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- FILE -New College of Florida students and supporters protest ahead of a meeting by the college's board of trustees, on the school campus in Sarasota, Fla., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. For years, students have come to this public liberal arts college on the western coast of Florida because they were self-described free thinkers. Now they find themselves caught in the crosshairs of America's culture war. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
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A college in upheaval: War on 'woke' sparks fear in Florida
By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press
Thu,03/30/23-12:02AM , 646 Reads
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Professors at the New College of Florida are using personal email because they’re afraid of being subpoenaed.
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- Chef Josh Gjersand prepares a sandwich for Mount Diablo High School students to try during a taste test in Concord, Calif., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. The school district in suburban San Francisco has been part of a national "farm-to-school" movement for years, where schools try to buy as much locally as possible. But the mission has been kicked into higher gear with a California program that provides free meals to all public school students in the state, along with unprecedented new funding. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)
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No more nuggets? School lunch goes farm-to-table — for some
By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press
Tue,01/24/23-6:04AM , 454 Reads
CONCORD, Calif. (AP) — As the fine-dining chef at a suburban high school gave samples of his newest recipes, junior Anahi Nava Flores critiqued a baguette sandwich with Toscano salami, organic Monterey Jack, arugula and a scratch-made basil spread: “This pesto aioli is good!"
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- An entryway to Everett Middle School is seen Wednesday, June 22, 2022, in San Francisco. The first week of school was supposed to mark a triumphant return to classrooms at Everett after more than a year of distance learning. But as computer science teacher Yesi Castro-Mitchell welcomed a class of sixth graders last fall, she says a student started punching her, again and again. Across America one of the most difficult academic years in modern history was also one of the most violent, educators and experts say. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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After year of violence, US schools try to tame tensions
By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press
Thu,06/23/22-12:20AM , 589 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The first week of school was supposed to mark a triumphant return to classrooms at San Francisco’s Everett Middle School after more than a year of distance learning.

But as computer science teacher Yesi Castro-Mitchell welcomed a class of sixth graders last fall, a student started punching her, again and again.
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- Harry Bruell holds a framed photo of his daughter, Taya, while sitting for a photo in his office in Santa Barbara, Calif., Wednesday, March 9, 2022. Taya killed herself when she was 14. Taya was a bright, precocious student who had started struggling with mental health issues at about 11, according to her father. At the time, the family lived in Boulder, Colorado where Taya was hospitalized at one point for psychiatric care but kept up the trappings of a model student. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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With students in turmoil, US teachers train in mental health
By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press
Mon,04/04/22-12:02AM , 352 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As Benito Luna-Herrera teaches his seventh-grade social studies classes, he is on alert for signs of inner turmoil. And there is so much of it these days.
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