The Cornell School District in Coraopolis got almost $600,000 and is using it to create two wellness rooms for elementary and high school students. The schools will also have counselors from Wesley Family Services and interns from Duquesne University who are counselors in training to work with the students individually and in lessons.

America’s Black and Latino students are at a disadvantage in nearly every measure of educational opportunity, with less access to advanced classes, counselors and even certified teachers, according to data released Wednesday by the U.S. Education Department.

In a tense meeting, the Springfield, Missouri school board voted to add "gender identity and sexual orientation" to a pair of anti-discrimination policies governing school lunches.

"We are here, and we are here to support them," said Mike Carlson, student and family engagement coordinator for Westminster Public Schools.

Some Florida lawmakers are looking at nixing decades-old school regulations after the passage of HB 1, which expanded the state’s school voucher programs, invalidating the need for some of Florida’s accountability laws, according to conservative lawmakers.

Schools in Andover will be closed again on Tuesday, November 14. It will be the third day the approximately 5,600 students in the district will miss classes.

Both sides resumed negotiations Sunday afternoon at town hall, a day after the union said "significant progress" was made during 14 hours of talks on Saturday. The state department of labor has also sent a mediator to help with communications between both sides.

Voters in some of the highest-profile school board elections across the U.S. rebuked conservative candidates in local school board elections who want to ban books and restrict classroom conversations on race and gender.