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Autistic School Board Member Pushes for Inclusion, Understanding

Schools are "still dealing with the belief that children [with disabilities] can't be educated with their peers," says Nicki Vander Meulen, an autistic school board member in Madison, Wis.




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Utah Inflated Its High School Graduation Rate, Federal Watchdog Finds

Federal watchdogs find that Utah inflated its high school graduation rate in the last of a series of reports warning states not to make end runs around the rules for calculating graduation rates.




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School Named for Andrew Jackson Changes Name to Honor Famed NASA Engineer

Mary Jackson's story is among those depicted in the book "Hidden Figures," which focused on the lives of black women who worked as mathematicians and engineers for NASA during the Space Race. Before landing there, Jackson worked as a math teacher in Maryland.




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Utah public school enrollment falls for 1st time since 2000




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Utah high school to replace Braves mascot amid backlash




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What if Hawaii's False Alarm Had Happened on a School Day?

Hawaii's schools are prepared to respond to ballistic missile threats, education officials wrote in a letter to parents after Saturday's false alarm.




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In Anticipation of Major Hurricane, Hawaii Shuts Down Public Schools

All of Hawaii's public schools were closed down last week in anticipation of a powerful hurricane.




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He's Fighting for Details on How Hawaii Spent $2 Billion on Its Schools

An activist's lawsuit is an example of how many states, because of outdated software, have trouble answering the public's demand to detail how billions of K-12 dollars are spent.




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Complaints Over Offensive Content Lead Schools to Drop Online Learning Provider

Acellus Learning Accelerator, used by 6,000 schools nationwide, is under fire for lessons that parents and educators have decried as racist, sexist, and age-inappropriate.




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What Are Common Traits Shared by High-Quality Preschool Providers?

The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, or ConnCAN, has profiled five successful early childhood education programs in other states for ideas to help programs in Connecticut.




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Federal Judge Dismisses Most Claims in Connecticut School Choice Lawsuit

A federal judge dismissed most claims in a lawsuit challenging Connecticut's restrictions on magnet schools, charter schools, and school choice programs, saying there is no fundamental right to equal education opportunity under the U.S. Constitution.




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Coronavirus Upends After-School World

With schools shut down, social distancing in place, and parents at home, after-school programs are laying off staff and switching gears to meet families' needs.




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More schools ending in-person learning amid rising outbreaks




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K12 Inc., Georgia Charter School Locked in Bitter Fight

The Georgia Cyber Academy moved to stop using the company's curriculum and technology, a decision that K12 Inc. says violated an agreement between the two sides.




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Georgia school board votes to remove superintendent early




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Desegregation Order Lifted on Georgia School District in Coronavirus Hotspot

Dougherty County, a largely black school district in an region heavily affected by coronavirus, is no longer subject to desegregation orders first imposed in 1963.




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How the Fight for America's Suburbs Started in Public Schools

A heated school board election in the fast-changing Atlanta suburbs pits Black Lives Matter vs. the “Suburban Lifestyle Dream.”




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Two Black Democrats Beat Republican Incumbents to Transform a Suburban School Board

The school board in Gwinnett County, Ga., will shift from a 4-1 white Republican majority to a 3-2 Black Democratic majority, mirroring demographic changes in the county.




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High school graduation rates again rise in Georgia




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Georgia schools suspend in-person teaching as virus spreads




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Georgia high school tests won't count toward student grades




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Schools Struggle to Meet Students' Mounting Mental-Health Needs

Keeping up with students’ growing mental-health needs was a concern for districts long before the pandemic began. It’s even harder now, educators and psychologists say.




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School district returns to remote learning amid COVID spike




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Carney urges school districts to continue hybrid learning




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Delaware schools begin to announce plans to go virtual




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Help for Rural S.C. Schools Likely Delayed Another Year

Legislation to provide funds to poor and rural school districts will likely die in the legislative session this year.




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Will It Fly? South Carolina High Schools to Launch Aerospace Curriculum

This fall, five South Carolina high schools will offer an aerospace curriculum to develop the next generation of aviation technology talent in a state where officials say the industry is thriving.




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Rural Districts Criticize S.C. Legislature's Plan for Schools

The court-ordered plan fails to provide ways to improve rural schools, according to rural districts.




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This Teacher Is Suing Her District Over Working for Free, Buying School Supplies

School districts have "unconscionably and impermissibly shifted operating costs of the classrooms directly on the financial backs of our teachers," the lawsuit alleges.




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Schools Handed Out Millions of Digital Devices Under COVID-19. Now, Thousands Are Missing

Some districts are scrambling to account for thousands of devices—a task made more urgent by the uncertainty over when students will be able to return to school buildings full-time.




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Tension Rises in States Over Who Decides When to Reopen Schools

School administrators in some states are caught up in tensions about who gets the final say about when they can reopen their buildings and what precautions they should take to protect their communities.




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Rapid COVID-19 tests for SC schools in place next week




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Lawsuit Challenges Florida's Post-Parkland Plan to Arm Some School Employees

A Florida district's decision to put armed "school safety assistants" in its elementary schools puts the safety and well-being of its students at risk and oversteps existing state law, says a lawsuit, which could topple school security plans throughout the state.




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Florida Passes Anti-Semitism Bill for Public Schools

A bill prohibiting anti-Semitism in Florida's public schools and universities is going to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.




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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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More Indiana schools move online as COVID-19 spread spikes




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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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School funding issue persists as Indiana lawmakers reconvene