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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Connecticut

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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Connecticut Ranks Third on Quality Counts Annual Report Card

The state, which earned a B, is one of the nation’s wealthiest and turned in strong performances in the school finance arena and in areas such as preschool and kindergarten enrollment.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Connecticut

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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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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Teachers union: Stagger school start times, change seating




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Lamont canceling in-person classes for rest of school year




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Georgia Earns a C+ on Chance-for-Success Index, Ranks 33rd in Nation

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 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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Child-Care Challenges Cost Georgia Nearly $2 Billion Annually, Study Finds

A new study says that problems surrounding child-care hurt Georgia parents economically in many ways including in turned down promotions and having to cut back on work and school hours.




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Georgia Leader Chosen as National 2019 Superintendent of the Year

Curtis Jones, a U.S. Army veteran, has led Georgia's Bibb County school system since 2015.




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K12 Inc., Ga. Cyber Academy Contract Battle Brews

Students locked out of their school's computer systems. Educators unable to get access to some students' records. Parents receiving emails asking that they return their children's laptops.




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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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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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How Districts Are Helping Teachers Get Better at Tech Under Coronavirus

Educators are struggling to learn how to use new tech tools—devices, apps, software, and online textbooks—in greater volume than ever before.




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District Hard-Hit by COVID-19 Begins 'Tough Work' of Getting On

No place in Georgia has suffered a higher rate of coronavirus cases than Dougherty County. And the school system, largely rural and poor, is in the middle of it.




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Desegregation Order Lifted on Georgia School District in Coronavirus Hotspot

Dougherty County, a largely black school district in an region heavily affected by coronavirus, is no longer subject to desegregation orders first imposed in 1963.




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Accreditor frowns on Georgia school system's board troubles




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No race balance, but desegregation ends for Georgia district




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Oregon

Oregon is building on several efforts to improve how schools use technology, relying on local and federal money for support.




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Teacher of the Year in Oregon Fired

A special education teacher has been fired the year after winning Oregon's teacher of the year award.




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Achievement, Grad Rate Among Tribal Students of Concern in Oregon

New report on Oregon's tribal students show they start out behind, miss more school, and are more likely to drop out.




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




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Atlanta Official Resigns, But Loses Out on Post in Oregon

Atlanta's top school official has resigned and is fighting to keep a report investigating his background secret.




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Oregon

Gov. Kulongoski’s State of the State speech called broadly for more investment in Oregon’s education system, from preschool to graduate school, but included no specific dollar figures for K-12 schools.




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Oregon Educator Named Superintendent of the Year

Matthew Utterback, the superintendent of the North Clackamas district in Oregon, was named last week as the 2017 National Superintendent of the Year.




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Oregon Considers Ethnic Studies Standards

Oregon is the latest state to consider adding an ethnic studies curriculum.




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A Son of Migrant Farmworkers Is the 2020 Superintendent of the Year

The Eugene, Ore., superintendent has led the district since 2015 and has emphasized diverse leadership, improved school facilities, and support services for newly arrived immigrant students and their families.




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What Policymakers Got Right With Oregon's Student Success Act

Guest blogger Andy Saultz explains that clear goals, built-in local decisionmaking, flexibility, and community involvement are the keys to the Student Success Act's success.




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Oregon Governor Orders Release of School Performance Ratings

Gov. Kate Brown ordered the public release of annual school performance ratings last week after Oregon's biggest newspaper reported that a Brown appointee had delayed the release of the statistical rankings until after the high-stakes gubernatorial election Nov. 6.




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Two More Statewide Teacher Protests Are on the Horizon

Teachers in North Carolina and Oregon plan to walk out of their classrooms in protest in May.




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School Workers in Oregon Sue Union Over Window of Opportunity to Quit

Three Oregon school employees sued their union in federal court last week, arguing it's unfair that the teachers' union only lets members drop out and stop paying dues during the month of September.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Oregon

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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Rapid Deployment of Remote Learning: Lessons From 4 Districts

Chief technology officers are facing an unprecedented test of digital preparedness due to the coronavirus pandemic, struggling with shortfalls of available learning devices and huge Wi-Fi access challenges.




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Federal Appeals Court Upholds Oregon District's Pro-Transgender 'Safety Plan'

A federal appeals court rejected a multi-pronged challenge to a school district plan allowing transgender students to use restrooms and other facilities that match their gender identity.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Oregon

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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Oregon schools to furlough teachers, boost pay with stimulus




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How One State Changed Its ESSA Plan in Response to the Trump Team

What have states actually done in response to U.S. Department of Education feedback on their plans for the Every Student Succeeds Act? Here's Delaware's answer.




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With ESSA Passage, Delaware Offers Lessons

Paul Herdman of the Rodel Foundation of Delaware checks in where his state is after RTTT and how the state's education plan can serve as a model for other states responding to ESSA's reduction of federal oversight.




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President of Delaware Teachers' Union Resigns Due to Sexist, Racist Posts

Mike Matthews wrote several sexist and racist blog posts a decade ago that were recently unearthed.




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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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Four Tips for District Leaders Dealing With Social Media Impersonators

Several incidents have popped up across the country in recent years: fake district accounts in Arkansas, California, Minnesota, and Ohio, and fake superintendent accounts in Delaware, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, among others.




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Delaware Earns a B- on Chance-for-Success Index, Ranks 25th in Nation

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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Building Better Special Education Leaders One State at a Time

Delaware is among three states using federal grants to develop school and district leaders who understand the complexities of special education.




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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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Bettors don’t think Lamar Jackson will be running as much this year

Last year, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson rushed for 1,206 yards. This year, the betting public thinks he'll generate a lot fewer rushing yards than that. Via David Payne Purdum of ESPN.com, the initial over/under at Caesars of 999.5 already has dropped to 949.5. This means that the early money placed on the prop has tilted [more]




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Former Oregon kicker Aidan Schneider details the day his passion for football died

It was subtle and unexpected move for Schneider, but it was the right one.




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Maryland among three finalists for top 2021 QB recruit Caleb Williams

Mike Locksley and the Terrapins are making a push for local five-star Caleb Williams.




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Thor's Ranked UDFA Signings by Position

Thor Nystrom ranks the top UDFA signings by position, plus CFL draft picks and the best available unsigned prospects. (Getty Images)