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Senator Pushes to Relocate U.S. Education Department to Tennessee
In a proposal filed Wednesday, Tennessee U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn is calling for the government to relocate the U.S. Department…
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Report: Minority and Low-Income Students in Baton Rouge Are ‘Systemically Excluded’ from a High-Quality Education
The inequities highlighted in the report go back years and are common in public schools throughout Louisiana and across the…
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Court Weighs Detroit Literacy Battle: ‘Is This Really Education?’
A three-judge panel is set to hear oral arguments in Cincinnati in the 2016 case in which the Detroit students…
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Live Updates from Day 5 of the Chicago Teachers Union Strike
With little progress in negotiations again Tuesday, the Chicago Teachers Union plans to switch up its playbook today. Instead of…
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Despite Federal Education Law, More Than Half of NY Districts Fail to Report Foster Youth Data
School achievement data for foster youth, considered one of the most vulnerable and least tracked student groups, will not be…
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‘Bizarre’ Circumstances Have a Charter School Appeal Stuck in Limbo in Pennsylvania
The state Charter Appeals Board, which mediates disputes between locally elected school boards and charter schools, is currently unable to…
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Investigators: Damages in U.S. Department of Ed Office Were Due to Picture Falling, Not Racially Motivated Vandalism
The Office of Inspector General for the Department of Education and the Federal Protective Service both conducted a joint investigation…
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California School District Asks Voters to Fund Housing for Teachers
The school board unanimously voted last week to put a $60 million general obligation bond on the March 3 ballot…
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Michigan Charter School Proponents to Governor: ‘Don’t Use Kids as Bargaining Chips’
Outside Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Detroit’s New Center Area office stood about 75 charter school advocates. The group gathered after school…
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Presidential Candidates Rush to Voice Support for Chicago Teachers Union Strike
“What it’s saying is that the Democratic Party is actually finding its Rooseveltian roots again,” Randi Weingarten, the president of…
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Ohio Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Fight over State Takeovers of Poor-Performing Schools
At issue is a state law that shifted operational control of such districts from locally elected boards to unelected CEOs…
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Police: California Student Shot Classmate Then Went to Class
House Democrats threatened to subpoena Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, accusing her and high-ranking department officials of willfully obstructing their…
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House Democrats Threaten to Subpoena Betsy DeVos
The subpoena threat comes amid new information about whether the Education Department allowed an operator of for-profit colleges to mislead…
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Study Finds Huge Spending Increases on Pre-K in Colombia Doesn’t Always Benefit Kids
According to new research not all approaches to early childhood education are created equal. A study of Colombian preschool programs…
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DC Charter Enrollment Dips Slightly for First Time Since 1996 after Five Schools Close
D.C. Public Schools has reached enrollment numbers not seen since 2006, per preliminary numbers released on Tuesday by the city—more…
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Kentucky Mom Derides Homework Assignment as Political ‘Indoctrination’ against Governor
Jefferson County parent Katina Alami wrote in a social media post Monday that her fourth graders at Stopher Elementary got…
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Alabama State Board Member Launches Campaign to Save Elected Board — and Her Job
Alabama school board member Jackie Zeigler, R-Mobile, today launched a formal campaign against a Constitutional amendment that would remove her…
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Chicago Teachers Union Swarming City Hall with Their Demands
The city has offered some concessions to the union, but said it can't afford to meet all their demands.
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Georgia Supreme Court Ruling on Retirement Contributions Could Cost School District $250M — or More
The Georgia Supreme Court issued an opinion Monday upholding a Georgia Court of Appeals ruling that the DeKalb County School…
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‘I’m Not Working for the Union’: Chicago Teacher Crosses Picket Line and Goes on Working, and It’s Not the First Time
“I’m working for CPS. I’m working for the kids,” he said. “I’m not working for the union.”
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Startup Helps Teachers Buy Homes in Cities with High Housing Costs
Landed invests in part of the down payment of a house, lowering costs for teachers while giving them stability and…
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Northern California High School Shooting Leaves One Wounded
Gunfire erupted at a high school in Northern California on Tuesday morning, wounding one person and prompting a lockdown at…
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Connecticut Education Agencies Respond to Racial Incidents
Days after the latest high-profile incident of “racially insensitive” behavior by Connecticut students, three state educational agencies have issued a…
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Off-Year Election Has Big Stakes for Schools across Minnesota
Growing schools across Minnesota hope voters will help them out Election Day.
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Will Lee’s Summit Schools Continue Racial Equity Work without Minority Leaders?
The fight for racial equity in the Lee’s Summit school district appears to be back at square one.
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