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Dec 20, 2021 |OzarksFirst | innovation |
Towns, States, Midwest, Missouri
As the recipient of the STOP Award, the Discovery Center has some big ideas for how it’s going to use the money. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |NBC News | accountability |
National
A high school district in Phoenix boasts a diverse teaching staff. A key to their success? Listening to what teachers of color say they and their students need. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |Fox News | school choice |
National
Supporters of school freedom can take comfort in the fact that Supreme Court justices are pushing back on state efforts to exclude families who want to use school choice to send their children to religious schools. School freedom should be for all families regardless of whether they plan to send their children to a secular or religious school. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |Fox News | teachers unions |
National
A New York Times column praising teachers union head Randi Weingarten as a figure who worked to keep schools open over the past two years was criticized as “gaslighting” Friday. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |New York Post | school choice |
National
Seventeen years ago, Corey DeAngelis made a decision in middle school that changed his life. He applied to Communications Arts High School, a magnet high school in San Antonio, Texas, got in, and his experience there turned him into a national advocate for parents demanding a choice in their children’s education. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |Whittier Daily News | school choice |
National
News stories and studies have documented the ill effects of the COVID-19 shutdowns on schoolchildren in California and across the country, yet the public-school establishment’s recent failures have resulted in some encouraging news. The pandemic has opened the eyes of many parents, as support for educational competition has reached a record high. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |Washington Post | other education issues |
National
As an education writer, I rarely have dealt with desegregation. The effort to create a better mix of rich and poor, White and non-White students in our schools was crumbling because of unfavorable court decisions when I started on this beat in the 1980s. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |Real Clear Politics | parent power |
National
After a year in which parents across the country began exercising more political power at school board meetings and through activist groups, the COVID-fueled parent movement is unlikely to subside any time soon, a new poll released Monday found. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |Stevens Point Journal | charter schools |
Towns, States, Midwest, Wisconsin
Two years after school district leaders flagged Point of Discovery's declining enrollment, the school will expand for the third time in three years to allow another high school grade. The expansion plan came in response to board concerns and a 2023 deadline to increase enrollment to at least 140 students and lower operating costs. Enrollment has increased from 86 students to 125 since 2019. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |American Press | charter schools |
Towns, States, South, Louisiana
Lake Charles College Prep were given four year renewals and Southwest Louisiana Charter Academy was given a three-year renewal. All three renewals were without conditions and will become effective July 1, 2022, Mancuso said. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |Chicago Tribune | remote learning |
Towns, States, Midwest, Illinois
By most accounts, Thursday was an emotional day for Evanston Township High School students, parents and staff members. The school was placed on lockdown in the morning after two handguns were found. Students were dismissed in the early afternoon, with no shots fired and no injuries reported. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |Associated Press | general teacher issues |
States, South, Louisiana
Louisiana’s teacher workforce has seen a 30% drop in the ranks of aspiring teachers, a glut of educators working outside their field of expertise and a glaring need for more racial diversity, according to a new state report. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |Albuquerque Journal | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, New Mexico
While many inmates in state prisons are required to participate in educational programs, the notion of continuing their education often becomes a distant thought after they are released. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |Chalkbeat | federal budget |
States, Midwest, Michigan
Proof that $6 billion in federal education aid can transform schools is already on display across Michigan, from expanded summer programs to upgraded buildings to new staff hired to help students cope with the pandemic. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |WV MetroNews | charter schools |
States, South, West Virginia
Judge Jennifer Bailey is weighing a temporary injunction request by parents and educators who say the state’s method of approving charter schools is unconstitutional. At the end of a hearing last week, Bailey had indicated she would issue a ruling by Friday. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |WRC-TV | remote learning |
Towns, States, South, Maryland
Gov. Larry Hogan said that while local school jurisdictions hold the power to make such choices, it's not one he agrees with. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |FOX 29 News | remote learning |
Towns, States, Northeast, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia high school will move students to remote learning on Monday as teachers staged a massive ‘call out’ to demand better health protocols one week after a student died of COVID-19. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |Start Tribune | other education issues |
Towns, States, Midwest, Minnesota
Now that in-person classes are back in session, demand for tutors is skyrocketing as schools and parents seek to help students close the learning gaps that resulted from months of online-only instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |The Detroit News | school choice |
States, Midwest, Michigan
Students shouldn’t be punished for struggling to learn. And parents shouldn’t be overwhelmed with expenses to help them. But when Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vetoed the Student Opportunity Scholarships Act, that’s exactly what she did to my daughter, Katie, and to many Michigan families who cannot afford materials and services to help their students succeed. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |News Miner | charter schools |
Towns, States, West, Alaska
The Fairbanks school board approved a request by four charter schools to determine their own policies for face masks. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |Idaho EdNews | school funding |
States, West, Idaho
Any normal year, state budget writers build annual education budgets around the average daily attendance of Idaho’s more than 310,000 public K-12 students. Read More...
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Dec 20, 2021 |Boston Globe | innovation |
Towns, States, Northeast, Massachusetts
Our vision is about demonstrating that it is possible to support every student. It is about setting aside the false choice between success in an exam school and failure in an open-enrollment school.
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Dec 20, 2021 |WRAL | innovation |
States, South, North Carolina
Students across our state are thriving through opportunities within our public schools, like the dual language immersion programs featured the on latest Education Matters show at the Gregory International School in Wilmington and Lakewood Elementary in Durham. Read More...
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