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Number of students with virus doubled within week, data show




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Mississippi schools receive computers for distance learning




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in West Virginia

This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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Thousands of Teachers. 4 States. Your Guide to the Protests Sweeping the Nation

As Oklahoma teachers prepare for day four of their statewide walkout, here's a guide to the larger picture of teacher protests.




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After Four Years, Progress Reported by 'Reconnecting McDowell'

Academic and health offerings have increased in McDowell County, W.Va., due to a private-public partnership.




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States Dependent on Natural Resources Face Tricky Path on K-12 Revenue

Governors in several natural resource-dependent states said recently they will have to continue to cut public education funding because prices for oil and coal have not rebounded.




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Did #RedForEd Just Capture Its First Midterm Victory?

In Tuesday night's Republican primary in West Virginia, Robert Karnes, a West Virginia Republican state senator who lashed out at teachers during their nine-day strike, lost to pro-labor candidate Bill Hamilton.




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W. Va. Governor Fires Sen. Joe Manchin's Wife From State Education Post

The legislature sent a proposal last week to Gov. Jim Justice's desk to shutter the state's advisory education and the arts department, leaving the Gayle Manchin and her staff in the lurch.




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West Virginia Teacher Strike Ends After Four Days, Governor Announces Pay Raise

Teachers will receive a 5 percent raise, pending a vote by the state legislature. School will resume Thursday.




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West Virginia Teachers Continue to Strike After State Senate Trims Pay Raise

The West Virginia Senate trimmed the proposed pay raise for teachers from 5 percent to 4 percent, prompting union officials to declare that the strike will continue indefinitely.




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Despite Fierce Teacher Opposition, West Virginia House Votes to Allow Charter Schools

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed its version of a sweeping education omnibus bill, which would allow the state's first charter schools.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in West Virginia

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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Elementary Teacher Defeats West Virginia's State Senate President in Primary

After a couple years of clashes with teachers in the state, West Virginia Senate President Mitch Carmichael was ousted in Tuesday's Republican primary election by a teacher.




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As Demand for Food Grows Under Coronavirus, Schools Step Up

Districts are reconfiguring services, offering hazard pay, and partnering with food banks to keep up with a growing, unprecedented demand for food services during the school shutdown.




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How Layoffs Upend Life for Educators, Students, and Districts

Pandemic-inflicted budget cuts have cost thousands of educators their jobs. Here’s how that’s playing out in five districts around the country.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Michigan

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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Briefly Stated: Stories You May Have Missed

A collection of stories from the week that you may have missed.




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Briefly Stated: Stories You May Have Missed

A collection of articles from this week that you may have missed.




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DeVos Appoints New Leader of African-American Education Initiative

Terris Todd, a former teacher and school administrator in the Battle Creek, Mich., schools, is the ethnic vice chair of the Michigan Republican Party.




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Survey: Michigan educators feel unsafe returning to school




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Whitmer may extend partial shutdown of schools, businesses




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Dual-Language Learning: How Schools Can Ensure It's for All Students

In this third installment on the growth in dual-language learning, one expert says broad access to programs is important, but that students need an early start to reap the benefits.




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Three Members of Navajo Family, Two of Them Educators, Die From COVID-19

Marie Pino, who taught generations of children in her Navajo community, died at 67. She had lost one of her sons, a school basketball coach, to coronavirus-related illness just weeks before; her husband, an emergency medical coordinator and pastor, died of the illness shortly after she did.




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Federal Judge Denies Relief in Challenge to New Mexico School Reopening Rules

In a case that has drawn the involvement of the Trump administration, a federal judge holds that state rules limiting in-person instruction are not infringing on federal constitutional rights.




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Santa Fe schools end in-person learning experiment




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New Mexico to delay winter high school sports until February




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New Mexico lawmakers consider slimmer child welfare budgets




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New Breed of After-School Programs Embrace English-Learners

A handful of districts and other groups are reshaping the after-school space to provide a wide range of social and linguistic supports for newcomer students.




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AASA Selects Illinois Educator as Superintendent of the Year

David Schuler, the superintendent of Township High School District 214 in Arlington Heights, Ill., has been named 2018 National Superintendent of the Year.




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For Educators Vying for State Office, Teachers' Union Offers 'Soup to Nuts' Campaign Training

In the aftermath of this spring's teacher protests, more educators are running for state office—and the National Education Association is seizing on the political moment.




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Briefly Stated: Stories You May Have Missed (Nov. 13, 2019)

A collection of short news stories from the last week.




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Illinois High Court Backs Pension for One-Day Teacher Substitute

A union lobbyist who worked just one day as a substitute teacher is entitled to a pension worth potentially tens of thousands of dollars annually, the Illinois supreme court has ruled.




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In Illinois, New Budget Caps Raises and Limits Pensions for Teachers

The state's budget bill, which Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner signed into law this week, caps annual raises for end-of-career-teachers, lowering the pension they can receive.




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Could 'Redshirting' Become A Thing of the Past in Illinois?

Lawmakers in Illinois are considering a bill that would require children to start kindergarten if they are 5 on or before May 31, with exceptions for summer birthdays.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Illinois

This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.




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More School Districts Sever Ties With Police. Will Others Follow?

Campaigns to get rid of police in schools catch a wave of momentum in some communities, but activists still face deep resistance from educators nationally.




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Illinois Directs Districts to Set Aside Federal COVID Aid for All Private School Students

The state's decision indicates that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos' push on COVID-19 and private school students is having an affect.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Illinois

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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Briefly Stated: Stories You May Have Missed

A collection of stories you may have missed.




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Self-portrait: Fiona Murphy

My earliest memories of books and words are of awe and suspicion.




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2023 Fellows announced

Each year, Library Fellows help uncover new stories and offer fresh insights into our extensive collections.




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Self-portrait: George Haddad

There is an anarchist in me who swells against my sensible façade.




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Surf shooters catching a wave

A recently acquired vintage photograph by an influential early-twentieth-century photographer shows one of the first d




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Self-portrait: Debra Dank

Our Gudanji kujiga grew here with Gudanji Country about the same time as our stories, and it was long before paper and w




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Take 5 famous felons

The stories of five famous felons told through the collection.     John Knatchbull John Kna




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String Bag from Sydney coastal area, collected before 1821

String or net bags are produced first by making rope, then weaving it together to make intricate loops that hold tog




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Oregon vs Baylor: Final score, highlights from women's basketball game

It's Oregon women's basketball vs. Baylor in a marquee nonconference college basketball matchup. Follow for live score updates, game highlights.




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Notre Dame women's basketball clobbers Purdue on road for second win

If an opponent isn't contending for an ACC or national championship, Notre Dame is likely to run it out of the gym. That's exactly what happened during the Irish's first road game of the season against Purdue. Much like with the football team less than two months earlier,…




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Notre Dame WBB puts up highlight-reel performance in dominating Purdue

Dazzling first with a relentless hawking defense that helped force 22 turnovers, then adding an almost frantic-paced offensive assault, the 2-0 No. 6-ranked Irish overwhelmed Purdue (1-1), 102-58, at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind. Dynamo guard Hannah Hidalgo was slapping, diving and picking pockets all night, making life miserable for any Boilermaker stuck bringing the ball up the floor. ► Snap Counts: Here's who played for Notre Dame football against Florida St.




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Georgia Lady Dawgs down Furman, move to 3-0

ATHENS, Ga. — With five players scoring in double-figures, the Georgia Lady Bulldogs defeated Furman, 74-46, on a rainy Sunday afternoon at Stegeman Coliseum. Fast Facts * Sunday’s matchup marked the 14th-straight year that Georgia and Furman have met during the regular season. The Lady Dogs lead the series 21-0, which includes a 17-0 record at home. * The Lady Dogs went on a 14-0 run at the ...