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Education Reform Opinion
WHITEACRE: There’s No Excuse for Attack on Faith-Based Private Schools Accepting School Choice Scholarships
These scholarship programs are helping Florida’s most disadvantaged students. Researchers from Florida State University consistently report that low-income scholarship students…
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Virginia First Lady to Focus on Early Education
First Lady Pamela Northam has started a new initiative to improve early education in Virginia.
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Weekly Roundup
19 Must-Read Education Stories from This Week
Read the most important K-12 education stories from the week of June 22, 2018: White House announces Education and Labor…
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Education Reform Opinion
BOWDON: What’s Good for the Goose
What happens when district schools get judged by the same standard as charter schools?
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Education Reform Opinion
CROCKETT: Overturning ‘Fair Share’ Union Fees Would Restore Balance
Many public employees object to union policies. The Supreme Court is in a position to overturn a requirement of "fair…
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Newswire
Opponents Say TX Governor’s One-Size-Fits-All School Safety Plan May Create Unintended Consequences
Advocates for less-punitive disciplinary policies argue the governor’s plan is too focused on “zero-tolerance” discipline and would increase the likelihood…
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National Education News
LEGO Launches Master Educator Community Program
LEGO Education has launched a new education community — LEGO Education Master Educators — and has named 110 members to…
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New Jersey
NJ High School Surprises WWII Veteran with Diploma 73 Years Later
It really is never too late. Vito Trause, a 92-year-old World War II veteran, was awarded the diploma he would…
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District of Columbia
25% of DC Teachers Lack Required Certification, Ed Chief Says That Doesn’t Mean They Are Unqualified
The interim chancellor of D.C. Public Schools, Amanda Alexander, said in an interview earlier this week that the lack of…
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Minnesota
St. Paul District and Union Launch Door-Knocking Campaign to Woo Back Families Who Left for Charters
Educators armed with clipboards and iPads will fan across select neighborhoods in St. Paul this summer with a frank pitch…
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Indiana
IN Supreme Court Rules Students Must Be Told Miranda Rights before Interrogation by School Officer
In a first-of-its-kind ruling Wednesday by the Indiana Supreme Court, the justices unanimously agreed that students are required to be…
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Federal Education News
Education Wonks Give a Collective Shrug to Plan That Combine Education and Labor Departments
As President Trump sets out to shake up a bureaucracy he has derided as unwieldy, his proposal to merge the…
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Newswire
After 17 Years of Governing Philadelphia’s School District, State-Appointed SRC Holds Final Meeting
Amid songs and signs, with cheers, jeers and wistful words, the School Reform Commission took its final public actions Thursday…
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Federal Education News
Federal School Safety Panel Examines the Link between Video Games, News and School Violence
The conversation took place in Washington during a meeting of the Federal Commission on School Safety, a group chaired by…
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Colorado
Change in Colorado Law Sets Up a ‘David and Goliath’ School Choice Battle
It allows school districts to run buses through other districts’ boundaries without first getting consent, a change from current law.
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Massachusetts
Boston District Sued for Cooperating with Federal Immigration Officials
The information exchange has become a “school-to-deportation pipeline,” the suit claims. The BPS has previously denied the practice.
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Must-Reads
NJ Teacher’s Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality of Fees Charged to Non-Union Members
Filed in U.S. District Court in Camden, Ann Smith claims her constitutional rights are being violated by forcing her to…
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California
Discipline Reform Gets $15 Million Boost in California Budget
The budget agreement approved by the Legislature also includes an indefinite extension of California’s ban in grades K-3 on suspensions…
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Newswire
Oregon to Allow Students to Identify As Neither Male nor Female
Next school year, Oregon students will no longer be required to identify as male or female. Starting in August, students…
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National Education News
How Do We Achieve Safe Schools: Harsh Consequences, or Second Chances?
The debate in many ways comes down to this: What's more important — cold steel or warm hugs? Harsh consequences…
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New Jersey
New Jersey Legislature Passes Fix the Education Funding
The state Legislature on Thursday passed landmark school funding reform that will redistribute hundreds of millions of dollars in public…
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New York
In Union Defeat, NY Lawmakers End Session without Revamping Teacher Evaluations
The bill pushed by the unions would have left decisions about whether to use state test scores in teacher evaluations…
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Maryland
MD Lawmakers Ask Secretary of Labor to Take Action on Visas Set to Expire for Teachers
In a Thursday letter, the Democratic lawmakers urged Secretary Alexander Acosta to reconsider an audit process they say will result…
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How Would New Jersey School Funding Revamp Affect Your School District?
Senate President Stephen Sweeney is making a big push for school funding reform to fix a formula that he says…
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Maryland Governor Announces $19 Million in Education Funding
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is announcing $19 million in education funding to implement some of the recommendations of a high-profile…
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