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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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Mayor: No in-person learning for upper grades until new year




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Some schools go remote, others ask for voluntary quarantines




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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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Digital Math Games and Apps: What Works and What Doesn't?

Teachers are using a variety of games, videos, and apps to supplement online math instruction—but not all of them are created equal.




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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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An Open Letter to the NAEP Governing Board

The change under consideration would make the reading test less accurate not more, writes E.D. Hirsch Jr.




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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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Briefly Stated: Stories You May Have Missed

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




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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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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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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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Delaware governor issuing universal mask mandate




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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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Alabama

State of the States: Latest governor's address before the legislature.




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Alabama

After being dealt a financial setback for the 2003-04 school year, educational technology in Alabama is looking at a brighter future.




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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

In his 2008 State of the State speech, Gov. Riley urged lawmakers to expand the state’s prekindergarten program and protect some of his K-12 initiatives from budget cuts.




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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.