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WATCH: Wisconsin’s Model for Teacher Bargaining | IN 60 SECONDS
AEI’s Frederick M. Hess argues that other states should follow Wisconsin’s model.
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Coronvirus School Closures Capsize Student Teachers’ Plans to Become Certified
Sudden, lengthy closures across the country could capsize student teachers' efforts to become certified and start teaching in their own…
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Parents of Children with Disabilities Work to Be Teachers and Therapists amid Coronavirus
Now, everyone is dealing with the worries that come with drastic change — the same type of worries children with…
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Gallup Poll: Over 8 in 10 Parents Now Say Child Is Learning Remotely
In the two weeks that Gallup has been tracking the ways in which U.S. schoolchildren are being educated during the…
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Dr. Fauci: Country Should Be in ‘Good Shape’ to Reopen Schools in the Fall
“Bottom line is, no absolute prediction, but I think we're going to be in good shape,” Fauci said at a…
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Court Motion Seeks to Block Implementation of Tennessee Education Savings Account Program
A joint motion filed in Davidson County Chancery Court seeks to block the implementation of a new Tennessee school-voucher program…
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National Teachers Union Opens Investigation into Baltimore Teachers Union Election
The American Federation of Teachers is blocking an attempt to hold a new Baltimore Teachers Union election until it finishes…
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Interview with Betsy DeVos on Coronavirus: What Are the Feds Doing to Help Schools?
"Students who never anticipated being distance learners, and educators who are only used to teaching in a classroom, are now…
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Indianapolis ‘Restart’ Schools Try to Build Trust and Hire Teachers — from a Distance
When the Indianapolis Public Schools administration recommended in February that Alicia Hervey take the helm of a troubled westside campus…
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One School District’s Plan to Save Graduation: A Ceremony at a Drive-In Movie Theater
When Superintendent Nathan Barrett called the local drive-in movie theater last Thursday to try to salvage his Pennsylvania school district's…
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New Tennessee Rules Could Mean No More Grades, No Required Attendance, No Teacher Effectiveness Scores
Teacher effectiveness scores would be officially shelved this school year and high school students would receive their semester grades as…
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San Diego ‘Zoombombing’ Incident Highlights Need for Schools to Use Safety Controls
James Armstrong gasped when he learned what happened during his daughter’s high school advanced biology class, which held a Zoom…
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Analysis: How 18 Top Charter School Networks Are Adapting to Online Education, and What Other Schools Can Learn From Them
As public schools across the country build out remote learning plans to support students during school closures prompted by the…
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NYC Department of Education Hit with $264 Million in Budget Cuts Due to Coronavirus
The startling budget slash — which will impact programs ranging from early education to teacher training — is part of…
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Diplomas Are Great, But Does High School Set the Stage for Success?
The high school graduation rate has been rising for at least a decade. But the bar for preparing for the…
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Education Researchers Concerned about Looming School Budget Crisis
When the last recession hit school budgets about a decade ago, it didn’t hit them equally.
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California District Settles $665,000 Free Speech Lawsuit with Student Who Made ‘Terrorists’ Video
Three years after a high school student was accused of showing a video some claimed was racist and insensitive when…
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‘Tumultuous, Rocky, Unpredictable’: Chicago Students’ Lost School Year Began with the Teachers Strike
The COVID-19 school closure hits all students, but it’s been particularly hard on Chicago students who also lost time to…
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Florida Supreme Court Rejects Districts’ Challenge to Charter School Law
Nine Florida school districts have lost their final legal effort to overturn a controversial 2017 law they contended wrested away…
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As DC Students Struggle to Get Online, Schools and Parents Rush to Fill the Void
Schools, activists and nonprofits are trying to fill the gaps, delivering computers and hotspots to children who need it.
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Las Vegas District’s Distance Learning Effort Out of Compliance with State Directive
The issue might be a factor in what CCSD families are describing as wild disparities in how at-home learning is…
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Columbus District to Pay for Wireless Data Plans for Online Instruction amid Coronavirus Shutdown
As schools across Ohio remain closed through May 1 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Columbus City Schools officials…
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Parents Become Teachers Overnight in St. Louis Area Schools
When schools shut down in mid-March to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, parents were thrust into homeschooling and…
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$280,000 Donation to Pay for Meals, Technology During Atlanta Coronavirus Closure
APS announced Monday that the district’s foundation will receive the donation from the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and United…
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AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE: COVID-19 Education Response Longitudinal Survey
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced fundamental changes to the nation’s schools at a breathtaking pace. With more than 50 million…
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