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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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Ohio

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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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 lawmakers OK revamp of eligibility for school vouchers




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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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School-Year Closures Now Affect 50 Million Students

Maryland's announcement Wednesday that school buildings won't reopen this academic year marked a a sobering milestone in the disruption to American education caused by the coronavirus pandemic.




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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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Wyoming

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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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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Wyoming

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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Former lawmaker to serve as adviser to education chief




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How Will Schools Pay for Compensatory Services for Special Ed. Students?

States’ efforts so far suggest there won’t be enough money to go around for all the learning losses of students with disabilities from COVID-19 school shutdowns.




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Lucille Bridges, Mother of Activist Ruby Bridges, Dies at 86

Lucille Bridges, the mother of civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, who walked with her then-6-year-old daughter past crowds screaming racist slurs as she became the first Black student at her all-white New Orleans elementary school, has died at the age of 86.




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Public aid for private schools lands at Michigan's top court




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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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Baptist couple ask court to ban book from son's school




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Washington state teachers protest school return in Monroe




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Enrollment in Missouri public schools declines by 3.2%




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Teacher Demoralization Isn't the Same as Teacher Burnout

The pandemic has made it harder for teachers to access the moral rewards of their work, writes education professor Doris A. Santoro.




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Hybrid learning approved for high schoolers amid COVID spike




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Teachers union: More Pennsylvania schools should go virtual




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Fever, symptom screening misses many coronavirus cases




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Clark County School District employees to work from home




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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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As virus spreads, NYC parents choose: Live or remote school?




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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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Key role for Black policy leaders on Biden's transition team




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Iowa posts sixth day of more than 4,000 positive virus cases




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Hospital leaders sound alarms; Detroit to keep students home




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Missouri guidance change seeks to reduce school quarantines




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More Indiana schools move online as COVID-19 spread spikes