
New Jersey Student Petitions Board of Education to Recognize Muslim Holidays
A New Jersey student distributed a petition to her local board of education requesting the school district recognize two major Muslim holidays with school closures.

A New Jersey student distributed a petition to her local board of education requesting the school district recognize two major Muslim holidays with school closures.

A school district is drafting a general policy to ban all items that depict the Confederate flag, after suspending nearly two dozen students for wearing clothing that featured that flag. The Montgomery County School Board in Virginia voted unanimously to draft a policy that would ban all clothing, emblems, decals, or jewelry representing the Confederate flag from all school property in the county.

A school district is drawing controversy for a flyer announcing a nationwide one-day event that invites students to bring their Bibles to school.

On Thursday the National School Boards Association (NSBA), in conjunction with the National Education Association (NEA) and the School Superintendents Association (AASA), released its guide on the impact the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage will have on local school districts across the nation.