Jess Clark

Kentucky's Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case that will decide whether the state can move forward with a program to send more than $100 million in tax dollars to private schools.

Teachers and students in parts of Kentucky are reckoning with heavily damaged schools and a delayed start to the school year after deadly flash floods inundated the region last month.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says he has ordered a Justice Department civil investigation into the policing practices of Kentucky's Louisville Metro Police Department.

In the year since police shot and killed Breonna Taylor, Louisville has undergone some difficult reckonings. Her death forced Black girls and young women to confront the uncertainty of their futures.

NOLA Public Schools doesn't actually run any schools. What the district does do is decide each year which schools to grant new charters to and when to take them away.

In Eastern North Carolina, threats have increased at schools and businesses since the presidential election. That's left some in the community struggling with how to address it.

In North Carolina and around the country, districts are facing a problem: low teacher pay that means new hires can't afford to live in the community.