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Dec 10, 2021 |Washington Post | school choice |
National
Conservatives on the Supreme Court seemed ready Wednesday to extend a line of recent rulings favoring religious interests, and they were critical of a Maine tuition program that does not allow public funds to go to schools that promote religious instruction. Read More...
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Dec 10, 2021 |Wall Street Journal | remote learning |
National
School districts across the U.S. say they are seeing a surge of student misbehavior in the return to in-person learning, after months of closures and disruptions due to the pandemic. Read More...
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Dec 10, 2021 |Chalkbeat | charter schools |
National
It’s one of the biggest education-focused gifts in philanthropic history: Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg recently announced he would spend $750 million over the next five years to expand charter schools. Read More...
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Dec 10, 2021 |Boston Globe | learning pods |
National
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced traditional schools to shut down, a new educational option sprang up — “learning pods” that combine online training with in-person instruction. Now, even though schools have reopened, a tech startup in Newton is betting that learning pods are here to stay. Read More...
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Dec 10, 2021 |Wall Street Journal | school districts |
National
New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams on Thursday named veteran urban educator David Banks as the next leader of the nation’s largest school system. Read More...
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Dec 10, 2021 |The Columbus Dispatch | school funding |
States, Midwest, Ohio
Ohio is one of a handful of states that let public school districts and other political subdivisions, such as counties or townships, legally challenge the value of any home or parcel in their area. Read More...
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Dec 10, 2021 |KFOR | charter schools |
States, South, Oklahoma
There is new scrutiny and legal battles involving Oklahoma’s largest online charter school. Epic is facing a state investigation after the vice-chair of the governing board resigned, and blew the whistle on what she calls “alarming” behavior behind-the-scenes at the school. Read More...
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Dec 10, 2021 |The Center Square | private schools |
States, Midwest, Illinois
The Illinois State Board of Education has school districts without COVID-19 mask mandates on its naughty list. The private schools listed continue in-person learning. No such list exists for the public schools complying with masks that are now telling kids to stay home for remote learning. Read More...
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Dec 10, 2021 |InDepthNH.org | school choice |
States, Northeast, New Hampshire
Final rules for the new state “education freedom account” program, also known as vouchers, were adopted by the State Board of Education Thursday. Read More...
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Dec 10, 2021 |New York Post | school districts |
Towns, States, Northeast, New York
Banks is an excellent choice. The career educator has an insider’s knowledge of the Department of Education but has taken an outsider’s approach in bringing innovation and excellence to the schools he’s headed — Bronx HS for Law, Government & Justice and the six-school Eagle Academy for Young Men network. Read More...
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Dec 10, 2021 |New Hampshire Public Radio | learning pods |
States, Northeast, New Hampshire
The Executive Council voted Wednesday to extend a $5.8 million contract with a national company that provides “learning pods” to public schools, advancing a school choice program even as take-up in the existing program has been slow. Read More...
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Dec 10, 2021 |Florida Politics | school choice |
States, South, Florida
A funny thing happened over the past 20 years while critics were condemning education choice in Florida as a right-wing plot: Hundreds of thousands of Black families flocked to embrace it. Read More...
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Dec 10, 2021 |The Missouri Times | school choice |
States, Midwest, Missouri
One of the most talked-about bills to pass during the previous session was legislation creating $50 million in tax credit-funded accounts for public and private school expenses. Read More...
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Dec 10, 2021 |Los Angeles Times | school districts |
Towns, States, West, California
Alberto Carvalho, who has led Miami-Dade County Public Schools since 2008 and is among the nation’s most experienced and admired school district leaders, has been named the next superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, district officials announced Thursday. Read More...
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Dec 10, 2021 | Post Bulletin | accountability |
Towns, States, Midwest, Minnesota
There are more than 2,600 Black students in Rochester's public school system, and only 17.2% of them are proficient in math. Hispanic students scored even lower, coming in at 15.8% proficient in math. Read More...
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