The president of the Chicago school board resigned Thursday just a week after he was appointed because of social media posts deemed antisemitic, anti-women and lending credence to a conspiracy theory about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

More rule and policy changes from Florida’s Board of Education are again drawing mixed reactions.

Florida’s restrictions on instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity have “effectively banned” an Advanced Placement psychology course throughout the state, according to the organization that develops the college-level courses offered to high-school students.

Several controversial school rules were approved today ahead of the next school year.

The State Board of Education on Wednesday approved new academic standards for instruction about African American history, after numerous teachers from across Florida objected to the changes and asked the board to put the proposal on hold.

Duval County Public Schools must give a report Wednesday to the Florida Department of Education on how it is complying with Florida’s “Parents Bill of Rights."

Voters in West Virginia will get the final say on a ballot question that would amend the state constitution to give the Republican-dominated legislature control over virtually every aspect of public schooling.

An effort to transform how Georgia tests its K-12 public school students is faltering and may not achieve its goals.

The State Board of Education on Wednesday will consider extending a temporary rule that allows students who are ordered to quarantine at home because of COVID-19 to be counted for attendance at school.

The data complied by Nikki Fried comes from 33 local school district dashboards.

As coronavirus outbreaks driven by the delta variant lead school districts around the U.S. to abruptly shut down or send large numbers of children into quarantine, some students are getting minimal schooling at home.

As the state Board of Education agreed it will use enforcement powers against Alachua County Public Schools over its mask mandate, the school board voted to extend the district’s mandate eight more weeks.

The state Board of Education on Tuesday voted in favor of a recommendation to “use its enforcement powers” against Alachua County Public Schools after the district defied a statewide order to allow students to opt out of wearing a face mask without a doctor’s note.

Florida has become the latest state to ban “critical race theory” from its public schools.

Florida’s Board of Education approved a proposal Thursday that specifies how American history should be taught in public schools and outright bans the teaching of “critical race theory” in Florida classrooms.

The hot button issue of critical race theory will become a topic of discussion Wednesday when Florida Department of Education leadership hosts a public forum in Baker County.

ATLANTA – Georgia’s state Board of Education has approved a plan to pay $1,000 bonuses to teachers and most other education employees, using in $240 million federal coronavirus relief money. The Board of Education voted Thursday to send the money to Georgia school districts, which are in turn supposed to pay teachers before June 30. Woods told board members Thursday he thought it would encourage teachers to stay on the job. State officials followed up by saying they would also pay $1,000 bonuses to preschool teachers, state employees and public university employees, all financed directly or indirectly by federal aid. Many districts are expected to pay $1,000 bonuses to central office staff out of local funds.

FILE - In this June 1, 2020, file photo, San Francisco Mayor London Breed speaks outside City Hall in San Francisco. Breed joined a chorus of officials who have denounced the tweets by the vice president of San Francisco's school board, Alison Collins, as racist and anti-Asian. The posts resurfaced last week amid a surge of violence and harassment against Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area and around the country. They are the latest embarrassment for San Francisco’s school board, which has prided itself on putting racial equity at the top of its agenda. Under a plan recently negotiated with its labor unions, San Francisco plans to phase-in the reopening of elementary school classrooms in mid-April.

Georgia is moving to accept $2 billion in additional federal coronavirus relief for K-12 schools. The state Board of Education is likely to vote to accept and distribute the aid on Thursday, after discussing the plans Wednesday. School districts will get roughly four times as much money as they got last year under last year’s original Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. Brian Kemp will get another $126 million that he can spend, including $79 million that has to be spent on private schools. Over the summer, districts were forced to share part of their pot with local private schools, although the state board used discretionary money to make up was was given to private schools.

GLYNN COUNTY, Fla. The Board of Education in Glynn County voted Tuesday to direct Superintendent Scott Spence to require students to wear masks when they head back to class, according to a report by The Brunswick News. It reports that board members will reassess the mandate later in the school year. Until the decision Tuesday night, Glynn Schools said it was planning to have staff wear masks, but students were only strongly encouraged to wear one. The district said high-touch areas will be cleaned and disinfected regularly. For recess, there will be staggered use of the playgroundFor transportation, bus drivers and riders will wear face coverings, buses will be cleaned regularly and hand santizer will be provided as supplies allow.

BRUNSWICK, Ga. - McDonald Construction Company's bid to build the new Altama Elementary School in Glynn County has been approved by the Board of Education. According to The Brunswick News, the school will be built on Altama Avenue and is set to open in fall 2021. The decision was made Tuesday night during the Glynn County School Board meeting. In March, the board approved the first phase of site clearing. The new site is about three-quarters of a mile from the current school.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida public school officials will be required to report to the state their methods of teaching students about substance abuse every year, under a new mandate approved by the state Board of Education on Wednesday. From the time they enter kindergarten to the moment they graduate high school, Florida students are required to take classes on substance use and abuse, according to state law. But Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran said his department needs a rule requiring schools to report their plans to the state, to ensure they are meeting the instruction mandate. All we are doing is requiring them to report it, Corcoran said. They dont have to come up with something new.Under the new rule, school districts must report their plans to the Florida Department of Education every year, and explain how they will teach students about youth substance use and abuse.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The State Board of Education is poised to consider new rules next week, including a requirement that all public schools begin teaching students each year about youth substance abuse. Under the rule, which will be considered during a meeting Aug. 21 in Broward County, school districts would need to report to the state their methods of instruction and the resources used to teach students about substance abuse. Schools would also be mandated to report the professional qualifications of people teaching the classes, according to the rule. Another proposal slated for consideration would require school superintendents to promptly report to the state Department of Education when they learn about teacher or administrator misconduct. School districts would have 24 hours to notify the state department about arrests, convictions or substantiated allegations of misconduct related to any administrative or instructional personnel.