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Therapist Tells CBS that Instead of Banning Homework Completely ‘We Should Be Able to Hit a Medium’
Are schools across the country going too far by banning homework? According to child and adolescent family therapist Darby Fox,…
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Oregon Lawmakers Eye More than $3.5 Billion in School Improvements
A legislative committee that spent the summer and fall combing the state for ways to improve Oregon schools learned Thursday…
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Ohio School Locks Down Building Due to Perceived Gun Threat
The principal of Ombudsman school, 535 Wyleswood Drive, locked down the building at about 11 a.m. Dec. 6 due to…
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Five Atlanta-Area Schools Receive Threats of Violence Thursday, One Was Evacuated: ‘We’re Tired of This’
While none of the threats turned out to be credible (most aren’t), they disrupted learning, scared children and parents and…
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20 Must-Read Education Stories from This Week
Read the most important education stories from this week: How screens are impacting kids’ brains, a plan to roll back…
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KELLY: Rahm Emanuel, Racism, and Chicago Public Schools’ Massive, Underreported Sex Abuse Scandal
In this era of #MeToo and grand jury investigations of the Catholic Church, Emanuel should have been driven out of…
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ANTONUCCI: Support Employees Union Claims It Can Hold ‘Sympathy Strike’ with Los Angeles Teachers Union
With no hope of a settlement in sight in the contract dispute between LA Unified and United Teachers Los Angeles,…
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New Research Claims Worry over Kids’ Excessive Smartphone Use Is More Justified Than Ever Before
It almost goes without saying that today’s portable devices – including smartphones and tablets – are fundamentally different than the…
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Ohio School Goes on Lockdown after Student Posts Photo of Himself on Snapchat Holding a Broken Paintball Gun
The principal of Ombudsman school, 535 Wyleswood Drive, locked down the building at about 11 a.m. Dec. 6 due to…
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Tennessee School Board Passes Resolution Opposing Vouchers after Governor-Elect Announces His Support
Ahead of the next legislative session under Gov.-elect Bill Lee, who has publicly expressed support for a school voucher program,…
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Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found on AFT Teachers Union Building
A number of areas around the building, including a wall, were yellow spray-painted on Tuesday and Wednesday with “I want…
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NYC Families File Lawsuit over Mayor’s Plan to Diversify Elite High Schools
The parents joined the Asian American Coalition for Education and other groups in the suit filed in Manhattan Federal court…
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Oregon May Require Students to Undergo Annual Mental Health Exams
Under Legislative Concept 2890, every school district and public charter school in the state would be required to participate.
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Three Lawsuits Filed against Portland District, Accusing ‘School Climate Coach’ of Beating Students
The grandmother of two Lents Elementary students has filed a $1.48 million lawsuit against Portland Public Schools on their behalf…
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Sandy Hook Parents Promote App for Reporting School Threats
Six years after 26 children and educators were killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut by a troubled…
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NY Catholic Schools Rebuke Mandate to Provide a ‘Substantially Equivalent’ Education to Local Public Schools
In a major rebuke to the state, leaders of New York’s more than 500 Catholic schools say they will boycott…
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Detroit Super Blasts School Ratings Bill: State Is Treating Residents and Teachers Like ‘Third-Class’ Citizens
Detroit public schools could be forced to scrap a new A-F school grading system it has not yet unveiled and…
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Sacramento Teachers Union Presents Plan for Fixing District Budget Crisis: $60M in Administrative Cuts
The teachers union presented its “Students First Budget Rebalancing Proposal” at a Board of Education meeting, claiming that it could…
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FL Governor-Elect’s Education Panel Calls for More Choice, Accountability in Schools
Key to achieving that goal, members said, is ensuring that parents and students have adequate information about the options available…
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8 Struggling Las Vegas-Area Schools Face Possible Charter School Competition
Eight struggling Clark County middle schools face potential competition from neighborhood charter schools after being approved Thursday by the State…
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Houston Board Votes against Giving Up Control of Failing Schools, Risking State Sanctions
Houston ISD trustees narrowly voted Thursday to not seek proposals from outside organizations to run long-struggling schools, a decision that…
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A First-Year Teacher Salary Bump of Nearly 8% Not Enough to Avoid a Denver Teachers Union Strike
While union leaders said the district’s proposal is “moving in the right direction,” they said it still falls short.
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Kentucky GOP Sends Open Records Requests for Work Emails of Several Teachers
While the GOP has declined to say how many requests it has submitted or for whom, at least some of…
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Parkland Panel’s Recommendation to Arm Teachers Worries Some Parents
Some of the final comments in the group’s last meeting foreshadowed no easy paths to come. In fact, the touchy…
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Video, Anti-Semitic Fliers Target Wisconsin School Ahead of Meetings over Nazi Salute Photo
Authorities are trying to determine who posted anti-Semitic fliers ahead of planned meetings next week over a photograph of Wisconsin…
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