The decision came after Nexstar Media Group, which owns and operates 23 ABC-affiliated stations, announced it would stop airing the program, calling the show’s content “offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse.”
On Sept. 15, 10th-grade workshops launched as part of the sophomore curriculum, offering lessons in media literacy, artificial intelligence and civics during free periods throughout the year.
On Sept. 4, the Office of the Attorney General of Washington filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging the deployment of over 2,300 National Guard troops in Washington.
Five school districts in Northern Virginia — Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria, Loudoun and Prince William — are locked in a political and legal dispute against the U.S. Department of Education regarding the districts’ policies that protect transgender students.
The Sidwell English Department announced in the first week of school that it will replace at-home essays with in-class writing this year, with department leaders citing increased cheating and the rise of AI tools as the reason for the change.
