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Mar 29, 2022 |Forbes | innovation |
National
That’s why this year’s ASU+GSV Summit—“Ed on the Edge: Imagining a New Era in Which People Have Equal Access to the Future”—could not be more timely or more important. Scheduled for April 4-6 in San Diego, California, this year’s summit will feature some of the world’s most influential entrepreneurs, leaders, educators and investors who are creating innovative ways to meet our challenges. Read More...
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Mar 29, 2022 |The Hill | enrollment |
National
Combine parents finding alternative learning options for their children with millions of missing students unaccounted for in our school systems, and the result is the U.S. experiencing a 3 percent drop in the number of reported students attending public schools during the 2020-21 school year. Read More...
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Mar 29, 2022 |Washington Times | accountablility |
National
Finally, we need to muster the political courage to challenge the unbridled power of the teachers unions. Their resistance to performance-based pay for teachers and preventing even the lowest-performing teachers from getting fired keeps the U.S. K-12 education system in a state of mediocrity. Read More...
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It is time to face that hard truth, beginning with acknowledging — and acting on — what the data makes plain. Overall, Black children in urban areas are achieving significantly better results in public charter schools than in traditional district schools. There is nothing stopping America from replicating these successful schools in cities across the country except a lack of political will, from many elected officials in both parties. Read More...
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Mar 29, 2022 |San Diego Union Tribune | general teacher issues |
National
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona spoke at an education conference in San Diego Monday, where he said schools need to use the pandemic’s challenges to change dramatically so they can better serve students. Read More...
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Mar 29, 2022 |The 74 | elections |
Towns, States, West, California
More than half of Los Angeles voters believe the quality of education in the Los Angeles Unified School District is worse than it was before the pandemic, according to a new poll.
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Mar 29, 2022 |WFYI | teachers unions |
States, Midwest, Indiana
Indiana lawmakers are continuing an effort to change how teachers pay union dues through paycheck deductions with a new law. It tweaks previous legislation that a federal judge said likely violated the constitution. Read More...
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Mar 29, 2022 |Arizona Republic | accountability |
States, West, Arizona
The challenges students faced when schools closed during the pandemic were magnified for students such as Fernanda whose first language is not English. English learners in Arizona are a large and growing group. Read More...
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Mar 29, 2022 |News4Jax | accountability |
States, South, Florida
The data from the 2020-21 school year shows a gap of 29 percentage points between the reading levels of white and Black students across the state. And in Duval, St. Johns and Alachua county school districts, the gap is even wider. Read More...
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Mar 29, 2022 |CalMatters | general teacher issues |
States, West, California
California needs tens of thousands of teachers and assistants to expand public school to all 4-year-olds. Private and nonprofit preschools worry they’ll lose their staff. Read More...
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Mar 29, 2022 |WOWK | school choice |
States, South, West Virginia
More than 1,250 scholarships have been awarded to students across the Mountain State since March 1st to help them be able to attend private schools in the state. Read More...
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Mar 29, 2022 |Payson Roundup | state takeover |
States, West, Arizona
A bill that could force some 200 Arizona schools to close or seek new operators has at least temporarily stalled in the House Education Committee, despite opposition by many education advocates. Read More...
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Mar 29, 2022 |The Center Square | teachers unions |
States, South, Kentucky
An organization that advocates for public school teachers and other employees said Monday it filed an ethics complaint against a Northern Kentucky state lawmaker. Read More...
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Mar 29, 2022 |EdSource | school districts |
Towns, States, West, California
Alberto Carvalho, the new Los Angeles schools chief, will soon announce bold reforms to lift children and families. Hopes run high as schools return to a taste of pre-pandemic normalcy after two years of shuttered classrooms and distant students. Read More...
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Mar 29, 2022 |El Paso Times | elections |
States, South, Texas
Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke discussed his vision for education reform Sunday at a town hall meeting at the El Paso Community Foundation as part of his ongoing “People of Texas” state tour.
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Mar 29, 2022 |Memphis Commercial Appeal | parent power |
Towns, States, South, Tennessee
Memphis Lift, a parent advocacy group, will open a new parent resource center thanks to a $1.5 million grant from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott.
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Mar 29, 2022 |New Hampshire Bulletin | school choice |
States, Northeast, New Hampshire
New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program continues to see a higher than expected take-up rate since it launched in September. But the proportion of students using it to leave their public schools continues to be relatively low. Read More...
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Mar 29, 2022 |WTVQ | charter schools |
States, South, Kentucky
Monday the Senate Education Committee passed House Bill 9. This new measure would set up public funding for Charter Schools in the state using ‘SEEK’ dollars, which is the main source of funding for Kentucky’s school districts. Read More...
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Mar 29, 2022 |Arizona Mirror | school funding |
States, West, Arizona
An eleventh-hour proposal that would make sweeping changes to how Arizona schools are funded won Republican approval on a legislative panel Monday, despite the devastating budget cuts that critics say many schools will face if it becomes law. Read More...
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