Virginia’s Commission on Civic Education joined the public pushback against draft history and social science standards for K-12 schools. On Wednesday, the commission, which includes lawmakers and appointees by the General Assembly, voted to send a letter to the Virginia Board of Education objecting to the process used to craft the standards. The letter will…

With all the rockets being launched nowadays, spaceflight is suddenly cool again, especially when it comes to kids. The proof came in the form ofan excited group of young space and science fans who spent part of a recent Saturday at Tallahassee’s Challenger Learning Center. The kids watched a movie in the Center’s Planetarium, but…

The Education Department is considering whether to include access to period products in Title IX protections, which ban discrimination based on sex in schools, USA Today reported Friday.  The Education Department previously told USA Today a month ago that it was not the department’s decision on whether a federally funded school decides to provide products…

The Education Department said it will consider whether access to period products should be mandated under Title IX, the federal law that bans sex discrimination in schools.  That’s a reversal from about a month ago, when the agency told USA TODAY it’s not their call whether a federally funded school chooses to provide these supplies….