Schools

You can find Claudene Wilson serving meals in the cafeteria, doing repairs and comforting crying students.

An advocacy group says a Virginia school board has agreed to pay $575,000 in a settlement to a former high school teacher who was fired after he refused to use a transgender student’s pronouns.

Students are struggling to stay engaged in class at a time of poor mental health, shortened attention spans, reduced attendance and worsening grades. At the crux of these challenges? Addiction to cell phones. Cell phone bans are gaining traction around the country, but many say they’re not enough.

Cell phone bans are gaining traction, but many say they’re not enough.

Many of the survivors said they continue to live with the trauma of the day when 20 first graders and six educators were killed.

“She had grabbed my hair and threw me onto the ground.” That’s how a Boston eighth grade student remembers her beating, by a fellow student down the street from their school, this March. The 13-year-old Condon School student suffered a broken rib, cuts and bruises, and says she’s now scarred physically and emotionally. “It traumatized me,” she said. “I...