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This story is being published in partnership with Drilled, an independent investigative climate newsroom, and was supported by the Pulitzer Center. The lesson plan, which is intended for the 3-5 grade level, is titled “A Day Without.” It instructs teachers to explain to their classes how petroleum and natural gas …

When Indiana’s Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita launched Eyes on Education — an official state website that he says seeks to expose “socialist indoctrination” of students and “trans-sanity” in schools — educators targeted by the site were caught completely off guard. Paul White is the superintendent of New Prairie United …

Imagine “Libs of TikTok,” but created by a state government to pillory public school teachers. That’s the gist of a new project launched by Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, a Republican, who has created a portal called “Eyes on Education” that encourages members of the public to tattle on teachers …

Bethany Mandel, the controversial right-wing pundit, home-schooling advocate, and prolific social media poster, is running for county school board — as a Democrat. Though the school board race in deep-blue Montgomery County, Maryland, is technically nonpartisan, Mandel’s campaign published a graphic on Tuesday listing her as a Democrat. The move …

In August, the Prager University Foundation, a right-wing media organization that describes itself as “the world’s leading conservative nonprofit that is focused on changing minds,” was designated as an official vendor to the Florida Department of Education, and approved for use in classrooms. The move alarmed many parents and educators …

Florida Department of Education officials repeatedly diminished the impact of slavery on African Americans in their review of a proposed Advanced Placement African American Studies course, according to a report from the Miami Herald. In January, Florida blocked the College Board from testing a pilot Advanced Placement African American Studies …

Ron DeSantis is cracking down on education in Florida, and now some schools are cutting back on Shakespeare to comply with the governor’s expansive slate of restrictions. The Tampa Bay Times reported on Monday that schools in Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa Bay and the surrounding area, are mostly assigning …

Florida’s laws banning instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity could mean the state’s high schoolers will no longer be able to take AP Psychology. According to a statement released Thursday by the College Board, the nonprofit responsible for managing the SAT’s and Advanced Placement courses, Florida has “effectively banned …

Harvard‘s legacy admissions — also known asaffirmative action for privileged white kids—has been challenged by the U.S. Department of Education. The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has opened an investigation into Harvard University’s preferential treatment for the relatives of donors and alumni during the admissions process, according to lawyers …

Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Florida on Friday, where she addressed the state board of education‘s approval of controversial new standards for Black history in public schools, which includes harmful guidelines that state people benefited from being enslaved. Harris, whose mother was a civil rights activist, was in Jacksonville …