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NHL Waivers: Jets Reclaim A Goalie While Reimer Hits The Wire

The Winnipeg Jets claimed Kaapo Kahkonen off NHL waivers from the Colorado Avalanche, while the Anaheim Ducks' James Reimer is one of two players now on waivers.




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The Wraparound: Have The Washington Capitals Found Their Next Great Playmaker?

Emma Lingan and Eric Cruikshank discuss Washington Capitals center Dylan Strome, the Bruins and Red Wings coaches, Kirill Kaprizov's next contract and much more.




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Pittsburgh Penguins Trade Lars Eller To Washington Capitals One Day After 7-1 Loss

The Pittsburgh Penguins traded Lars Eller to the Washington Capitals for two draft picks after a blowout loss dropped them to 6-9-2 on the season.




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Capitals send picks to Penguins for center Lars Eller, who won a Stanley Cup with Washington in 2018

Washington sent a 2025 fifth-round pick and a 2027 third-round pick to Pittsburgh on Tuesday for Eller.




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Takeaways: Blues Follow Up Blowout Loss With Third-Period Collapse In 3-2 Defeat Against Bruins

St. Louis led 2-0 after two periods, was outscored 3-0, allowed game-winner to Pastrnak with 1:47 remaining




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Alaska Reporter Will Study Rural Education as 2nd Chronister Fellowship Recipient

Victoria Petersen, of the Peninsula Clarion on the Kenai Peninsula, will report on the challenges of rural education, especially in a state as vast as Alaska.




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The School District Where the Shutdown Hit Nearly Everyone

In Kodiak, Alaska, a school district with deep ties to the U.S. Coast Guard has been walloped by the government shutdown with hundreds of families going without paychecks. And news of a deal to temporarily reopen the government was doing little to allay the community's anxieties.




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1 in 3 American Indian, Black, and Latino Children Fall Into Digital Divide, Study Says

Nearly 17 million children lack high-speed internet at home that's considered crucial to their ability to participate in remote learning during the pandemic, according to a new study.




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Alaska: A Brief History of the State and Its Schools

Alaskan schooling developed on many fronts. An illustrated timeline adds historical context for the growth of the state's education system, from the territory’s earliest Native inhabitants to today.




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Washington

Washington state has a small pot of money to aid educational technology, and it is mainly allocated between two major initiatives: the nine educational technology support centers the state runs and a K-20 telecommunications network that serves K-12 schools and colleges and universities in the state.




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Washington Supreme Court Ends Years-Long Funding Dispute

The supreme court put an end to five years of legal wrangling that landed the state's public school system with millions more dollars from the state and teachers with a pay raise.




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Washington

Gov. Gregoire, addressing state legislators, gave herself high marks for overcoming budgetary difficulties and “creating a world-class, learner-focused, seamless education system that gives our kids a chance to get a good job” since taking office in 2005.




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In Washington State, the Last Few Teacher Strikes Charge Ahead

Teachers are still on strike in three Washington school districts, and their fights with the districts are escalating.





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'Grassroots' Child-Care Advocates Bring Their Concerns to Washington

Members of 30 different state and national advocacy groups and unions are meeting in Washington, D.C., for the Grassroots Assembly for Child Care and Early Education.




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Washington Supreme Court Upholds State's Embattled Charter Schools

The state's highest court ruled that Washington's charter school law is mostly constitutional, and that charter schools can continue to receive public money.




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Washington State Teachers Strike Over Salary Negotiations

Teachers in seven districts are striking for higher pay—and Seattle may be next.




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School Aid Skirmishes Still Flare in Washington State

The state’s supreme court ended a yearslong fight over K-12 funding earlier this summer, but in districts across the state the battles have continued and tensions remain.




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Washington: A Love Story

We've got information and images a-plenty, if we want to look at states which might have some educational moxie. Teachers are now talking to each other across district and state boundaries, sharing information about how education policy is impacting their daily practice, where market-based reforms h




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Teacher Evaluation in Washington, D.C.

Unless students are randomly assigned to teachers, it's unfair to label teachers.




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Transition Update: Washington

DeVos slammed for remarks on HBCU's, a new Senate measure could overturn Obama-era ESSA rules on accountability, and more.




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Legislature in Washington State Lifts Local Tax Cap for Schools

Washington lawmakers last week reached a deal to lift the state's "levy lid," blunting tighter limits on voter-approved local taxes for schools that were set to take effect this year. Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, was expected to sign the legislation that Republicans had criticized.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Washington

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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Washington voters reject affirmative action referendum




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Washington

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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Washington State Kindergarten Teachers Ask: Where Are the Children?

Thousands of Washington’s kindergartners haven’t shown up or logged in to their public schools this year.




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Washington state teachers protest school return in Monroe




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College Football Playoff rankings: Texas rises to No. 3 behind Oregon, Ohio State

The second College Football Playoff rankings were released, with the big questions surrounding who would be No. 3 and where the SEC teams would land.




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Texas A&M football’s CFP rankings update: Everything to know

Where did Texas A&M land in the latest CFP bracket? Here’s the College Football Playoff picture for the Aggies and their path to the championship.




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Miami Hurricanes CFP bracket update: Everything to know after latest rankings

Miami landed 9th in the latest CFP bracket. Here’s the College Football Playoff picture for the Hurricanes and path to the championship.




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Penn State football’s CFP bracket update: Everything to know after latest rankings

Penn State football landed Xth in the second CFP rankings. Here’s the College Football Playoff picture for the Nittany Lions.




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No surprise: Ohio State football remains No. 2 in College Football Playoff rankings

Ohio State is No. 2 in the new CFP rankings, joining three other Big Ten teams in the top 5.




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Ohio State football one of four top-six Big Ten teams in CFP release

While Tuesday is exciting because college hoops fans get to take in the Champions Classic, the College Football Playoff results after this past week were released after the first of two basketball games on ESPN. Ohio State football, as expected, stay




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Where is Georgia ranked in this week's CFP ranking?

With the second College Football Playoff bracket projection coming out, people wondered where the Georgia Bulldogs would land after their 28-10 loss to No. 11 Ole Miss Rebels. Well, the committee ranked the Georgia Bulldogs No. 12 behind No. 10 Alabama and…




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As CFP rankings punish SEC teams, do we smell bias against this proud and mighty league?

The CFP's annual love affair with the SEC appears finished. The latest rankings dropped a hammer on the mighty league where "it just means more."




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Where’s Ohio State in latest College Football Playoff bracket? Full playoff picture after Week 11

We're now eleven weeks into the college football season and that means we have an idea of where Ohio State when it comes to the landscape of the 2024 season. The Buckeyes beat Penn State on the road two weeks ago to boost its resumé and remain right




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Penn State is within reach of a special regular season, but it’s hard to tell with some fans

Penn State is on the verge of doing something that it hasn’t done in more than 40 years. The Nittany Lions can post three straight straight 10-win seasons for the first time since 1980-82 with its next two victories. It would be their sixth season with double-digit wins in nine years, the best such stretch since the program’s golden era from 1977-86. Yet some in the sellout crowd of 110,233 at ...




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Playoff Preview: GHSA playoffs begin; Deerfield-Windsor, Sherwood need wins to play for championships

The GHSA football playoffs kick off Friday night with several area teams competing, while the GIAA playoffs move to the state semifinal round, where two local schools look to secure a spot in the championship game. Friday night’s matchups: Luella (5-5) at No. 6 Westover (9-1) Luella travels to Albany after finishing 4-2 in Region 5, capping their regular season with a 35-25 win over ...




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Will special-teams coordinators ever get serious head-coaching consideration?

From time to time, but not very often, former special-teams coordinators become NFL head coaches.




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High Court Weighs Whether Juvenile Life Without Parole Requires 'Incorrigibility'

The U.S. Supreme Court took up the question of whether courts must find a juvenile offender permanently incorrigible before a sentence of life without parole.




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Number of students with virus doubled within week, data show




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W.Va. Partnership Supports Grandparents in Raising School-Age Children

Nearly 45 percent of children in rural McDowell County, West Virginia do not live with their parents and many are being raised by grandparents.




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W. Va. Governor Fires Sen. Joe Manchin's Wife From State Education Post

The legislature sent a proposal last week to Gov. Jim Justice's desk to shutter the state's advisory education and the arts department, leaving the Gayle Manchin and her staff in the lurch.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Michigan

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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Michigan halts classes, indoor dining as coronavirus surges




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Survey: Michigan educators feel unsafe returning to school




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Whitmer may extend partial shutdown of schools, businesses




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GOP senator: Let high schools decide about opening




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Partnering to Reduce Achievement Gaps in New Mexico

A school leader outlines how research findings on reducing achievement gaps are reflected in practice at her New Mexico school.




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New Mexico to delay winter high school sports until February