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North Dakota, Wyoming Move Away From Smarter Balanced Tests

North Dakota and Wyoming state superintendents said this week that they will soon hire new testing vendors.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in North Dakota

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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Several States Propose Budget Cuts, Education Mostly Unharmed

Lawmakers in Michigan, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Utah have all gave previews this to their 2018 fiscal year budget proposals.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in North Dakota

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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Winter sports practices, extracurriculars allowed to resume




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Ohio Must Rethink How Online Charter Schools Are Funded, Says State's Auditor

Ohio auditor Dave Yost, a Republican, says that virtual schools should be compensated based on what their students learn.




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Audit Finds Ohio Online Charter Inflated Attendance, School Could Owe Millions

Attendance and login records show that Ohio's Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow was paid for 9,000 students more than it should have been, according to a state audit.




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Ohio Expected to Ban Most Suspensions, Expulsions for Youngest Students

Ohio Gov. John Kasich is expected to sign a bill into law that would ban suspensions and expulsions for children in prekindergarten through 3rd grade for minor offenses.




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Eligibility for Federal School Improvement Grants Helped Ohio Students, Study Says

Academic achievement at Ohio schools eligible for School Improvement Grants during the Obama administration increased for a few years, a new study says, but SIG's legacy remains complicated.




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ECOT Looms Over Ohio Gubernatorial Candidates' Education Plans

Any discussion in politics of the future of education in Ohio inevitably turns to the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow.




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Ohio

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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Ohio District's Armed-Employee Program Struck Down Over Training Requirement

An Ohio appellate court struck down a district's policy allowing staff members to carry concealed weapons in school with 24 hours of "active shooter/killer training."




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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Ohio

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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Ohio Supreme Court dismisses Toledo bullying lawsuit




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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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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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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 teacher honored for student support amid pandemic




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Former lawmaker to serve as adviser to education chief




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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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Ohio Supreme Court dismisses Toledo bullying lawsuit




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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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Hybrid learning approved for high schoolers amid COVID spike




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Parents, schools push back over proposed shutdown order




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Federal Way reaches settlement with DOJ over school bullying




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Missouri guidance change seeks to reduce school quarantines




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Polis: Proposed budget will ease suffering, set up recovery




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As Election 2020 Grinds On, Young Voters Stay Hooked

In states like Georgia, the push to empower the youth vote comes to fruition at a time when “every vote counts” is more than just a slogan.




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As schools reopen in Africa, relief is matched by anxiety




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Virginia educator sues school board over pay disparity




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Over 9,000 Mississippi students quarantined as virus spreads




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Judge chides Delaware counties in outdated assessments suit




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Hacked websites, hate speech hit suburban Chicago schools




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With COVID-19 surging, schools suspend in-person education




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Iowa seeing full hospitals, closed classrooms as virus rages




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Changing course, Iowa governor enacts limited mask mandate




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Tribal leaders tackle healthcare, education in annual summit




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WVa education group seeks virtual learning until year's end




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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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Getting New School Board Members Up to Speed

One way to train newly elected school board members for the job ahead is to start before they even run for office.




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Pennsylvania school disciplined for marching band's costumes




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Start date for high-risk winter sports in NY pushed back




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Number of students with virus doubled within week, data show




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Survey: Michigan educators feel unsafe returning to school




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What Principals Have Learned From COVID-19's 'Stress Test'

Researchers interviewed scores of principals in 19 states on how they’ve coped and the lessons they’re taking away from the pandemic’s disruption.




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My District Reversed Course on the Implicit Bias Training We Need. What Now?

The principal advice column takes on communicating district decisions you disagree with, optimizing virtual lunch bunches, and more.




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Winter sports practices, extracurriculars allowed to resume




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Noem says Education Secretary moving to Historical Society




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Holcomb announces pick for new Indiana education secretary