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LGBTQ Issues Roil Florida School-Choice Debate

As lawmakers weigh expansion of the state’s voucher and tax-credit scholarship programs, some renew a push for anti-discrimination protection for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Florida

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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In One School Community, Three Deaths From COVID-19

A Tallahassee, Fla., K-8 school is mourning two staff members and a former employee. All of them recently died from the virus.




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Florida School Reopening Date Arrives as Legal Skirmishing Continues

A state appellate court indicated it was likely to side with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration's emergency order requiring schools to open for brick-and-mortar instruction.




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Virus worries latest hurdle in Florida school shooting case




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Florida mayors plead with governor to take action on virus




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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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U.S. Backs Idaho Law Limiting Sports Participation by Transgender Females

In a case involving a transgender track athlete, the Trump administration says female transgender athletes are seeking "special treatment" to compete in girls' or women's sports.




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Idaho Seeks to Block Electronic-Signature Gathering for Education Ballot Measure

Idaho officials asked a U.S. Supreme Court justice to block an injunction that allows a group backing an education ballot initiative to collect electronic signatures because of COVID-19.




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Judge Blocks Idaho Law Limiting Sports Participation by Transgender Females

The judge said the law likely discriminates on the basis of transgender status in violation of the equal-protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.




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High Court Blocks Electronic-Signature Gathering for Idaho Education Initiative

The U.S. Supreme Court blocked an injunction that had allowed a group backing an Idaho education spending measure to collect electronic signatures because of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Virus surge: Schools abandon classes, states retreat




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




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in New Hampshire

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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Transforming Assessment to Improve Teaching and Learning

Although public and educators' concerns are growing about testing, performance assessment done well can strengthen instruction and enhance learning, says Linda Darling-Hammond.




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N.H. Won't Overhaul the Common Core. Its Schools Chief Still Wants To.

The state's board voted not to open the Common Core to revision, but its commissioner still plans to review them informally, with an eye to future changes.




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ESSA and Performance Assessments: Where States Go From Here

A recent summit meeting on assessment held in Virginia by Jobs for the Future suggests that that state may have solved some of the political challenges that have held back the advance of performance assessment.




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From "Shock and Awe" to Systemic Enabling: All Eyes on New Hampshire

Instead of creating change through compliance and extrinsic motivators, the new era of education and education policy will require ecosystems of policy, regulation, investment, and operating structure that enable, rather than dictate. Under New Hampshire's PACE accountability system districts and sc




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A District-Level Effort to Replace the Common Core State Standards

The Manchester district in the Granite State has worked to develop its own content standards. How do they differ from the common core?




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Study: Rural New Hampshire Youth Struggle With Substance Abuse, Unemployment

The study found that youth in rural New Hampshire have poor perceptions of job opportunities in the area, and are more likely to be depressed or abuse substances than other rural youth.




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New Hampshire Gets Approval to Try Out Local Assessments

The state will be allowed to use competency-based tests developed by local and state officials, trying them out with a handful of districts in lieu of statewide tests.




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New Hampshire Delays Vote on Controversial State Education Chief

New Hampshire's education commissioner nominee Frank Edelblut, a businessman, Republican and school choice proponent, has been criticized throughout the state for his lack of education experience.




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How Student-Led Conferences Could Help Rural Schools

One rural district says student-led conferences have boosted parent involvement rates.




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Democrats Are Fighting Over Charter Schools. Will Key Early Primary States Care?

Charter schools are playing a notable role in remarks about education from candidates like Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. Yet it's not clear what if any role they'll have in important states like Iowa and New Hampshire.




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Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Puerto Rico Apply for ESSA Innovative Testing Pilot

The pilot, which was initially one of the most buzzed about pieces of ESSA, allows states to try out new forms of testing in a handful of districts, with the goal of eventually taking them statewide.




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Personalized Learning in Action: Postcard From New Hampshire

Best known in education circles for its performance assessment, New Hampshire is a hotbed of innovation around personalized learning, writes Adriana Martinez of the Innovation Lab Network.




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Performance Assessments and Students with Disabilities

Performance assessments have the potential to ensure that instruction for students with disabilities is aligned with state standards.




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N.H. Lawmakers Twice Reject Federal Charter School Money

Legislators in New Hampshire turned down $46 million in federal charter school grants, concerned about continued costs once the money ran out.




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Students' Song About KKK Raises Cautions for Teachers

A viral video of Dover, N.H., high school students singing a song about the Ku Klux Klan to the tune of "Jingle Bells" is causing outrage.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in New Hampshire

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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Betsy DeVos Gave a State Charter School Grants. Lawmakers Have Said No Thanks, Twice

It's pretty obvious by now that many Democrats are growing increasingly uncomfortable supporting charter schools. But New Hampshire lawmakers have taken the unusual step of rejecting federal charter school grant money.




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Meet the Indiana Teacher Running to Unseat the State's House Education Chair

"I'm running because I'm not happy with the state of education," said veteran educator Kevin Leineweber, who is one of several teachers running for the state's legislature this year.




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What Predicts Early College Success for Indiana Students?

Research from REL Midwest examines the student characteristics associated with early college success in Indiana, with a focus on financial aid.




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How Indiana Supports College Access and Success for All Students

A state leader shares how research helped raise important considerations for increasing college success and completion in Indiana.




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Indiana Educators Race to Renew Teaching Licenses Before Deadline

Thousands of Indiana teachers are scrambling to begin renewing their professional teaching licenses before new rules that state lawmakers approved this spring take effect July 1.




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Indiana Wants Teachers to Do Externships. So Some Are Headed to the Brewery

Teachers across the state are outraged over a new rule that requires 15 hours of workforce-related professional development.




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Rapid Deployment of Remote Learning: Lessons From 4 Districts

Chief technology officers are facing an unprecedented test of digital preparedness due to the coronavirus pandemic, struggling with shortfalls of available learning devices and huge Wi-Fi access challenges.




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To Ease Shortage, Indiana District Recruits Teachers to Drive Buses

A suburban Indianapolis district is signing up teachers to drive school buses before and after their usual time in the classroom.




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Indiana Teachers Shot With Plastic Pellets in Active-Shooter Drill, Raising Concerns

The Indiana state teachers' union is pushing to protect student and staff safety during active-shooter trainings.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Indiana

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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Oops! Teachers' Mistakes Can Help Students Learn

A veteran teacher shares how he puts the latest research on growth mindset into action for his students in this guest blog by Jamie M. Carroll and David Yeager.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Indiana

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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Indiana Teachers Sue Law Enforcement Over 'Active Shooter' Simulation

The teachers say they've suffered emotional distress and anxiety for months after being shot at with plastic bullets in a voluntary active-shooter drill in 2019.




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More Indiana schools move online as COVID-19 spread spikes




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Holcomb announces pick for new Indiana education secretary




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ACLU of Indiana sues school officials over T-shirt dispute




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COVID-19 school turmoil, teacher pay face Indiana lawmakers




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Indiana teacher, substitute shortage worsened by COVID-19




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School funding issue persists as Indiana lawmakers reconvene




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After Protracted Political Spat, Missouri Rehires Fired State Schools Chief

Former Republican Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens appointed enough board members to have Commissioner Margie Vandeven fired last year, but now that he's gone, the state board decided to hire her back.