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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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Tiny Montana school to be among first in US to reopen




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N. Carolina principal sorry for racial remark during meeting




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In-person graduation events tentatively back on in Cheyenne




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With camps shut, families face summer in the great indoors




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Barack Obama will headline televised prime-time commencement




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How to Make the Coming Teacher Layoffs Hurt Schools and Students Less

If budget cuts force pink slips, many districts leaders may be able to protect their most effective teachers, especially in schools where turnaround is high.




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Getting Students to Talk About Math Helps Solve Problems

Math discourse is a technique that works as well virtually as it does on paper or in face-to-face classrooms, according to experts.




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Stop Giving Inexperienced Teachers All the Lower-Level Math Classes, Reformers Argue

“Detracking” math teachers is tough because many educators resist upending their routines or challenging informal hierarchies, and PD initiatives to make it happen are limited.




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Are Math Coaches the Answer to Lagging Achievement?

A sizable body of research shows that intensive, one-on-one coaching can improve instructional practice and student achievement more than other professional development offerings for teachers.




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Who Takes the Hardest Calculus Courses?

Digging a little deeper into the data from international tests reveals ways in which differences in the content students can access widens math achievement gaps.




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How to Teach Math to Students With Disabilities, English Language Learners

Experts recommend emphasizing language skills, avoiding assumptions about ability based on broad student labels, and focusing on students’ strengths rather than their weaknesses.




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Who's Afraid of Math? Turns Out, Lots of Students

A program in Howard County, Md., is built on the insight that children can have strong emotions around academics, and those emotions can sabotage learning.




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How Schools Are Putting Equity First in Math Instruction

Educators are changing instructional priorities, altering lessons, and working on ways to help teachers grow professionally, all in an effort to raise math achievement.




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A New Worry From the COVID-19 Crisis: Paying for College

Fewer students are filing financial aid applications this year, as the pandemic continues to disrupt college plans for high school seniors nationwide.




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Lee encouraging voucher applications despite court order




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Alabama lawmakers advance pared down budgets amid COVID-19




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Lamont canceling in-person classes for rest of school year




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Ohio governor: $775 million budget cut as revenue crashes




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Public schools, classes at Univ. of SC hope for fall return




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New campus sexual assault rules bolster rights of accused




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New Hampshire offers guidance on high school graduations




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The Pandemic Is Causing Widespread Emotional Trauma. Schools Must Be Ready to Help

Students and adults in the school community will all need more support when schools reopen, writes the head of the National Association of School Psychologists.




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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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Official: Schools should be flexible with start dates




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State offficials to review complaint against Florida sheriff




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In reversal, Lee says state no longer implementing vouchers




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3 found shot dead in high school parking lot




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Oregon schools to furlough teachers, boost pay with stimulus




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Trump Administration Shelves Guide to Reopening That Included Advice for Schools

The Trump administration has shelved a document created by the nation’s top disease investigators with step-by-step advice to local authorities on how and when to reopen restaurants and other public places during the still-raging coronavirus outbreak.




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Montana unemployment claims decrease, some schools reopen




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Rural educator enters race for state schools superintendent




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Teachers at Higher Risk of COVID-19 Wonder: Should I Even Go Back?

As the national conversation on reopening schools accelerates, experts say the best way to protect vulnerable teachers might be to not have them in school buildings at all.




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Next Up at Supreme Court: Employment Rights of Parochial School Teachers

A pair of cases being heard by the high court will likely determine whether job-discrimination laws apply to tens of thousands of teachers at religious schools.




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Audit slams Española Public Schools’ finances




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Ex-Florida sheriff's removal lawsuit dismissed




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Judge to hear lawsuit on Puerto Rico school food crisis




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Judge blocks Tennessee from implementing voucher program




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California doom: Staggering $54 billion budget deficit looms




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Hogan vetoes major education bill, cites virus budget impact




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Some Montana schools reopen; gyms, theaters can next week




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Official: Nebraska schools should be able to reopen on time




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W. Virginia teachers hold car parade with students, families




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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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Minnesota bans large-scale high school graduation ceremonies




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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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A School District in Fiscal Free-Fall Scrambles to Avoid Crash Landing

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