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Bobby Lee Verdugo, leader of 1968 LA school walkout, dies




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Missouri teachers virtually educate students about pandemic




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No race balance, but desegregation ends for Georgia district




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This Pandemic Is No Time to Backtrack on Special Education

It's worth remembering how far we've come on educating students with disabilities, writes Nebraska's education commissioner Matthew L. Blomstedt.




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Judge rules Tennessee's voucher law is unconstitutional




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Georgia allocates $411M in federal COVID-19 aid to schools




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N. Carolina principal sorry for racial remark during meeting




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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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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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Alabama lawmakers advance pared down budgets amid COVID-19




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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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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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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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Rural educator enters race for state schools superintendent




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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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Ex-Florida sheriff's removal lawsuit dismissed




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California doom: Staggering $54 billion budget deficit looms




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Official: Nebraska schools should be able to reopen on time




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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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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.




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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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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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Virtual Teaching: Skill of the Future? Or Not So Much?

Leaders in some districts say remote teaching will now be a skill they will build even more in their existing teacher corps. Others are more skeptical.




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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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Undergraduate Education Degrees Again Permitted in California

Aspiring teachers in California will now be able to major in education as undergraduates, which has been forbidden for more than five decades under an unusual state law.




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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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'On California' Is on Vacation

The blessings of season to you all! We will be back in the New Year. Christmas thoughts follow.




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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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Teachers' Union Victory in California

Teachers unions are scapegoats for low student performance.




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School Revolution in California

What's taking place in California is nothing less than a quiet revolution in education.




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California Reforms Accountability

California just made school accountability much more complicated. And that's good.




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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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The California Testing-Funding Paradox

As the number of charter schools continues to grow, voters in California will be forced to examine their largess.




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'California, Trump on Collision Course'

A read of California's news outlets makes clear that the state is not going to accept President-elect Donald Trump's policies without a fight, particularly those on immigration.




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Charter Advocates Dealt Loss in California Chief's Election

State Assembly member Tony Thurmond ultimately prevailed over former charter school executive Marshall Tuck in a contest that drew more than $50 million in outside campaign spending.




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California Teachers Challenge Union's Collection of Dues

Five California educators last week filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the state's top teachers' union from collecting dues through mandatory paycheck deductions.




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Incoming California Governor to Seek Nearly $2 Billion in Early-Childhood Funding

Democrat Gavin Newsom, who takes office Jan. 7, plans to expand full-day kindergarten and child-care offerings in the state, according to media reports.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in California

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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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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Paid Maternity Leave for Teachers? California's Governor Says No Once Again

The bill would have given public school teachers at least six weeks of paid maternity leave.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in California

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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California schools will look very different when they reopen