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States Ordering Schools to Close in Response to Coronavirus

"We have a responsibility to save lives," Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said on Twitter. "We could have waited to close schools, but based on advice from health experts, this is the time to do it."




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Ohio Supreme Court dismisses Toledo bullying lawsuit




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Ohio lawmakers urge school funding fix as session nears end




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Ohio lawmakers OK revamp of eligibility for school vouchers




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Ohio House OKs school funding plan; unclear if Senate will




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Wyoming's Native Students More Likely to Face Suspension

Although Native American students make up a small percentage of Wyoming's student population, they are suspended more than their non-minority peers.




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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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Budget Cuts Lead Wyoming to Scale Back Relationship With Accrediting Agency

AdvancED, the national accreditation company, has for the last two years operated Wyoming's entire accreditation process but the state will now do the work on its own.




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States Dependent on Natural Resources Face Tricky Path on K-12 Revenue

Governors in several natural resource-dependent states said recently they will have to continue to cut public education funding because prices for oil and coal have not rebounded.




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State of the States: Education highlights from latest governor's address before the legislature.




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Half of the 48 school districts in Wyoming have fewer than 300 students. But they’re linked together, thanks to the state’s investment in a video and high-speed Internet connection that ties schools to the state university and community colleges, where students have access to classes that might not




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Wyoming Adopts New Science Standards

Wyoming's new science benchmarks are similar to the Next Generation Science Standards.




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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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Unlike many other states, Wyoming finds itself in a healthy financial position, thanks to its mineral and energy wealth.




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How Statewide LMS Options Could Help Schools Strengthen Remote Learning

Several states already offer a state-sanctioned LMS option to their schools, with some encouraging results in their efforts to cut costs and improve technical capabilities.




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How 4 Communities Are Struggling to Prepare Kids for an Uncertain Future

Schools are slowly figuring out how to balance thinking globally with acting locally, and recognizing that some key skills are valuable no matter where students end up living.




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Why Is This Teacher Running for Office? To Help 'Students Get What They Deserve'

High school teacher Jenefer Pasqua is running for Wyoming's state legislature to fight against education funding cuts.




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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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Nation Gets a 'C' on School Finance, Even as Economic Downturn Takes Hold

Wyoming once again takes the top spot in Quality Counts' annual ranking of the states on school finance, while 22 states receive grades between C-minus and D-minus.




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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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Wyoming Schools Chief on the Coronavirus Challenge

"In communities most devastated by COVID-19, academic achievement is pretty far down on the priority list—this is the reality," says Wyoming state chief Jillian Balow.




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Wyoming teacher honored for student support amid pandemic




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Former lawmaker to serve as adviser to education chief




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Wife's racist tweets about Harris spur official to resign




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How Will Schools Pay for Compensatory Services for Special Ed. Students?

States’ efforts so far suggest there won’t be enough money to go around for all the learning losses of students with disabilities from COVID-19 school shutdowns.




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Lucille Bridges, Mother of Activist Ruby Bridges, Dies at 86

Lucille Bridges, the mother of civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, who walked with her then-6-year-old daughter past crowds screaming racist slurs as she became the first Black student at her all-white New Orleans elementary school, has died at the age of 86.




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Kansas counties, biggest school district set new COVID rules




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Public aid for private schools lands at Michigan's top court




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Ohio Supreme Court dismisses Toledo bullying lawsuit




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Santa Fe schools end in-person learning experiment




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Gov. Lee hoping for teacher pay raises amid budget crunch




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Philadelphia schools will stay virtual as virus cases spike




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Nevada school district to consider reopening campuses




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Baptist couple ask court to ban book from son's school




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High school graduation rates again rise in Georgia




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Washington state teachers protest school return in Monroe




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Anchorage schools delay plan to bring students back to class




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Enrollment in Missouri public schools declines by 3.2%




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What Schools Are (and Aren’t) Doing to Support Teachers Worried About Safety of In-Person Learning

More schools are trying to shift to some in-person learning for students, but many teachers don’t believe it’s safe.




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Teacher Demoralization Isn't the Same as Teacher Burnout

The pandemic has made it harder for teachers to access the moral rewards of their work, writes education professor Doris A. Santoro.




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How Hybrid Learning Is (and Is Not) Working During COVID-19: 6 Case Studies

The mix of hybrid learning approaches is dizzying, but schools are learning valuable lessons about what is worth replicating.




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Hybrid learning approved for high schoolers amid COVID spike




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In-class teaching continues in Reno; Las Vegas vote Thursday




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Teachers union: More Pennsylvania schools should go virtual




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Fever, symptom screening misses many coronavirus cases




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Clark County School District employees to work from home




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Anoka-Hennepin elementary schools to close due to COVID-19