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New Louisiana education chief to be selected May 20




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Georgia allocates $411M in federal COVID-19 aid to schools




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Lee encouraging voucher applications despite court order




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Rural educator enters race for state schools superintendent




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Educators, This Is Our Moment to Defend the Teaching Profession

In this moment of loss, the coronavirus pandemic offers four opportunities to demand the rebirth of public education, writes Amy Stuart Wells.




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Hogan vetoes major education bill, cites virus budget impact




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Wyoming Faces $700 Million Education Budget Deficit

As in several other states dependent on tax revenue from natural resources, Wyoming legislators are looking for ways to make millions of dollars in education budget cuts.




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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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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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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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Texas' Educators Tally the Steep Costs of Harvey

Houston education officials estimate it will cost $700 million to repair and replace schools damaged by Hurricane Harvey.




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Special Education Enrollment Increases in Texas in Wake of Newspaper Investigation

About 14,000 more students in the state are enrolled in special education, after the state lifted what it called a "benchmark" enrollment figure of 8.5 percent.




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Ed. Dept. Seeks to Halt Texas' Special Education Enrollment Benchmark

The U.S. Department of Education said Texas must stop using a guideline for special education enrollment that may have led to thousands of children being denied services they were qualified to receive.




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Ed. Dept. to Host Listening Tour On Texas Special Education Enrollment

Officials want to hear from parents, students and educators in the wake of a newspaper series that said Texas is suppressing special education enrollment.




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Last Day to Submit Comments on Texas Special Education Enrollment

Jan. 6 is the last day to submit comments to the U.S. Department of Education about their experiences with Texas' special education identification processes.




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Texas Illegally Suppressed Special Education Enrollment, Ed. Dept. Finds

The federal office of special education programs said the state failed to ensure that students were properly evaluated for special education, as required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.




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Feds Plan Fresh Oversight of Texas Special Education Plan

The state has developed an extensive plan for fixing a violation of federal special education law, but federal officials want to see additional corrective actions and plan a visit to follow up.




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Texas Directed to Take Additional Actions to Remedy Special Education Violations

Thousands of Texas children are believed to have been kept from special education services because of a now-prohibited special education enrollment target of 8.5 percent, which is well below the national average.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Texas

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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Texas

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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Several States Propose Budget Cuts, Education Mostly Unharmed

Lawmakers in Michigan, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Utah have all gave previews this to their 2018 fiscal year budget proposals.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in North Dakota

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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Nevada

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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Nevada

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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Kentucky

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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Education Is on the Ballot in These Governors' Races

Voters in three southern states will head to the polls for governors races that have shined a spotlight on educator activism, school funding, and teacher pay.




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Education Issues Resonate in Governors' Races

This year's November elections—a preview to next year's nationwide showdowns—cast their own spotlight on education, a dynamic that played out most prominently in the Kentucky governor's race, where teachers organized to unseat a combative incumbent who'd sparred with them.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Kentucky

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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Trump Taps a Nebraska Education Official for Rehabilitative Services Post

President Donald Trump has tapped Mark Schultz, a deputy commissioner of education in Nebraska, to serve as commissioner of the rehabilitation services administration at the Education Department.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Nebraska

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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Nebraska

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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Nebraska Education Department accused of software-pirating




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This Pandemic Is No Time to Backtrack on Special Education

It's worth remembering how far we've come on educating students with disabilities, writes Nebraska's education commissioner Matthew L. Blomstedt.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Alabama

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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Alabama

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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Maryland

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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Maryland

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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Maryland educators, students aim to adapt to closures




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Hogan vetoes major education bill, cites virus budget impact




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New York Poised to Revamp Certification Exams

A task force is recommending that the state lowers the score required on the controversial national edTPA exam.




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New York Proposes Increased Flexibility to Teacher Certification Process

To give districts more flexibility in the face of teacher shortages, New York's education department is proposing to modify its regulations on teacher certifications.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Tennessee

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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Tennessee

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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Lee encouraging voucher applications despite court order




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Colorado Voters to Decide Nearly 40 Ballot Questions to Support Education

Dozens of Colorado school districts are asking voters next month for more funding for education through bond issues, mill levy overrides, or renewal of a city sales tax.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Colorado

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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Colorado

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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Right-to-Education Ruling Jolts Education-Advocacy World

The decision by a federal appeals court recognizing the right to a basic minimum education may be felt far beyond the substandard Detroit schools underlying it, but hurdles could remain.




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Missouri teachers virtually educate students about pandemic




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This Pandemic Is No Time to Backtrack on Special Education

It's worth remembering how far we've come on educating students with disabilities, writes Nebraska's education commissioner Matthew L. Blomstedt.