While passing the 10th grade MCAS is a requirement to earn a high school diploma, he said there is no state penalty for students who opt out in grades 3-8. Pandemic pressure: MCAS scores ...

While passing the 10th-grade MCAS is a requirement to earn a high school diploma, he said there is no state penalty for students who opt out in grades 3 to 8. Rosa said his son was pressured ...

But a few days later, the district’s school board decided parents could no longer opt their kids out, later citing the ... to certain topics or student grade levels, Driver added.

In preparation for the buddy class, the teacher first read the book to P.D. and S.E.'s fifth grade class ... receive notice and an opportunity to opt out, as they did when gender identity was ...

These materials were not listed on the first-grade curriculum and parents were given no notice or opportunity to opt their children out of having those materials presented to them in school.

The Supreme Court will consider on Tuesday whether parents can opt out of their kids reading LGBTQ ... was attending public school and headed into fourth grade when she was made aware of the ...

At the same time, though, more than 6 in 10 Americans think parents should be able to opt children out of school lessons ... As a former third-grade teacher, I have always had faith that schools ...

At issue are new “LGBTQ-inclusive” storybooks used for classroom reading for pre-kindergarten to 5th grade in Montgomery ... a constitutional right to opt out of public school lessons for ...