While the school board won’t be taking any action, it renews a familiar conversation about what symbols should represent ...

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon had said last month that the state ban on Native American imagery in public schools ...

In Wyandanch, meanwhile, the schools superintendent said a new mascot will be identified next week pending school board ...

New York’s education leaders moved to ban Native American-inspired mascots in 2022, drawing a lawsuit from the Massapequa school district. Now, the president has weighed in. By Troy Closson As ...

But to Suffolk County NAACP leader William King Moss III, whose two daughters are students in the district, this new mascot — introduced after Brentwood schools were forced to scrap their Indian ...

When Javier Vallejo's family moved schools, the Native American student was faced with a difficult decision: Wear Canal Winchester's Indians mascot on his baseball uniform or quit baseball.

The New York Times for Kids goes inside the sweaty, funny, heartfelt world of high school mascots. Jayden Youngblood, 15, plays Buster the Bulldog, the mascot for his high school in Austin ...

Ring the bell and put on your voting hat, high school mascot lovers in Connecticut: It's Wyvern and Winged Beaver time. Over the next couple of months, SBLive/SI will be featuring the best high ...

It's fire season in California, so we're offering up a lighthearted cure for the smoky blues with the best high school mascots in the state. Over the next couple of months, SBLive/SI will be ...

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) characterizes mascots with imagery associated with Native Americans as harmful stereotypes. Its K-12 database counts thousands of schools across ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The deadline is looming for many schools across New York State — including around a dozen schools in Western New York — to change their mascots due to legislation ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) is planning to review school names and mascots as part of its work on racial equity. The district will analyze each school name to ensure ...