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After Nazi Salute Video, Additional Racist Images Continue to Surface in California District
School officials in Orange County are reopening an investigation into a group of high school students caught on video with…
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Charter Schools Tell Allentown School District to ‘Live Within Its Means’; Reject Tuition Pay Cut
Nearly 20 charter schools have sent a scathing joint letter to the Allentown School District declining the district’s request for…
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Tennessee Teacher Charged with Solicitation of Minor after Allegedly Sending Inappropriate Text Messages
Chandler Morris, 24, a former Ooltewah High School teacher was charged with solicitation of a minor by the Chattanooga Police…
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Georgia Teacher Accused of Trying to Molest 13-Year-Old Boy in Mall Bathroom
Authorities charged 28-year-old Devin Lecorry Johnson, of Mableton, with one count each of child molestation, enticing a child and obstruction…
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CA Teachers Union Study Says Three Large Districts Enroll a Higher Share of Disabled Students Than Charters
California’s main teachers union on Wednesday released a study that found disparities in the number of students with disabilities who…
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Harrisburg District Leader Makes It Clear She Doesn’t Like Charter Schools
“I’ll say it again: Harrisburg School District is ready to compete in a very bold and courageous way with any…
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Former Alabama Ed Chief Opening State’s Largest Charter School
Alabama’s former state superintendent Tommy Bice led the groundbreaking ceremony today for what will be the state’s largest charter school…
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Father Says District School Undermined Him as a Parent after 14-Year-Old Daughter Declared She Was a Boy
I pleaded that my daughter's school call her by her legal name, use female pronouns. By refusing, they prevented her…
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Tennessee Lawmaker Drafting Legislation to Repeal New Education Savings Accounts Law
Rep. Joe Towns confirmed he is drafting legislation to turn back the state’s new education savings account law and said…
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Federal Investigators Seek Student Records and Spending Details at Indiana Virtual School
Federal investigators are scrutinizing the enrollment and financial practices of two Indiana virtual schools on the brink of collapse amid…
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More States Are Using This Turnaround Model that Gives Schools the Kind of Autonomy Usually Granted to Charters
Some see the strategy as a more collaborative middle ground than a typical state takeover. Others, including some teachers unions,…
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Hollywood Insiders Battle Over Charter Schools
It's industry creatives vs. Reed Hastings as California bills restricting new options are up for vote: "The people backing charters…
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Baltimore Schools Found to Have ‘Significant Security and Safety Issues’
The report found that across 165 Baltimore schools, “many of the interior doors to the classrooms do not have the…
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Robocall Accusing TN Superintendent of ‘Radically Liberal’ Agenda Stirs Controversy over White Privilege Training
A robocall accusing the Hamilton County Schools system of having a "liberal agenda" is concerning community members as the controversy…
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Study Says There Are Fewer Variations among States’ Standards for Math and Reading Proficiency
Nearly every state in the U.S. has raised the bar over the last decade for what it considers grade-level achievement…
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Takeaways from Texas School Ratings: Districts in Low-Income Areas Received the Most D’s and F’s
At the same time, hundreds of high-poverty schools received A grades, including many in South Texas. Those are just some…
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Pennsylvania District’s Tax-Rate Typo Leads to Nearly $900,000 Deficit
A slip of a finger, a single keystroke, is saving taxpayers in one Bucks County school district $32 each in…
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Number of NYC Students Arrested for Sex Crimes Has Increased for Third Straight Year
There were 34 felony sex crime busts during the last academic year — up 161% from two years ago when…
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The Average Class Size for Every State
INSIDER used data from the National Center for Education Statistics on classroom sizes around the country to see how the…
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Arizona Governor Seeks to Protect Education Savings Accounts for Autistic, Tribal Nation and Military Children
In the midst of several recent controversies and a PR campaign against the new Democratic superintendent of public instruction by…
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State Blocks Use of New Controversial Reading Program in North Carolina Schools
The state Department of Information Technology granted Amplify Education’s motion Monday for a temporary stay against the use of Istation…
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Disconnect between Student Performance and School Ratings Prompts Changes to Colorado’s Grading System
Currently, the large majority of Colorado schools earn the state’s highest rating, even as most of their students are not…
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KY Superintendent Says School Administrator Involved in Test Cheating Later Became Principal
An administrator at Newport schools was involved in test cheating before becoming a principal within the district, according to Superintendent…
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After Decades of Court-Ordered Supervision, L.A. District Regains Full Control of Programs for Disabled Students
The court-approved agreement will end a consent decree dating back to 1996, when district officials acknowledged they were not meeting…
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Arizona Teacher Accused of Molesting Three 5th Grade Girls Has Been Re-Arrested
Ricky Jesus Ordway, 43, was taken into custody last Friday on an outstanding warrant.
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