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USDA introduces new guidelines to improve school meals
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced new regulations on Wednesday to improve the quality of school breakfasts and lunches by tightening the limits on salt and sugar.
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USDA updates rules for school meals limiting added sugars and sodium
U.S. agriculture officials announced new nutrition standards for school meals that will limit added sugars for the first time.
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Dallas ISD prepares students for successful careers
The Career Institutes of Dallas ISD Neighborhood Schools help provide a plan that leads to success in the career that your student chooses.
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Schools are using surveillance tech to catch students vaping, snaring some with harsh punishments
Schools around the country are installing sensors and cameras to crack down on student vaping and handing out harsh punishments for many who are caught.
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Handcuffed and sent to the ER for misbehavior: Schools are sending more kids for psychiatric evaluation
Black students are more frequently subjected to these removals than their peers.
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After-school ‘Satan Club' at Connecticut elementary school raises eyebrows in town
An organizer for the Satan Club says kids who attend will be doing activities that focus on science and rationalization while building empathy and tolerance for all creatures.
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TEA releases 2022-2023 financial accountability ratings
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) released final financial accountability ratings for Texas public school systems.
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Schools focus on fitness and safety on National Walk to School Day
The program has been in place for more than a decade, and it helps to improve local sidewalks and crosswalks.
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‘Walk to School' day focuses on sidewalks, safety
At least 100 North Texas schools are participating in the national effort on Wednesday.
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Texas public school leaders demand more money ahead of expected special session
Texas school superintendents are joining forces to demand more money to operate and stop state leaders from approving plans to use tax dollars for private schools. NBC 5’s education reporter Wayne Carter has the story.
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More students gain eligibility for free school meals under expanded USDA program
More students in schools serving low-income communities will be eligible to receive breakfast and lunch at no cost under a rule change announced Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Long Island 5-year-old walked right out of school undetected. His parents want changes
The parents of a 5-year-old Long Island boy are furious after their kindergartener was able to walk out of his elementary school, undetected, and walked nearly a third of a mile to his house. It was his parents who learned he had left school.
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4-day school week has students celebrating, parents trying to solve child care gap
Hundreds of school systems around the country have adopted four-day weeks in recent years, mostly in rural and western parts of the U.S. Districts cite cost savings and advantages for teacher recruitment.
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Alabama band director who wouldn't stop performing at football game is tased, arrested by police
The altercation happened Thursday after the Minor and Jackson-Olin High School football game in Birmingham.
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2 busses collide at intersection
A collision involving a city bus and a school bus at an intersection in Racine, Wisconsin, was caught on camera Wednesday.
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More than 100 Texas clergy reject new school chaplain law
Open letter, addressed to Texas school board members, takes issue with new state law that would allow school districts to replace counselors with unlicensed chaplains.
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Over 100 Texas religious leaders reject new school chaplain law
Open letter, addressed to Texas school board members, takes issue with new state law that would allow school districts to replace counselors with unlicensed chaplains.
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Democrats push for investigation of Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's firebrand schools superintendent
A Tulsa-area school district is in its second week of bomb threats after Walters shared a Libs of TikTok post about a school librarian on social media.
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Classses canceled over electricity and A/C issues amid triple-digit temps
On this brutally hot day, students and staff at several schools around North Texas faced electricity or A/C problems. It’s still up in the air if one school will resume classes on Monday.
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Several North Texas schools faced no electricity or A/C on a hot Friday
On this brutally hot day, students and staff at several schools around North Texas faced electricity or A/C problems. It’s still up in the air if one school will resume classes on Monday.