Free school lunch is no longer on the menu for many kids. It's one of many strains on cafeterias

This school year, the maximum U.S. Department of Agriculture reimbursement rate per meal for students eligible for free lunch is $4.85. 

“So, for less than what you'd pay for a latte, schools have to put together a complete meal that includes milk and fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and protein,” said Diane Pratt-Heavner with the national nonprofit School Nutrition Association. 

And it doesn’t just cover food. That $4.85 also has to pay for the kitchen staff, tools, culinary training and cooking equipment…

 https://www.kcur.org/environment-agriculture/2026-10-19/school-lunch-strains-high-food-costs

 

We're keeping public schools secular every day

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-9A8Ixvlnaw.

State's top health official says vaccine waiver trend risks disease outbreaks in schools

"We as a society, we've forgotten how devastating these illness are," she said. "I just want to remind people that these diseases are not minor inconveniences. Mumps, we know, can make someone infertile for life. Measles — people can die from measles, they can end up with hearing loss from measles."…

 https://www.michiganpublic.org/health/2026-09-04/states-top-health-official-says-vaccine-waiver-trend-risks-disease-outbreaks-in-schools

 

Federal judge tosses Trump lawsuit over young trans athletes in California school sports

In a major LGBTQ+ rights victory, the justice department cannot force the state to ban trans girls from women’s sports…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/01/trump-trans-athletes-california-lawsuit-dismissed

 

James Talarico SLAMS Republicans for forcing Christianity in school curriculum

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/54jxYwmZVmQ

 

Nebraska school district asks police to stop using shock gloves on students

“I can’t even imagine walking down the hallway and seeing a peer of mine being electrocuted in a place that is supposed to be a safe space for students,” said Nora Wessel, a senior at Omaha Central high school. “Yet, this is now a very real possibility. These are adults we are supposed to be able to trust, but these weapons create a barrier for our students to turn to resource officers when needed.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/22/omaha-nebraska-school-district-shock-gloves-police

 

Judge halts Trump’s abstinence-only overhaul of teen sex ed program - POLITICO

“An educational initiative that counsels teens on how to avoid pregnancy without discussing the realities of unprotected intercourse and its alternatives would seem to defy social reality, common sense, and scientific evidence alike,” Cooper wrote. “Yet HHS seeks to impose these and other unexplained criteria on all TPP grantees moving forward.”… 

In their lawsuit, the plaintiffs accused the administration of unlawfully forcing them to “use non-evidence-based curricula that exclusively promote abstinence-only before marriage” and “ideologically-driven, medically inaccurate information, including misinformation regarding contraception.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/19/judge-halts-trumps-abstinence-only-overhaul-of-teen-sex-ed-program-01041688

 

Call me crazy but I don’t think we should be electric shocking kids,

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/L0XargldPYo

 

U.S. school vaccination rates inch down again as exemptions reach record high | PBS News

All states allow exemptions for children with medical conditions that prevent them from receiving certain vaccines. And most also permit exemptions for religious or other nonmedical reasons. In the last decade, the percentage of kindergartners with medical exemptions has held steady, at about 0.2%. But the percentage with nonmedical exemptions has risen... 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/u-s-school-vaccination-rates-inch-down-again-as-exemptions-reach-record-high 

Supreme Court asked to review Texas law requiring the Ten Commandments in public schools | PBS News

In their Supreme Court brief, the families' attorneys argue that the law violates basic First Amendment principles governing the separation of church and state. 

"The question of whether a state may impose scripture on impressionable, captive-audience children — for nearly every hour of every school day, for up to (13) years — implicates the most fundamental guarantees of the First Amendment and our Nation's highest ideals," they wrote...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/supreme-court-asked-to-review-texas-law-requiring-the-ten-commandments-in-public-schools

 

Texas moms SUE to block Ten Commandments law!

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/qOHwKzOg4X0

 

Students created AI rules they hope schools will adopt : NPR

"There's nothing that says students need to be proficient before using it," Herrera told her subcommittee colleagues. "It's basically saying they can use it whenever. Which I think is a misuse of it." 

Her subcommittee's proposed solution: require schools to teach AI literacy as soon as devices are introduced in the classroom, including misinformation, plagiarism, bias in AI design, student privacy, appropriate academic use and AI's environmental impact...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/30/nx-s1-5853571/students-set-ai-policy

 

Several US schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootings

The company said its goal is to “escalate the effects in waves of 3 or 4 drones, keeping the shooter occupied until he/she can be apprehended by authorized responders”….

 https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/28/school-shootings-pepper-spray-drones

 

Teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school

Realbotix has denied ties to the sex doll company, and denied any inferences that the dolls – manufactured by Abyss Creations, a subsidiary of Realbotix – are related to the pilot program. “

The Salamanca teachers’ union as a whole is concerned about the background of the company of Realbotix. We’re very concerned about the security of the software that they’re implementing, and whether or not the data will be stored, how it will be gathered, are the recording capabilities,” said Lacey Pihlblad, president of Salamanca Teachers’ Association and a teacher at the high school… 

“The answer to the challenges in education is not more screens, it’s not more algorithms, not more robots. What we need in our schools right now are more caring adults and more human connection,” she said…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/25/new-york-humanoid-robot-teachers-school

 

Coach made team RUN LAPS for not completing Christian homework!

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/u9uzTDwq9Fo

 

No internet, no screen time? FCC weighs cutting subsidy that lowers school internet bills

"In rural Alaska, we don't have numerous options," says Patrick Mayer, superintendent for the remote Alaska Gateway School District. "We have one provider." 

 His district, where some students rely on planes to get to school in the winter months, has just under 400 students. Still, the district spends more than half a million dollars per year to ensure it has internet access at its six schools. The price tag is high, but the connection is what allows them to keep up with the rest of the world. 

 "It means the difference between having a school in the 21st century," Mayer says, "or a school in the 20th century."…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/07/10/nx-s1-5878405/fcc-erate-schools-internet-discount

Texas is religiously indoctrinating kids in school

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/zmTOB4S9D2g

Texas forces English teachers to teach the Bible 😂 IF YOU SAY SO!

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYSVsKlceNk

On Texas requiring Bible reading in public schools

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6RWGWlPdSk

Texas Mandated Bible Reading: Fine, Let’s Actually Read It

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTU7vMSY3BQ