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Indianapolis Star
dolphinswire. usatoday. com > story > opinion > columnists > 03/17/2026 > indiana-clt-classic-learning-test-degree-cuts-contradiction > 89138740007

Indiana pushes a classics test while killing classics degrees | Opinion

4+ week, 18+ hour ago  (904+ words) Indiana legislators voted to put Plato and Augustine on a college entrance exam " while also voting to eliminate the degree programs in which students study Plato and Augustine. A new standardized college entrance exam is hitting Indiana. It comes with…...

Florida Today
dolphinswire. usatoday. com > story > news > education > 04/07/2026 > what-would-proposed-brevard-millage-resolution-do-for-teachers-students > 89450828007

Brevard's 2026 school millage measure to put funds toward teacher pay

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (466+ words) Can a county-wide property tax mean the difference between dinner out and scraping together cash for groceries for your favorite teacher? According to Brevard Public Schools, the answer is yes. Over the course of the evening, speakers broke down the…...

Palm Beach Post
dolphinswire. usatoday. com > story > news > education > 03/19/2026 > palm-beach-county-school-district-close-lincoln-elementary-riviera-beach > 89025953007

Palm Beach County closes elementary school, shuffles 380 students

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (624+ words) It's official: Lincoln Elementary School will close at the end of this school year and will be renovated to reopen in 2028 as the new home of Inlet Grove High. Lincoln's closure will be only the second time inmorethan 30 years that…...

Oklahoman
dolphinswire. usatoday. com > story > news > education > 02/27/2026 > oklahoma-education-ranks-48th-what-can-it-learn-from-mississippi > 88884774007

Oklahoma's schools fall to 48th. Can it learn from Mississippi?

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (810+ words) On nearly every important measure of academic success, Oklahoma now sits at the bottom." That hasn't always been the case." In the 1990s, Oklahoma ranked in the top half of states in reading and math, but began to fall in 2000. The…...

Fort Myers News-Press
dolphinswire. usatoday. com > story > news > education > 02/27/2026 > lee-county-student-protest-walkouts-discipline-first-amendment > 88897152007

More than 2, 400 Lee County students face discipline after walkouts

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (614+ words) More than 2, 400 Lee County students face discipline after mass walkouts earlier this month. The School District of Lee County has completed its disciplinary review, finding that 2, 480 students violated the Student Code of Conduct. The findings, shared with The News-Press/Naples…...

Palm Springs Desert Sun
dolphinswire. usatoday. com > story > news > education > 02/03/2026 > school-cell-phone-bans-rules-psusd-cvusd-dsusd > 88374021007

Schools putting new limits on Coachella Valley students" cellphone use

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (677+ words) As a state deadline draws closer to limit cellphone use at school, K-12 school districts in the Coachella Valley are outlining how those changes could look on their campuses. The Desert Sands Unified and Palm Springs Unified school districts have both…...

Detroit Free Press
dolphinswire. usatoday. com > story > news > education > 02/18/2026 > doj-investigation-3-michigan-school-districts > 88747293007

DOJ starts investigations into 3 Michigan school districts

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (581+ words) At issue, according to letters from DOJ, is if the districts allow parents to opt out of instruction about "sexual orientation or gender ideology.". .. DOJ starts investigations into 3 Michigan school districts The U. S. Department of Justice announced Feb. 18 that it is…...

Palm Beach Post
dolphinswire. usatoday. com > story > news > education > 02/12/2026 > newest-count-shows-another-big-drop-in-school-district-enrollment > 88530152007

Palm Beach County schools losing more students and funding. Here's why

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (657+ words) The Palm Beach County School District's enrollment continues to crater, and, with new projections showing still more student loss next year, district officials say they know they must now aggressively compete for students whose parents could choose to homeschool their…...

Palm Beach Post
dolphinswire. usatoday. com > story > news > education > 02/04/2026 > new-riviera-beach-high-school-could-cost-150m-for-design-prep-build > 88319196007

Palm Beach County schools eye $1. 3 B in new schools, renovations

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (846+ words) Plans for a new high school in Riviera Beach " expected to be a discussion point during a Palm Beach County School Board workshop today, Wednesday, Feb. 4 " are included in the district's $1. 3 billion renovation and construction outlook over the next decade....

The Providence Journal
dolphinswire. usatoday. com > story > news > local > 12/23/2025 > what-is-the-clery-act-brown-university-under-investigation-mass-shooting-department-of-education > 87893656007

Department of Education to determine if Brown violated the Clery Act. What is it?

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (449+ words) The U. S. Department of Education announced that it will investigate Brown University following a Dec. 13 mass shooting on campus to determine whether the school violated Clery Act safety requirements. The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics…...