A Florida high school teacher who lost her job is receiving an outpouring of support — and some criticism — for calling a student by their preferred name, rather than their legal name. Melissa Calhoun ...

If a student needs to have their name changed, we must change all of their records to reflect the new name. Then, their UB financial records, future academic transcripts and future diplomas will carry ...

Protesters gathered in the Iowa State Capitol rotunda Feb. 12, 2024 as lawmakers held a public hearing on a bill that would allow transgender people to be excluded from sex-segregated spaces and ...

The decision was made not to renew Melissa Calhoun's annual contract after an investigation was conducted into the situation, said BPS Spokesperson Janet Murnaghan in a statement emailed to FLORIDA ...

Columbus City Schools has changed the names and genders of transgender and gender-variant students this month to their name and sex assigned at birth in district systems after the district dropped its ...

Satellite High School is in Satellite Beach, Florida, near Cape Canaveral and about an hour east of Orlando. At the start of the 2023-2024 school year, Florida began requiring educators to get ...

At least two Brevard teachers have been reprimanded for social media posts saying they use students' preferred names without parental permission, according to a former school board member. Former ...

A modified policy requiring Pueblo School District 60 personnel to notify parents of student name changes passed with a 3-2 Board of Education vote at an Oct. 22 board meeting. Controversy leading up ...

Addressing students by name is a powerful way to help build community in a classroom by helping students to develop a sense of belonging in the classroom and helping students learn each others' names.