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Education Reform Opinion
McGHEE: Don’t Let Teachers Unions Shut Down Schools for Another Year
If teachers unions have their way, public schools will not reopen for in-person learning this fall.
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Education Reform Opinion
POLUMBO: School Shutdowns Will Cost Students a Staggering Amount in Lifetime Earnings
With this comprehensive data in hand, it’s undeniable that government-mandated school closures imposed life-long harm on an entire generation of…
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Education Reform Opinion
GENTLES: The Senate Must Save the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program
House Democrats maliciously want to end a tremendously successful program that provides scholarships for low-income students in Washington, D.C.
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Education Reform Opinion
TUCCILLE: Families Have a New Reason to Flee Public Schools
Private schools can stay open even when pandemic rules shut government institutions, court says.
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Education Reform Opinion
IZUMI and WU: Critical Race Math Meets a Critical Public
The proposed Math Framework rightly generated huge opposition because of the seismic changes it made to current math practices in…
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Federal Education News
Biden Calls on Schools to Host COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics for Kids 12 and Up
President Joe Biden called on school districts Thursday to host pop-up clinics in order to get more children 12 and…
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California
Uber for School Kids: Startup Zūm Wins San Fransisco District’s $150M Transportation Contract
The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) has awarded Zūm, a startup that wants to upgrade student transportation, a five-year…
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New York
NYC Teachers Union, City Council Members Propose Limiting Students Allowed in Classrooms
City council members and the teachers union want New York City to further limit the number of students allowed in…
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National Education News
Survey: 7 in 10 Parents Say Their Kids Are More Focused in Virtual Classroom
Do students really need to go back to class this fall? Some moms and dads in a new study don’t…
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Education Reform Opinion
GREENE: Do Student Suspensions Really Cause a ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline’?
The Biden administration is picking up where the Obama administration left off in trying to dictate to local school districts…
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National Education News
Parents Stick With Homeschooling as CDC Flip-Flops on Mask Guidance
Across the country, the number of homeschoolers has risen dramatically. The reasons parents give for opting in vary.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Court to Allow Some Evidence of Racial Disparities in Landmark School Funding Case
With the trial date looming for a landmark school funding case in Pennsylvania, a Commonwealth Court judge ruled Wednesday that…
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Utah
At Least Two Utah Districts Offering New Online Schools, Which Students Living Anywhere in the State Can Attend
As the new school year approaches, your kids may be eager to return in person to classrooms. Or you may…
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Federal Education News
President Biden, Democrats in Congress Threaten Scholarships for Low-Income DC Students
A federally-funded K-12 scholarship that thousands of low-income Washington, DC students rely on to finance their education is on the…
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Illinois
Illinois Governor Signs Bill Creating Elected Chicago School Board Over Mayor’s Objections
The legislation, which the governor signed into law without the fanfare that has accompanied other bill signings, would create a…
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Federal Education News
Trump Official Demands to Know Why Education Department Promoted Critical Race Theory, Files FOIA Request
A top Trump administration official filed a Freedom of Information Act request Wednesday to obtain communications between the Department of…
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Hawaii
Hawaii Vice Principal Fired for Affair on Campus Accuses Her Union of Failing to Defend Her
The vice principal, while accepting responsibility, says that dismissal for the affair with a principal was too harsh.
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Federal Education News
Biden: ‘Every School Should Be Open’ in the Fall
President Biden on Thursday called for all schools to open this fall for in-person learning even as coronavirus cases rise…
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Missouri
More Missouri Parents Switch to Homeschooling Despite Return to In-Person Classes
Shanna and David Watson have been homeschooling their three children since last fall and say they have no intention of…
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California
Los Angeles District to Require Weekly COVID Testing of Students, Staff Regardless of Vaccination Status
All students and employees of the Los Angeles Unified School District will be required to take weekly coronavirus tests regardless…
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Federal Education News
White House Won’t Rule Out Future Lockdowns, School Closures if CDC Says So
White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that the Biden administration will continue to "listen to the…
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Education Reform Opinion
INGRAHAM: ‘Equity’ in Education: Equal Opportunity or Equal Outcome?
Demands for uniformity have hijacked the noble goal of opportunity for all students to succeed.
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Federal Education News
Nation’s Two Largest Teachers Unions Among Big Labor Groups Declining to Support Biden’s Planned Vaccine Mandate
So far, the nation’s two largest education unions, The National Education Association and the AFT, have declined to call for…
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Education Reform Opinion
ESENBERG and FLANDERS: Act 10 Benefited Education in Wisconsin — and May Empower Workers Elsewhere
It’s been 10 years since Wisconsin passed Act 10, which limited the rights of public employee unions to demand collective…
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New York
New York Governor Cuomo: Schools Could Become ‘Super Spreaders’ in Fall
If Covid-19 numbers continue to get worse, schools may need to take “aggressive action” in the fall, Gov. Andrew Cuomo…
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