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How Principals and District Leaders Are Trying to Boost Lagging Teacher Morale During COVID-19

Knowing the shift to remote learning would be tough for teachers, school and district administrators have scrambled to assemble as many kinds of supports as they can.




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With a Schools Superintendent Running the State, What Lies Ahead for Wisconsin?

After years of shepherding the state’s K-12 system, Democrat Tony Evers will be called on to make good as governor on his pledge of more funding for K-12.




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Who's Doing the Teaching After School Lets Out?

Faced with a push for academic programming, after-school providers are deploying new strategies to train and recruit effective educators.




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In Wisconsin, a High-Pitched, Emotional Battle over K-12 Spending

Wisconsin is one of a handful of states where how much schools will get this fall is still being debated in the state capitol.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Wisconsin

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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Should Schools Have an N-Word Policy? Uproar Over Guard's Firing Forces Hard Questions

The firing of a black staff member for repeating the n-word while telling a black student not to use it underscores how uneasy many districts, schools, and educators are with handling the use of racist language in any context.




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Most Wisconsin schools, districts meet expectations




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Verdict Looms on Whether Insolvent Wisconsin District Can Dissolve

Palmyra-Eagle, a mostly rural school district in Southeast Wisconsin, lost more than half its students to surrounding districts and then taxpayers voted to dissolve the district.




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Why Don't Struggling K-12 Districts Just Dissolve?

Emotions remain raw as educators and residents in a rural Wisconsin district dig for solutions after being denied the option of dissolving.




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Panel Rejects Wisconsin District's Request to Dissolve

Members of the special state panel felt the Palmyra-Eagle district needs more time to explore options to stay alive, though many residents, including the local school board, believe the district faces a fiscal cliff.




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Dyslexia Is Not a Bad Word, Advocates Say. Schools Should Use It

A push to get dyslexia defined in state law and persuade educators to use the term has translated to new laws in 40 states.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Wisconsin

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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Joe Biden Backs Two Proposals to Increase Education Funding in 2020 Swing State

Biden's campaign announced March 31 that the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate backs two local attempts to raise more tax revenue for schools.




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Wisconsin high court won't let unions join stay-at-home suit




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Trump-backed lawmaker faces school board head for Congress




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The PACE Perspective on the 'The California Way'

Policy Analysis for California Education has been a premier ed policy organization for three decades. As Daisy Gonzales writes, it is in the forefront of shaping current reforms and interpreting them for audiences such as 'On California.'




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STEM Blossoms in California Salad Bowl

Along with winter vegetables, STEM is blooming in Imperial County. Dennis and Daniel Gibbs are growing young scientists by transplanting the scientific method to the second grade.




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Where Are the Arts in California Schools?

California joins a growing number of cities and states hoping to spotlight which students do and do not have access to high-quality arts education.




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2018 Election Will Rock California Education

Next year's California election will be both a referendum on the massive changes in education finance and testing enacted during Jerry Brown governorship and a test of the political coalition that made those changes possible.




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Showdown in California Over Proposed Charter School Curbs

Lawmakers are considering legislation that would put limits on the state’s charter school sector and give districts broader discretion to deny applications.




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California schools will look very different when they reopen




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In Arguments, U.S. Supreme Court Leans Toward Support for Religious School Aid

In a case from Montana, conservative justices suggested they were inclined to rule for parents who seek to reinstate a state tax credit funding scholarships for use at religious schools.




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What This Superintendent Learns From Teaching a High School Course

The leader of a Montana school district spends up to two hours each day grading assignments from students in an online English credit recovery program.




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What You Should Know About the Supreme Court Case the Education World Is Watching

The U.S. Supreme Court will arguments in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, a case that's been closely watched by both friends and opponent of private school vouchers and tax-credit scholarship programs.




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High Court Leans Toward Support for Religious Schools

In a case from Montana, conservative justices suggested they were inclined to rule for parents who seek to reinstate a state tax credit funding scholarships for use at religious schools.




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With no school, calls drop but child abuse hasn't amid virus




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Why Some States Keep Schools Closed, Even as Businesses Move to Reopen

As some states move to jump-start economies shut down by the coronavirus, most are keeping their school buildings shuttered. What makes schools such an outlier?




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School-Year Closures Now Affect 50 Million Students

Maryland's announcement Wednesday that school buildings won't reopen this academic year marked a a sobering milestone in the disruption to American education caused by the coronavirus pandemic.




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One State Polls the Public on Whether to Reopen Schools

As Montana's governor pursues a plan to gradually reopen the state, the state education department is relying in part on public opinion to decide whether to reopen schools this year.




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Some Montana schools reopen; gyms, theaters can next week




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Hawaii

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




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Hawaii

Gov. Lingle announced during her annual address to lawmakers that she wants to establish “creative academies” in the state’s schools.




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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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When Will The Birds Fly Free?: Education as Colonialism

The play made me ask the terrifying question that every educator asks themselves at some point: Am I actually helping my students?




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Hawaii




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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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Hawaii Teachers Latest to Join Wave of Protests Over Funding

Hawaii teachers have joined the Red for Ed movement: Last week, dozens of teachers across the state staged a "walk-in" protest to spread awareness about what they see as a lack of funding for public schools.




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The Wave of Teacher Activism Has Reached Hawaii

Teachers are asking for support for a ballot measure that would put in place a property tax to fund schools.




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Hawaii Settles Lawsuit on Illegal Age Limit for Special Education

About $8 million will be eligible for compensatory education to students who were affected by an illegal state-imposed age cap on special education enrollment.




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Hawaii Lawmakers Propose Legislation to Create Housing Vouchers for Teachers

Two proposed bills are intended to create a housing-voucher program for full-time teachers employed by the Hawaii education department or at public charter schools.




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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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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Hawaii

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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Teachers, If You're Not OK Right Now, You're Not Alone

In desperately trying to be a superhero for my students, I underestimated the gravity of the coronavirus crisis, writes Hawaii teacher Lory Walker Peroff.




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Here's How Many Teaching Jobs Could Be Lost in Each State in a COVID-19 Recession

There could be an 8.4 percent reduction in the U.S. teaching corps, and some states could see reductions as large as 20 percent, according to a new analysis by the Learning Policy Institute.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Hawaii

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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Hawaii gets $31M in relief funds, cash grants to students




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Hawaii unions push back at governor's salary cut proposal




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'Déjà Vu All Over Again' in New Jersey

New Jersey's Camden takeover in context.




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New Jersey Solicits Community Input on Later Middle, High School Start Times

State education officials are responding to a state law passed last year requiring them to solicit feedback from the community on the impact of implementing later school start times for middle and high school students.




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Newark Principals Speak Out, Get Suspended by Christie's Superintendent

Now Newark, New Jersey, is exploding, thanks to the attempts at intimidation by Governor Christie's hand-picked superintendent of schools, Cami Anderson.