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School Resource Officer Activates Taser to Awaken Sleeping Student in Ohio

Police in northeast Ohio have placed a school resource officer on unpaid leave for activating a Taser to wake up a sleeping student.




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Audit Finds Ohio Online Charter Inflated Attendance, School Could Owe Millions

Attendance and login records show that Ohio's Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow was paid for 9,000 students more than it should have been, according to a state audit.




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Bill Protecting Ohio E-School Heads to Governor

A bill shielding what is now Ohio's largest online school and its sponsor from the negative consequences of accepting thousands of former Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow students is headed to Gov. John Kasich for his signature.




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Ohio District's Armed-Employee Program Struck Down Over Training Requirement

An Ohio appellate court struck down a district's policy allowing staff members to carry concealed weapons in school with 24 hours of "active shooter/killer training."




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States Ordering Schools to Close in Response to Coronavirus

"We have a responsibility to save lives," Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said on Twitter. "We could have waited to close schools, but based on advice from health experts, this is the time to do it."




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Ohio Supreme Court dismisses Toledo bullying lawsuit




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Ohio lawmakers urge school funding fix as session nears end




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Ohio House OKs school funding plan; unclear if Senate will




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Wyoming's Native Students More Likely to Face Suspension

Although Native American students make up a small percentage of Wyoming's student population, they are suspended more than their non-minority peers.




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Wyoming, Idaho Laws Expand K-12 Computer Science Education

All districts in Wyoming will be required to provide K-12 computer science instruction, and Idaho high schools will offer at least one high school CS course.




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Budget Cuts Lead Wyoming to Scale Back Relationship With Accrediting Agency

AdvancED, the national accreditation company, has for the last two years operated Wyoming's entire accreditation process but the state will now do the work on its own.




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State of the States: Education highlights from latest governor's address before the legislature.




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Half of the 48 school districts in Wyoming have fewer than 300 students. But they’re linked together, thanks to the state’s investment in a video and high-speed Internet connection that ties schools to the state university and community colleges, where students have access to classes that might not




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Wyoming Adopts New Science Standards

Wyoming's new science benchmarks are similar to the Next Generation Science Standards.




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Unlike many other states, Wyoming finds itself in a healthy financial position, thanks to its mineral and energy wealth.




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How Statewide LMS Options Could Help Schools Strengthen Remote Learning

Several states already offer a state-sanctioned LMS option to their schools, with some encouraging results in their efforts to cut costs and improve technical capabilities.




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How 4 Communities Are Struggling to Prepare Kids for an Uncertain Future

Schools are slowly figuring out how to balance thinking globally with acting locally, and recognizing that some key skills are valuable no matter where students end up living.




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Why Is This Teacher Running for Office? To Help 'Students Get What They Deserve'

High school teacher Jenefer Pasqua is running for Wyoming's state legislature to fight against education funding cuts.




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Nation Gets a 'C' on School Finance, Even as Economic Downturn Takes Hold

Wyoming once again takes the top spot in Quality Counts' annual ranking of the states on school finance, while 22 states receive grades between C-minus and D-minus.




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This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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Wyoming Schools Chief on the Coronavirus Challenge

"In communities most devastated by COVID-19, academic achievement is pretty far down on the priority list—this is the reality," says Wyoming state chief Jillian Balow.




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Wyoming teacher honored for student support amid pandemic




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Ohio Supreme Court dismisses Toledo bullying lawsuit




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Santa Fe schools end in-person learning experiment




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Gov. Lee hoping for teacher pay raises amid budget crunch




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Nevada school district to consider reopening campuses




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High school graduation rates again rise in Georgia




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Washington state teachers protest school return in Monroe




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Anchorage schools delay plan to bring students back to class




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Enrollment in Missouri public schools declines by 3.2%




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What Schools Are (and Aren’t) Doing to Support Teachers Worried About Safety of In-Person Learning

More schools are trying to shift to some in-person learning for students, but many teachers don’t believe it’s safe.




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How Hybrid Learning Is (and Is Not) Working During COVID-19: 6 Case Studies

The mix of hybrid learning approaches is dizzying, but schools are learning valuable lessons about what is worth replicating.




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Hybrid learning approved for high schoolers amid COVID spike




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In-class teaching continues in Reno; Las Vegas vote Thursday




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Fever, symptom screening misses many coronavirus cases




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Anoka-Hennepin elementary schools to close due to COVID-19




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A Highly Effective Vaccine Is Likely on the Way. What Does That Mean for Schools and Kids?

Two infectious disease experts weigh in on how a COVID-19 vaccine that’s 90 percent effective, as early results are showing, could change school health and safety protocols.




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The Pandemic Is Raging. Here's How to Support Your Grieving Students

What do students who have experienced a loss need in the classroom? Brittany R. Collins digs into the science.




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Idaho's 2nd-largest school district goes online-only, again




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Federal Way reaches settlement with DOJ over school bullying




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More schools ending in-person learning amid rising outbreaks




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Missouri guidance change seeks to reduce school quarantines




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Polis: Proposed budget will ease suffering, set up recovery




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More Indiana schools move online as COVID-19 spread spikes