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More schools ending in-person learning amid rising outbreaks




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Teachers call for full remote learning, absent new protocols




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Narrowed digital divide touted as pandemic silver lining




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With Federal Suit Stalled, Ga. Advocates File Special Education Complaint

The target is the Georgia Network for Educational and Therapeutic Support, a network of special education programs accused of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.




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Georgia Wants In on the ESSA Innovative Assessment Pilot

Georgia wants to allow districts to use a series of "formative assessments" instead of one big test at the end of the year.




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Briefly Stated: Stories You May Have Missed




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Georgia

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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Georgia school board votes to remove superintendent early




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Georgia

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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Georgia Eliminates the edTPA Requirement for Teacher Candidates

"It has become clear over time that [the edTPA] caused unintended barriers and burdens for teachers entering the profession," Georgia's state superintendent said.




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How the Fight for America's Suburbs Started in Public Schools

A heated school board election in the fast-changing Atlanta suburbs pits Black Lives Matter vs. the “Suburban Lifestyle Dream.”




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Two Black Democrats Beat Republican Incumbents to Transform a Suburban School Board

The school board in Gwinnett County, Ga., will shift from a 4-1 white Republican majority to a 3-2 Black Democratic majority, mirroring demographic changes in the county.




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Reimagining Professional Learning in Delaware

Stephanie Hirsh recently visited several schools in Delaware to see first-hand the impact of the state's redesigned professional learning system.




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Dual-Language Learning: Making Teacher and Principal Training a Priority

In this seventh installment on the growth in dual-language learning, two experts from Delaware explore how state education leaders can build capacity to support both students and educators.




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Schools Struggle to Meet Students' Mounting Mental-Health Needs

Keeping up with students’ growing mental-health needs was a concern for districts long before the pandemic began. It’s even harder now, educators and psychologists say.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Delaware

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 Delaware

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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Why the Pandemic's Recession May Fuel Legal Push for More K-12 Aid

Advocates argue the need is greater than ever and that failure to press school funding lawsuits in this moment would be a missed opportunity.




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School district returns to remote learning amid COVID spike




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Judge chides Delaware counties in outdated assessments suit




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Delaware governor issuing universal mask mandate




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Will It Fly? South Carolina High Schools to Launch Aerospace Curriculum

This fall, five South Carolina high schools will offer an aerospace curriculum to develop the next generation of aviation technology talent in a state where officials say the industry is thriving.




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Judge Rules Against New Mexico in Special Education Funding Case

The state is trying to fight an Education Department decision that it had not put enough money into special education in the 2010-11 school year.




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Study Panel: Teacher Incentives May Boost Teacher Retention

South Carolina's public universities only produce enough teachers each year to fill half of the state's vacant teacher positions.




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South Carolina Lawmakers Push for Rural Teacher Incentive Program

A budget amendment will provide funds to develop a teacher incentive program in rural areas.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in South Carolina

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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S.C. Superintendent Proposes Rural Consolidation, Virtual Programs

State lawmakers must create a plan to improve rural schools in response to a 2014 state Supreme Court ruling.




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S.C. Supreme Court Ends Funding Oversight of 'Corridor of Shame'

The state's supreme court ruled that it is not its role to tell the legislature how to spend its money, ending a 24-year school-funding battle.




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A RedForEd Wave: Teachers in North and South Carolina Leave Classrooms in Protest

A sea of red swept the capitals of North and South Carolina on Wednesday, as thousands of teachers turned out to demand higher pay and more school funding.




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Betsy DeVos to Visit Manufacturer Where Hundreds of Teachers Work Second Jobs

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos will hold a workforce event at a South Carolina drug manufacturer that employs hundreds of cash-strapped teachers in second jobs.




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Teachers Wanted: S.C. Company Hires Cash-Strapped Educators for Warehouse Jobs

Nephron Pharmaceuticals, a drug manufacturing company in West Columbia, S.C., recently hired 650 current and retired teachers through a new program designed to provide educators with additional income.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in South Carolina

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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Schools Handed Out Millions of Digital Devices Under COVID-19. Now, Thousands Are Missing

Some districts are scrambling to account for thousands of devices—a task made more urgent by the uncertainty over when students will be able to return to school buildings full-time.




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Briefly Stated: Stories You May Have Missed

A collection of stories from the previous week that you may have missed.




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Lawsuit Challenges Florida's Post-Parkland Plan to Arm Some School Employees

A Florida district's decision to put armed "school safety assistants" in its elementary schools puts the safety and well-being of its students at risk and oversteps existing state law, says a lawsuit, which could topple school security plans throughout the state.




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Florida Gubernatorial Candidate Vows to Stop Common Core

Republican gubernatorial nominee Ron DeSantis is renewing a political trend that had fallen dormant: calling for the end of the use of the shared standards.




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Florida State Education Commissioner Pam Stewart Resigns

The state's board of education had renewed Commissioner Pam Stewart's contract for a year before the midterm election but after the election of a new Republican governor, she said she'd leave in January instead.




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Florida Governor Signs Divisive Bill Allowing for Armed Teachers

Florida's governor signed a bill that will allow schools to arm classroom teachers, part of a longer list of school safety changes made after a school shooting in Parkland, Fla., last year.




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Florida Passes Anti-Semitism Bill for Public Schools

A bill prohibiting anti-Semitism in Florida's public schools and universities is going to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Florida

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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People Keep on Saying They're Killing the Common Core. How Dead Is It?

Florida's governor declares a standards overhaul would "remove all vestiges" of the common core. But it remains unclear how much is really changing under the Florida Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Florida

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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In One School Community, Three Deaths From COVID-19

A Tallahassee, Fla., K-8 school is mourning two staff members and a former employee. All of them recently died from the virus.




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Florida School Reopening Date Arrives as Legal Skirmishing Continues

A state appellate court indicated it was likely to side with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration's emergency order requiring schools to open for brick-and-mortar instruction.




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Florida mayors plead with governor to take action on virus




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U.S. Backs Idaho Law Limiting Sports Participation by Transgender Females

In a case involving a transgender track athlete, the Trump administration says female transgender athletes are seeking "special treatment" to compete in girls' or women's sports.




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Idaho Seeks to Block Electronic-Signature Gathering for Education Ballot Measure

Idaho officials asked a U.S. Supreme Court justice to block an injunction that allows a group backing an education ballot initiative to collect electronic signatures because of COVID-19.




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Judge Blocks Idaho Law Limiting Sports Participation by Transgender Females

The judge said the law likely discriminates on the basis of transgender status in violation of the equal-protection clause of the U.S. Constitution.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in New Hampshire

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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Transforming Assessment to Improve Teaching and Learning

Although public and educators' concerns are growing about testing, performance assessment done well can strengthen instruction and enhance learning, says Linda Darling-Hammond.