As Virginians prepare for the 2023-2024 school year, some education advocates worry that fighting ongoing teacher shortages is about to get harder.

Since being appointed by the Texas Education Agency on June 1, Superintendent Mike Miles initially said NES teachers would make an average salary of $85,000 per year with a potential $10,000 stipend. Under the district's new pay scale, however, some teachers are compensated less than what was announced.

Enrollment at Fremont County School District #24 was down to around 320 students in 2013, 40 short of the benchmark that would provide more state funding to expand programming for students.

In an open letter to American librarians, Barack Obama has criticized “profoundly misguided” rightwing efforts to ban books from libraries in public schools.