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Why José Cifuentes Hated English Class Growing up
Ecuadorian soccer player José Cifuentes shares why English was his least favorite subject growing up and what his favorite English words are today.
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Long Island Teen Arrested For School Threat
A 13-year-old is facing charges for threatening to shoot students and teachers on Long Island, Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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Don't Send Kids Home From School For Head Lice, New Report Says
The American Academy of Pediatrics issued new guidance surrounding head lice, saying it’s not an issue of poor hygiene or a health hazard and that children should not be sent home or miss school because they have it.
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Kids With Head Lice Shouldn't Be Sent Home From School, New Guidance Says
The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated guidance on head lice for the first time since 2015.
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Missouri School District Approves Use of Corporal Punishment
The school district introduced a new policy that allows “certified” individuals to use “physical force” as a way of “correcting student behavior.”
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Why More and More School Districts are Pulling Dozens of Library Books off the Shelves
Keller ISD in North Texas was one of several school districts across the U.S. to pull dozens of books from library shelves. The books removed were challenged last year within the school district and included the Bible, “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison, and more. NBC News Senior Reporter Mike Hixenbaugh joins LX News to discuss more about why these...
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Fireworks Spark Brawl On Last Day of Class at NJ High School
Fights broke out at a New Jersey high school after someone set off fireworks inside the building. Pat Battle reports.
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Teachers After Texas Attack: ‘None of Us Are Built for This'
When graduation balloons popped inside a West Virginia high school, a teacher had to reassure students who ducked for cover that the noise did not come from gunfire.
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Millburn Students Participate in Weather Kids
Third grade students at the Wyoming School in Millburn, NJ met with Storm Team 4 Meteorologist, Matt Brickman, for a virtual Weather Kids session. The students learned about how hail forms and all the different types of cloud formations.
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Weather Kids Makes a Virtual Trip to Newark
Ms. Battles’ second grade class at First Avenue School in Newark, NJ had a virtual Weather Kids class with Storm Team 4 Meteorologist, Matt Brickman. The students learned all about warm and cold fronts, how rain forms and asked questions about any more possible snow this winter.
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School Apologizes, Fires Teacher for Blackface Masks in Black History Month Lesson
A Massachusetts Montessori school apologized and fired a teacher for instructing young children to make and wear Blackface masks as a Black History Month project. The incident, which happened in a classroom with toddlers, took place last Tuesday at IC Kids in Newton. When one mother, Nadirah Pierce, picked up her children and learned what had happened, she complained and…
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Weather Kids Stops at PS 86Q in Queens
Storm Team 4 Meteorologist Raphael Miranda met with Ms. Bomser’s 4th grade class for a Weather Kids presentation. The student from PS 86Q in Queens learned all about how the NBC 4 New York team puts together a forecast every day.
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Many US Schools Will Return to Masks Amid COVID Surge
Many schools across the United States are returning to wearing masks after the holiday break amid the surge in COVID-19 cases.
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Threat Against School in Manalapan Township, NJ
A threat against a school in Manalapan Township, New Jersey had parents scrambling to pick up their children. Brian Thompson reports.