New Back to School Changes in 2026. What You Need to Know – Weekend

0 September 5, 2026 07:00

The American school year is starting to become a two-month rollout, with some schools starting as early as mid-July, while others don’t open until September; at least nine schools in Florida, Georgia and Colorado are using a special kind of drone to help protect students during an active shooter situation; a new Pew Research Center poll finds broad support for banning phones in class, with nearly eight in 10 Americans supporting bans during class for middle and high school students; more parents are considering holding their children back from kindergarten through a practice known as "redshirting,"; parents are saying the things they normally buy for school are more expensive this year, expecting to spend an average of about $900 per child; and middle school math teacher Jason Catanese has changed what students believe to be possible through his one-week college prep camp that helps first generation and underserved students.

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