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Study: Students falling behind in math during pandemic




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Lawsuits Defy Arizona Initiative Taxing Wealthy for Schools

Two lawsuits were filed Monday challenging a proposition that Arizona voters approved to impose an additional 3.5% tax on individuals earning above $250,000 to pay school teacher salaries and training.




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Utah high school to replace Braves mascot amid backlash




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Pennsylvania expands virus app to school-age phone users




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Mississippi schools receive computers for distance learning




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Colorado lawmakers consider emergency COVID relief package




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Florida Governor Says Closures Don't Work, Schools Will Stay Open

Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Monday that schools will be required to remain open despite the rise in confirmed COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, arguing lockdowns and closures have not worked.




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School system dismisses early after cybersecurity threat




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Some schools go remote, others ask for voluntary quarantines




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Rapid City students return to in-person instruction




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School district returns to remote learning amid COVID spike




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How Parents and Schools Can Work Together to Keep Math Learning on Track

Collaboration doesn’t require turning parents into math experts, classroom teachers say.




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Teaching Math Through a Social Justice Lens

Teachers are drawing on high-profile issues such as policing patterns, the spread of the pandemic, and campaign finance to explore math concepts.




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Teacher Tips: Keeping Kids Engaged During Online Math Class

Math teachers share advice for making remote instruction work.




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The Problem With Giving Math Tests Online, and How Teachers Are Solving It

With many students working remotely, there’s no point in administering assessments that ask students to come up with a single answer; it’s simply too easy to cheat.




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Kids Are Behind in Math Because of COVID-19. Here’s What Research Says Could Help

Previous studies can provide a window into why math learning is taking a big hit during the pandemic, and what educators can do about it.




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Teaching Math in the Era of COVID-19

An early look at pandemic-related school disruptions suggests one area of learning in particular stands to be affected: mathematics.




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School district spammed as students receive racist emails




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Tennessee expands COVID-19 mental health hotline to teachers




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Carney urges school districts to continue hybrid learning




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Education commission recommends funding formula overhaul




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DeVos says free college amounts to a 'socialist takeover'




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Confederate president's name to disappear from Biloxi school




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How Teachers' Unions Are Influencing Decisions on School Reopenings

With coronavirus cases surging, labor groups are continuing to flex their political muscle, most often pushing for a conservative approach to getting teachers and kids back in buildings.




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Schools Could See U-Turn on Civil Rights Under Biden

Activists expect to see renewed guidance, more active enforcement, and better data collection coming from the Education Department’s civil rights office.




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School closings threaten gains of students with disabilities




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California boy, 11, fatally shoots self during online class




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NC audit questions monitoring of virus funds for education




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Cyberattack forces large Alabama school system to close




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Alexander preaches consensus in farewell to fractious Senate




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Narrowed digital divide touted as pandemic silver lining




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46% of N.C. school's students fail classes in some grades




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What Educators Need to Hear From Biden on COVID-19

Consistent, science-based messaging is crucial, but the new administration still faces political headwinds and a skeptical public.




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Remote Learning Cuts Into Attendance. Here Are Remedies

Data suggest low-income communities are hit much harder than affluent ones, writes researcher Heather C. Hill.




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New Mexico lawmakers consider slimmer child welfare budgets




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Whitmer may extend partial shutdown of schools, businesses




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New Virginia laws seek to close ‘school-to-prison pipeline’




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Ohio House OKs school funding plan; unclear if Senate will




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School district to pay $200K to settle public records battle




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GOP senator: Let high schools decide about opening




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New Mexico to delay winter high school sports until February




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Delaware schools begin to announce plans to go virtual




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Rutland City students to return to in-person classes




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Secessions Exacerbate Segregation, Study Finds

Court-ordered school desegregation has been more successful in the South than in any other region of the country, but researchers have noted a new threat: the growing number of communities that are seceding from larger school districts to form their own.




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Alabama Will Keep Its Common Core Standards--For Now

Board members didn't act on a resolution to revoke Alabama's version of the Common Core State Standards.




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Alabama Board Taps Superintendents' Group Leader As Next State Chief

The state's last superintendent resigned under pressure after he attempted to take over Montgomery's school system and figure out a way to grade the state's schools.




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Alabama's First Charter School Gets Green Light to Open

Alabama lawmakers passed a charter school law last year, becoming the 43rd state to adopt one.




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Opening of New Charter School Brings Integration to County in Alabama

A K-8 charter school has opened in Livingston, Ala., that is making history.




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As Monuments Fall Across the South, Will Districts Reconsider Confederate-Named Schools?

An Education Week analysis found that at least 140 schools, almost all below the Mason-Dixon line, still bear the names of figures from that era.




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Alabama School Board Members Weigh In on Plan to Replace Them

State Board of Education members weighed in today about a proposal to eliminate their elected positions and replace the board with an appointed commission.