One night last March, Casey Candee opened a letter from the Friendswood Independent School District and was stunned by what ...

DRAPER — When teacher Courtney Wimberly was in her classroom a few weeks ago preparing for this year's crop of kindergartners, she had Aug. 18 circled on her calendar. The date signified more than ...

WOOD DALE, Ill. -- The Illinois Supreme Court heard a case Wednesday in which a teacher claims her maternity leave was denied by her school district after giving birth to her daughter the day before ...

The fight over paid parental leave is not new in the United States, but it is not expected to get addressed nationally until after the election at the earliest. That means the debate is happening more ...

OPELIKA, Ala. (WTVM) - Alabama Governor Kay Ivey is pushing for a bill that would allow teachers to have paid maternity leave. Right now, teachers have to use PTO and sick days to stay home with their ...

A bipartisan bill that would allow Oklahoma teachers who have a baby to extend their maternity leave by using annual accrued leave is headed to Gov. Kevin Stitt’s desk. House Bill 1601, sponsored by ...

A Indiana bill would guarantee paid parental leave to the state’s teachers for the first time, and would also raise the minimum pay for teachers. If enacted, the legislation would make Indiana one of ...