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Weekly News Brief 1/20-1/26 Rural schools seek creative solutions for declining enrollment, staff shortages | How to get teachers to believe in a new school program? Ask them to help design it.
Rural schools seek creative solutions for declining enrollment, staff shortages – By Emilia Harper, Education Dive Rural school districts face unique challenges — including declining enrol...
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Weekly News Brief 1/13-1/19 How the Shutdown Is Starting to Impact Schools | Pa. State System’s redesign plan would allow students to take a course at any of its schools
How the Shutdown Is Starting to Impact Schools - Denisa R. Superville, Education Week More than three weeks into what's now the longest federal government shutdown in history, school d...
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Weekly News Brief 1/6-1/12 Teaching faculty to think like innovators | Report: More than 100 Arizona charter schools are in danger of closing
Teaching faculty to think like innovators – By Stephen Spahn, eSchool News The rapid pace of technological change has forever transformed the face of the global workplace. In fact, its f...
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Weekly News Brief 12/30-1/5 New N.J. law requires middle-school students to learn about managing finances | ‘What if someone was shooting?’
New N.J. law requires middle-school students to learn about managing finances – By Brent Johnson, NJ.com Middle-schoolers in New Jersey will soon be required to take crash courses — ...
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Weekly News Brief 12/9-12/15 Kids Shouldn’t Have to Sacrifice Privacy for Education | Detroit school board: Charter schools should operate with elected boards
Kids Shouldn’t Have to Sacrifice Privacy for Education - By Dipayan Ghosh and Jim Steyer, The New York Times This year, the media has exposed — and the government, including through guidan...
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Weekly News Brief 12/2-12/8 Academy helps Alabama leaders turn schools into early learning hubs | Children return to school 3 weeks after California wildfire
Academy helps Alabama leaders turn schools into early learning hubs – By Linda Jacobson, Education Dive Alabama school administrators who participated in the National Association of El...
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Weekly News Brief 11/25-12/1 The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade | Kids need more than academics at school to succeed. Doing it right is the trick
The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade – By Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report What does the declining birthrate mean for elementary, middle and hi...
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Weekly news Brief 11/18-11/24 More Study Needed on Shortened School Week | One School District’s Simple Solution to the Homework Gap?
More study needed on shortened school week – By Ken Olson, Minot Daily News It is not exactly new to education but the four-day school week is getting more attention these days. Th...
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Weekly News Brief 11/11-11/18 To bolster academics, Philly schools turning to the outdoors | Experts stress project-based learning for all-day kindergarten
To bolster academics, Philly schools turning to the outdoors – By Kristen A. Graham, The Philadelphia Inquirer Robert Mitchell was 35 feet above the ground, suspended from harnesses ...
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Weekly News Brief 11/4-11/10 $3.5 billion bond request approved for San Diego schools | School chief's plan would divide L.A. school district
$3.5 billion bond request approved for San Diego schools – By Mike Kennedy, American School and University Magazine Voters in the San Diego Unified School District have given their st...
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Weekly News Brief 10/28-11/3 Why Are We Still Teaching Reading the Wrong Way? | Motivation and Engagement in Student Assignments
Why Are We Still Teaching Reading the Wrong Way? – By Emily Hanford, The New York Times Our children aren’t being taught to read in ways that line up with what scientists have discov...
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Weekly News Brief 10/22-10/28 DeVos Announces Awards for Outstanding School Leadership | Hurricanes Deal Deep Blow to School's Finances
Education Secretary DeVos Announces Recipients of 2018 Terrel H. Bell Awards for Outstanding School Leadership – U.S. Department of Education U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos ...
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Weekly News Brief 10/15-10/21 Voters to decide whether governor will appoint future state superintendents of education | U.S. Department of Education Is Sued For Withholding Information On Arming Teachers
Voters to decide whether governor will appoint future state superintendents of education – By Mollie R. Simon, The Anderson (SC) Independent Mail South Carolina voters will d...
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Weekly News Brief 10/8-10/14 Bonuses of Up to $8000 to Teach | Doors open because of this
Bonuses of Up to $8,000 to Teach in Struggling New York Schools – By Eliza Shapiro, The New York Times At 180 public schools in New York City, many in the Bronx, hiring and keeping tea...
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Weekly News Brief 10/1-10/7 Department of Justice Announces More Than $70 Million to Support School Safety | Early STEM exposure is key for the future of the workforce
Department of Justice Announces More Than $70 Million to Support School Safety and $64 Million to Improve State Criminal Record Systems – From the Department of Justice Office of Public A...
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Weekly News Brief 9/24-9/30 U.S. Secretary of Education Approves Florida's ESSA Plan | Billions in Colorado school funding on the line as statewide tax, local bond issues crowd ballot
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Approves Florida's ESSA Plan All 50 States, DC and Puerto Rico Plans Now Approved; Department Moves Into Next Phase of Implementation and Monit...
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Weekly News Brief 9/17-9/23 33 more Detroit schools have high lead, copper in drinking water | Georgia’s high school graduation rate climbs to 81.6 percent
33 more Detroit schools have high lead, copper in drinking water – By Lori Higgins, The Detroit Free Press An additional 33 schools in the Detroit Public Schools Community District h...
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Weekly News Brief 9/9-9/16 What Parents and Teachers Think About Education Data | Teacher Turnover
Teacher Turnover: Why It Matters and What We Can Do About It – By Desiree Carver Thomas and Linda Darling-Hammond, Learning Policy Institute When students return to school this year, m...
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Weekly News Brief 9/2-9/9 Texas expects thousands more special education students | A little-known program has lifted 9th grade performance in virtually every type of school
Texas expects thousands more special education students. But where are the teachers? – By Alejandra Matos, The Houston Chronicle Thousands of additional children will soon be eligible ...
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Weekly News Brief 8/27-9/2 School Delayed as Washington Teachers Strike Over Salaries | The School Shootings That Weren't
School Delayed as Washington Teachers Strike Over Salaries – By Alexa Lardieri, U.S. News and World Report TENS OF THOUSANDS OF students in southwest Washington missed their first da...
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