A school bus carries children at the end of a school day at Sixth Ward Middle School in Thibodaux, La., on Dec, 11, 2025. When a middle school student in Louisiana got into a fight with classmates who were sharing Al-generated nude images of her, she ended up getting expelled.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a news conference at the Hubert Humphrey Building Auditorium in Washington, on April 16, 2025. Kennedy's department on Dec. 18, 2025, outlined new actions to cut access to gender-affirming care for minors.
A vial of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is on display at the Lubbock Health Department on Feb. 26, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. A new study examined the degree to which school absences surged during a measles outbreak earlier this year in West Texas.
Salt Lake Education Association Vice President Chelsie Acosta cheers with other educators and union members in opposition to HB 267: Public Sector Labor Union Amendments, at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Jan. 31, 2025. HB 267 banned collective bargaining by teachers and many other public-sector workers. The Utah legislature has repealed the law.
Education Secretary Rod Paige speaks to reporters during a news conference at the U.S. Department of Education in Washington on April 9, 2003. Paige, who led the department during President George W. Bush's first term, died Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025, at 92.
A professor passes out cellphone signal jammers to students to place their cellphones into as part of a pilot program to reduce mobile phone use during school hours at Bicentenario School in Santiago, Chile, on Sept. 8, 2025. The country has become the latest to pass a law restricting students' cellphone use during class.
A school bus is seen behind a fence with barbed wire outside Ferriday High School in Ferriday, La., May 22, 2025. Dozens of 1960s school desegregation cases remain in place across Louisiana and the South. The Trump administration has said it intends to end these cases.
President Donald Trump speaks while making an announcement with Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Oval Office on Aug. 6, 2025, in Washington. The president is ordering colleges and universities to submit data to the National Center for Education Statistics to prove they don't consider race in admissions decisions.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign event, Sept. 27, 2024 in Walker, Mich.
President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference July 11, 2024, on the final day of the NATO summit in Washington. He announced Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement for the Democratic nomination.
Former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after being struck by gunfire at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. The day after the attempted assasination of the Republican nominee for president, Trump arrived in Milwaukee ahead of the start of the Republican National Convention and President Joe Biden gave a prime-time address, saying "politics must never be a literal battlefied. God forbid, a killing field."
Ms. Kaiser, a teacher from The Earth School, holds a sign in solidarity with other teachers who are speaking out on issues related to a lack of COVID-19 testing for students on Dec. 21 in New York.
