The district superintendent said the assignment was meant to show students "just how horrible slavery was and to gain empathy" for enslaved people Rachel DeSantis is a senior writer on the music team ...

A school district in Maryland says it was “inappropriate” for a high school teacher to assign students to list the names of Black people killed by police without placing the assignment into context.

"It was just questions about the teacher’s opinion," one parent said. A Pennsylvania high school assignment that asked students to respond to questions about the trial of Derek Chauvin has sparked ...

WYNCOTE, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- A class assignment at a Montgomery County, Pennsylvania high school concerning the Derek Chauvin trial has sparked a measure of controversy. A recent criminal justice ...

CARY, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Wake County School System is considering bringing back the controversial student assignment "node" system. They say some schools are simply too crowded. The idea isn't new.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – The Jefferson County Board of Education passed a major shift in its student assignment plan Wednesday as Kentucky’s largest school district hopes to improve outcomes for some ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- The parent of a Cumberland County Schools student is speaking out against a class assignment she says is inappropriate and racially insensitive. The mother, Kalia ...

Students at 52 schools in the Wake County Public School System will be moved to another school’s assignment zone next year under the district’s enrollment plan, finalized by the Wake County Board of ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Public school students in St. Lucie County could soon be assigned to a new school. The school district is looking to update its student assignment system to something called ...

A New York high school teacher is under fire after giving students an assignment saying George Floyd died as a result of a heart attack and drug overdose rather than because a police officer knelt on ...