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U.S. Department of Ed Committed to ‘Rethink Anything and Everything’ to Improve Special Ed
The nation’s top special education official is setting a new agenda for the U.S. Department of Education as it works…
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Senate Passes $70.9 Billion Education Spending Bill, Including $440 Million for Charter Schools
The Education Department for the past decade has been funded through a series of continuing resolutions and omnibus funding measures…
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Feds Spend over $1 Million Training ‘Social Justice’ Math Teachers
The National Science Foundation is spending over $1 million to train two-dozen "social justice" math teachers in Philadelphia.
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Government Accountability Office Releases Analysis of 22 Tax Credit Scholarship Programs
This report examines (1) state TCS programs' policies regarding student eligibility and scholarship awards, and (2) how donating to a…
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FDA Launching Massive Campaign in High School Bathrooms to Warn At-Risk Students against E-Cigarette Use
More than 2 million middle and high school students used e-cigarettes in 2017, the FDA said.
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While Addressing High School and College Students, DeVos Decries Lack of Freedom of Speech on Campuses
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Monday lamented what she sees as a lack of free speech on college campuses, and…
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FBI Warning: Education Technology Poses Risk to Students’ Privacy and Safety
The announcement warns parents, students and teachers of the potential exploitation of information stored on these technologies, which include personalized…
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Inside the Spending Deal That Will Fund the Education Department
House and Senate spending leaders reached a deal Thursday that includes a funding increase for the Education Department.
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Think Tank Supportive of Obama-Era Ed Policies Says Federal Turnaround Program Didn’t Completely Fail
“The autopsy on the grant program is flawed and its core conclusion faulty,” says the analysis, released by FutureEd, a…
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FDA Says Teen Vaping Has Reached ‘Epidemic’ Levels, Threatens Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes
The warning from the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday marks a stark shift in the agency's tone on e-cigarettes,…
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School Safety Commission: No Evidence Age Restrictions Reduce Likelihood of School Shootings
The school safety commission established by President Trump after the deadly shooting in Parkland, Fla., will not recommend new age…
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Broadway Producer Creates Stage Performance of Betsy DeVos’ Confirmation Hearing
It will not be the first time DeVos is portrayed on stage. She has been skewered on “Saturday Night Live,”…
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Cleveland School Voucher Case Cited in White House Emails to and from SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh
A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the legality of Cleveland's school voucher system was cited in emails to…
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Congress Asks if Federal School Safety Funds Can Be Used for Surveillance Technology
On the heels of news that the Education Department would consider if schools can use federal funds to arm teachers…
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Oklahoma Teacher to Testify in Opposition to Kavanaugh’s Views on Labor Unions and School Choice
Melissa Smith said she plans to share with the Senate committee how poor funding has hurt schools in Oklahoma and…
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IRS: Some Businesses Will Be Allowed to Claim Full Tax Deduction for Contributions to Scholarship Groups
Businesses will be allowed to claim a full federal tax deduction for contributions to charities or government programs — particularly…
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Kavanaugh: Brown v. Board of Education ‘Single Greatest Moment in Supreme Court History’
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh praised the decision in Brown v. Board of Education, calling it Wednesday the “single greatest…
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State or Federal Responsibility? Texas Charter Schools Operate in Migrant Shelters near Mexican Border
State education officials did not seem to be aware the two public schools were located in migrant shelters, despite approving…
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Four Religious School Choice Cases That Could Face SCOTUS and Kavanaugh
Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who is in the midst of a heated confirmation hearing, has been clear that he backs school…
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Why Hasn’t Betsy DeVos’ School Choice Agenda Advanced?
Before being named education secretary, DeVos devoted her professional life and a slice of her family’s fortune to promoting school…
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Memo Shows Senior Executives at Education Department May Be Pushed into New Jobs
While not all of those workers may be reassigned, every member of the department’s Senior Executive Service was asked last…
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DeVos on Using Federal Funds to Arm Schools: States and Local Jurisdictions Have Flexibility to Decide
DeVos' comments came Friday after a top official in her department, asked about arming teachers, said states and local jurisdictions…
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How an Obscure Supreme Court Ruling Led to the Ongoing Debate over Education for Illegal Immigrants
Some Supreme Court decisions are famous. Some are infamous. Brown v. Board, Roe v. Wade. But Plyler v. Doe? It’s…
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The Little-Known Education Legacy of John McCain, a ‘Great Champion’ of School Choice
In recent years, he worked to expand education savings accounts to students attending long-underperforming Bureau of Indian Education schools, but…
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House Democrats Tell Betsy DeVos to Say No to Allowing Schools to Use Federal Funding to Buy Firearms
In a letter being sent to DeVos on Tuesday, 173 out of 193 Democrats in the House argue that DeVos…
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