pandemic, in part, because of a homeschooling boom and declining birth rates.
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Rep. Jim Olsen (R-Roland) filed a bill last week that would mandate hanging the Ten Commandments in Oklahoma’s public school classrooms.
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Oklahoma’s public school system showed consistent levels of academic results but weakening growth in the 2022-23 school year compared to the year before.
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All students received free school meals during the pandemic. That ended after the 2021-22 school year, but several states in the Midwest have expanded access to school meals this school year.
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The Farm-to-School movement is out to revolutionize the humble school lunch with food grown on local farms. But the path from cropland to cafeteria is full of complicated twists and turns. A new wave of federal funding is trying to smooth the way.
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In Texas, students entering kindergarten at public schools are required to have up-to-date vaccinations for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella and Hepatitis A. Ten percent of toddlers haven't even started the series.
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A lawsuit threatens to derail what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious school, St. Isidore of Seville Virtual Catholic Charter School.
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The small private school in Fort Worth is serving students with disabilities with individualized curriculum and small class sizes.
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Gov. Abbott signed the measure into law. Now, districts have until March 1 of next year to vote on having chaplains on staff.
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Lawmakers passed bills to fund state-approved instructional materials, as well as requiring armed security in schools.