Texas Senate Wants All Schools to Hang 10 Commandments and Allocate Time for Prayer

Texas lawmakers have proposed teaching Christian theology in schools and putting up a Ten Commandment display in every classroom. Read more about the initiative told the publication The Guardian. A parallel bill passed April 20 by the Republican-controlled Texas Senate would require educational institutions to…

TikTok Challenge closes schools in the US: what's going on

A spate of school shooting threats popping up on TikTok and other social media platforms has forced some U.S. schools to close on December 16, while others have stepped up police presence. More about this was told by the Bloomberg edition. As a rule, the threats do not mention specific ...

American Schools Introduce 4-Day School Week: Parents Don't Know What To Do

After several months of relative calm, some schools are again switching to virtual teaching, in some cases they completely cancel classes for one day a week or even for a couple due to lack of staff. Writes about this The New York Times. For example, six school students ...

California provides free meals to all schoolchildren: this is the first such program in the USA

When schools in California reopen for the fall semester, all 6,2 million public school students will have free meals at school, regardless of their family's income. The state has launched the largest free school lunch program in the United States. APNews reported in more detail. ...

In the summer, Americans will be paid money for meals for schoolchildren: you can get almost $ 400

US President Joe Biden's administration expanded the summer meal program for 34 million schoolchildren using funds from the COVID-19 relief package approved in March. The KTLA edition told in more detail. The Department of Agriculture announced on April 26 that it will continue the payout program over the summer ...

Due to the pandemic, thousands of students in the United States simply disappeared: schools cannot find them for months

School districts across the country, which closed face-to-face attendance in mid-March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have coped with the transition to distance learning with varying degrees of success. During this time, schools lost many students. Many students who attended ...

One day a week: White House surprises with its plan to open schools

While US President Joe Biden works to reopen most of the nation's schools within the first 100 days in office, the White House has refined its benchmarks - setting a less ambitious target than some parents might like to hear. Writes about this ...

Dozens of schools named after presidents will be renamed in San Francisco: what is the reason

A third of San Francisco public schools may change their names. State officials say it is “inappropriate” to mention some discriminatory presidents, writers, generals and politicians in school names. Writes about it San Francisco Chronicle. This week, parents and directors 44 ...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Homeschooling in the USA: The Experience of Our Immigrants

In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, parents in the United States are increasingly thinking about homeschooling their children. Opinions about this format of study differed. It is reported by the Voice of America. Ukrainian Oksana Murray from Illinois, due to the pandemic, transferred her daughter ...

At the entrances to the schools of New Jersey will appear armed guards

A school district in New Jersey voted to introduce new safety measures in schools after the Florida shooting that killed 17 people. Now other counties of the state are calling for similar measures, writes NBC. All 11 schools in East Brunswick soon ...

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