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Superintendent, Devon Horton, Accused of Stealing Thousands From Illinois School District  The New York Times DeKalb superintendent’s alleged financial misdeeds were public before 2023 hiring  AJC.com DeKalb Schools Superintendent Horton indicted, placed on leave  WABE Sauce is the boss: Meet DeKalb’s acting superintendent  decaturish.com DeKalb superintendent indicted on 17 federal counts in Illinois case; placed on leave  FOX 5 Atlanta Source link

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Friday became the first school to reject an offer of federal funds in exchange for agreeing to the Trump administration’s education agenda. MIT disagreed with a number of aspects of the administration’s proposal, which was sent to nine major universities last week, arguing that it would restrict the university’s freedom of expression and independence, …

When Rob Coverdale started his job in 2023 as superintendent of the K-12 Crow Creek Tribal School in South Dakota, there were 15 unfilled teaching positions. Within nine months, he had filled those vacancies with Filipino teachers, the majority of whom arrived on the H-1B, a visa for skilled workers in specialty occupations. “We’ve hired the H-1B teachers because we …

A new law will make California the first state to phase some ultraprocessed food out of school meals. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Wednesday that prohibits public schools from serving children what it describes as “ultraprocessed foods of concern” in breakfasts or lunches. The policy sets a 10-year deadline for the change to take place. It defines such foods as …

A molecular biologist who grew up in Portland is one of the three researchers who won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies. Mary E. Brunkow graduated from St. Mary’s Academy in downtown Portland in 1979 and now lives and works in Seattle. “We are …

Helen DrewPolitics London BBC The pupils at a Croydon girls’ school have built a satellite A south London school is on track to become the first all-girls school in the world to send a satellite into space. The independent Croydon High School has designed and built a working satellite which they aim to launch into low-Earth orbit in the next …

PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, Va. — Prince William County Public Schools confirmed Sunday that Candis King, a 10th-grade student at Colgan High School and daughter of Virginia Delegate Candi Mundon King, has died. In a letter sent to Colgan families on Sunday, Principal Tim Healey informed parents of the student’s death. He said the school community would receive counseling and emotional …

New information revealed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shows an illegal immigrant who was working as a school superintendant in Iowa has “a long record of criminal conduct in the United States.” Ian Andre Robert, of Guyana, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on September 26. Ahead of his arrest, he was making nearly $300,000 …

FENNVILLE, MI — An individual at Fennville Public Schools has been diagnosed with active tuberculosis. The district has asked parents and students to monitor for signs of tuberculosis. If symptoms are identified, parents and students should contact their doctor, a press release from FPS said. “We understand this news may raise concerns, but please know although active TB can be …

SEATTLE — A woman with Western Washington roots was chosen by NASA to join the next astronaut candidate class. Lauren Edgar, 40, is an experienced geologist who considers Sammamish her home and went to Skyline High School. She’s one of 10 candidates picked for the 2025 class. “They will take classes in geology, land and water survival and space health. …