A Texas board approved adding Bible stories to required reading for the state's more than 5 million public school students.
There were smiles and hugs from teachers and students who returned to school Wednesday after the citywide teachers' strike that ended in a $183 million deal with the school district. But looming over the historic deal is a cloud of potential layoffs in the near future.
California's expanded transitional kindergarten is giving many families free pre-kindergarten, but it is also pushing some private preschools toward closure.
The first San Francisco teachers' strike in 47 years, which has closed schools for days, is ending as SFUSD and the teachers union reached a tentative $183 million deal early Friday morning.
"Right now I'm not trying to spend on anything because I don't know for how long I have to stretch what I have," said Aurora Hernandez, a preschool teacher with SFUSD.
San Francisco teachers rallied on the streets of the city Wednesday afternoon. The rally coming as their union, the United Educators of San Francisco, announced the strike would continue on Thursday after another round of failed negotiations with the district.