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A conservative education group financed by Republican billionaire Jeffrey Yass has donated to Philly for Growth, a super PAC that is boosting some Philadelphia City Council candidates.

In a guest column, a UGA education professor advises teachers to understand what Georgia’s divisive concepts law does and doesn’t dictate.

This Thursday, Student Senate coalition candidates took to the debate floor to discuss student issues on campus.

A counsellor at a Halifax-area elementary school says the demand for mental health needs of students has grown in the past decade, but resources for counsellors haven't kept up.

The Democratic Party of Illinois says it’s spending an “unprecedented” $300,000 to try and swing school board races in favor of 84 candidates statewide, including four running for the Unit 5 school board on April 4.

Bay City Public Schools received four threats in less than one week.

Informally, the candidates are grouped together by their support, or lack of support, for a referendum question on the ballot.

There are more “sides” than is typical in a Bloomington-Normal school board election. Yet all despite those political entanglements, each candidate also has deeply personal reasons for running, in many cases shaped by their own experiences with Unit 5.

THE House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously passed House Bill 23-20 to allow a simple majority or three members to constitute a quorum on the Board of Education.

Berrow Primary School will be joining The Priory Learning Trust from the start of May when it will also unveil a new name and upgrades as part of a series of improvements.