good morning!🙋🏼♀️I’m Nicole Forelt. Welcome to the special daily briefing back to the school version. 🎒
But first: Monday news now
When kids return to school, there may be a lot of changes waiting for them.
American students may be tied to their backpacks for the first time in Monday months as the new school year begins. However, many students may return to a changed academic landscape. Uncertainty about the future of federal grants has made it difficult for supervisors and school boards to increase their budgets. Students and teachers were deported or faced threats of removal from the country. And as the Trump administration cracked down on schools with policies and diversity programs that include LGBTQ, the sight of the government’s investigations has come into play. With millions of kids returning to classrooms this month, there are four important issues to keep in mind, from nutrition to vaccines to day missions.
- The recent deportation of the six-year-old student has sparked a stir at a New York City school over ice tactics.
How did these students become school shooters?
After two events last week, school shootings are focused. Reports of the demarshower incident at Villanova University and the shooting at the University of Tennessee campus in Chattanooga. Villanova’s parents told USA Today to the uneasy feeling of leaving their child behind after fear.
- But why do some shooters come in the first place? According to an August 21 survey provided to USA Today, Prophylactic Measures League investigators discovered impressive similarities between the two young killers and the path that took away their crushed family and community. The ADL said the pair took the path of murder for the online community that took part in its glory and encouraged violence.
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Grade brings book removal, religion and revision to these states
“They (standard) don’t have words like “analysis” or “comparison and contrast.” So they’re just telling you what to think and you’ll be tested for what they’re thinking to you. ”
~ said Sandra Valentine, the mother of five and educators from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Some states may get caught up in the middle as teachers are fighting over what they need to teach and materials removed from the classroom, students, and students like Valentine, starting a new academic year.
School financial crisis
School shoppers are worried about the economy and tariffs and start shopping early. According to the National Retlail Foundation, the average K-12 shopper budgets an average of $858 per student this year. Some people are worried that they started shopping a few weeks before class starts (summer camp has not been paid back for some families). While many families are pulling back what’s new school stuff entirely, some shoppers may be able to save some money shopping back to school if the state is on sales tax leave. Seventeen states have designated certain items in July and August, where they can purchase tax-free. Check if you are one.
break!
- Not so fast… President’s fitness test I’m back this year.
- Vaccine skeptic crisis When students return to school, they spill.
- What parents and children You can learn from the Little League World Series.
- How to prevent oversharing Information about your kids online.
This is the game for the 2025-2026 season
Perhaps one of the most anticipated factors in schools is the reopening of sports for students across the country. From high school to college, the athletics department in the US prepares for competition. USA Today Sports covers what student-athletes face, from the challenges already facing the new NCAA pay rules to things that trans athletes in college sports are unusual despite their extremely political attention. And we are focusing on the commercialization of young people’s sports and reporting that we want families and players to excel.
Today’s photo: College Football Week Zero
You will not win or lose a conference championship in week 0. However, the game is still the same. Iowa’s No. 21, a 24-21 victory over Ireland’s No. 20 Kansas, headliner for a five-game week 0 slate, served as the amuse bouche for the main course of the regular season that begins in earnest on Thursday.
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