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Parents upset as Central Florida schools reopen after Helene
After Hurricane Helene made its way up Floridaโs west coast late Thursday night and into Friday morning, Brevard, Orange, Seminole, Lake and Volusia school districts all opened Friday, but with backlash from parents.
Florida officials pressure schools to roll back sex ed lessons on contraception and consent
Some Florida school districts are rolling back a more comprehensive approach to sex education in favor of abstinence-focused lessons.
DC charters offer innovations in pandemic-era education
Smaller and more nimble than the D.C. Public Schools system, the charters have been able to adapt and modify practices on the fly, trading information and pushing the limits of pandemic-era education. It's a process that the D.C. Public Schools system has watched closely as it plans its own return to the classroom. โThereโs a tremendous amount of trial and error,โ said Shannon Hodge of the D.C. Charter School Alliance, a nonprofit that advocates for the charter system. โThere are real innovations coming out of it.โEach of the three student โcohortsโ at the Social Justice School are assigned a specific bathroom to use. The school received its approval from the D.C. Public Charter School Board over the summer and opened its doors for the first time this fall.