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Teachers Without Internet Work in Parking Lots, Empty School Buildings During COVID-19

While most teachers have online access at home, internet service for many educators in rural areas is spotty, expensive, or nonexistent.




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Hogan vetoes major education bill, cites virus budget impact




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New York Proposes Increased Flexibility to Teacher Certification Process

To give districts more flexibility in the face of teacher shortages, New York's education department is proposing to modify its regulations on teacher certifications.




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'Open Algorithms' Bill Would Jolt New York City Schools, Public Agencies

The proposed legislation would require the 1.1-million student district to publish the source code behind algorithms used to assign students to high schools, evaluate teachers, and more.




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Buffalo and Rochester Work Together to Recruit Teachers of Color

The two Upstate New York districts are venturing beyond the largely white region to tap a more diverse pool of educators.




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Yonkers, N.Y., District Commits to More Inclusion of Students with Disabilities

The U.S. Department of Education's office for civil rights said that some students were placed in self-contained special education settings without an individualized justification for doing so.




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Elementary Principal Touts Benefits of Extended School Day

Students at Bellevue Elementary in Syracuse, N.Y., spend an extra 70 minutes at school each day, and their principal says the extended school day has improved their academic performance.




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New York Leap-Frogs ESSA With Its Own Financial Transparency Rule

New York will require some districts next year to have their school-by-school spending amounts approved by the state, an effort to assure that state funds are being distributed as intended.




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New York Denied ESSA Waiver to Test Students With Disabilities Off Grade Level

The state will be required to test all students using grade level tests, except for those with significant cognitive disabilities.




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School Accessibility Gets $150 Million Boost in N.Y.C. Budget

The money, which will be allocated over three years, is expected to make major and minor improvements to schools throughout the city.




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New York City Schools Will Stay Closed for Academic Year, Mayor Says

Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed back on the Mayor Bill de Blasio's announcement, however, saying "no decision" had been made about reopening schools in New York City or elsewhere in the state.




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Prominent Literacy Expert Denies Dyslexia Exists; Says to 'Shoot' Whoever Wrote Law on It

A group of teachers and literacy advocates are pushing back after Richard Allington, one of the country's most prominent experts on early literacy, made inflammatory claims about dyslexia at a Tennessee literacy conference this week.




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Tennessee School District Prohibits Crowdfunding for Class Supplies

A school district in Tennessee says it no longer wants teachers to use crowdfunding websites to get extra school supplies.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Tennessee

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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Tennessee

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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Judge rules Tennessee's voucher law is unconstitutional




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Lee encouraging voucher applications despite court order




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Colorado Ballot Measure Tests Voter Appetite for More K-12 Funding

Teachers and other education advocates hope that tax-wary voters will be willing to approve an amendment that would pour more than $1.6 billion more into schools each year.




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Denver Teachers to Strike Over Merit-Pay System

In Denver, teachers will go on strike Monday to protest a performance-pay system that’s been in place for 15 years. The dispute is illustrative of a larger national shift away from differentiated pay.




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'I've Had a Lot of Survivor's Guilt': Columbine High's Former Principal on Healing His Community

Frank DeAngelis, who was the principal of Columbine High School from 1996-2014, talks about the steps he took to heal students and staff in the wake of the school shooting.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Colorado

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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Settlement Reached in Colorado Case Over Students' Constitutional Rights

Students engaged in a protest against a culture they saw as punitive; their principal suspended them. What did a court say?




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Colorado

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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Teachers Without Internet Work in Parking Lots, Empty School Buildings During COVID-19

While most teachers have online access at home, internet service for many educators in rural areas is spotty, expensive, or nonexistent.




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LeBron James to honor Class of 2020 with all-star event




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Suit challenges power of 4 N.C. towns to run charter schools




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District Hard-Hit by COVID-19 Begins 'Tough Work' of Getting On

No place in Georgia has suffered a higher rate of coronavirus cases than Dougherty County. And the school system, largely rural and poor, is in the middle of it.




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Suit challenges power of 4 N.C. towns to run charter schools




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Raimondo tells schoolkids: I'll help you cope with isolation




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Murphy tells Trump at White House NJ will need billions




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A Blueprint for Reopening This Fall: What Will It Take to Get Schools Ready?

There are six areas of key work ahead, write John P. Bailey and Frederick M. Hess.




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American public space, rebooted: What might it feel like?




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Riots, escapes and pepper spray: Virus hits juvenile centers




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Accreditor frowns on Georgia school system's board troubles




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North Dakota spring high school sports, activities cancelled




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Daily videos help teachers stay in touch with students




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Judge rules Tennessee's voucher law is unconstitutional




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With camps shut, families face summer in the great indoors




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How to Teach Math to Students With Disabilities, English Language Learners

Experts recommend emphasizing language skills, avoiding assumptions about ability based on broad student labels, and focusing on students’ strengths rather than their weaknesses.




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How Schools Are Putting Equity First in Math Instruction

Educators are changing instructional priorities, altering lessons, and working on ways to help teachers grow professionally, all in an effort to raise math achievement.




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Lee encouraging voucher applications despite court order




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Official: Schools should be flexible with start dates




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Oregon schools to furlough teachers, boost pay with stimulus




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Audit slams Española Public Schools’ finances




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Ex-Florida sheriff's removal lawsuit dismissed




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Judge to hear lawsuit on Puerto Rico school food crisis




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California doom: Staggering $54 billion budget deficit looms




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Hogan vetoes major education bill, cites virus budget impact




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W. Virginia teachers hold car parade with students, families




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With a Schools Superintendent Running the State, What Lies Ahead for Wisconsin?

After years of shepherding the state’s K-12 system, Democrat Tony Evers will be called on to make good as governor on his pledge of more funding for K-12.