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Weekly NewsBrief 11/4-11/10

  State to take over Houston ISD by replacing school board and superintendent – By Aliyya Swaby, The Texas Tribune In a move that is unprecedented in scope, Texas state officials announc...

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Weekly NewsBrief 10/28-11/3

  Proposal offers high school diploma with associate degree – from the Associated Press An education plan under development in West Virginia aims to have some students graduate with simu...

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Weekly NewsBrief 10/21-10/27

  Colorado students, companies say apprenticeships are a win-win – By Nicole Brady, thedenverchannel.com Apprenticeships offer alternative to college debt High school graduate Riley Be...

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Weekly NewsBrief 10/14-10/20

  Human interaction, SEL in curriculum key to curbing cyberbullying – By Lauren Barack, Education Dive Mandy Manning has walked the halls of many schools in the year since she was name...

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Weekly NewsBrief 10/7-10/13

  Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Announces New Initiative to Support Opening and Expanding Charter Schools in Opportunity Zones – From the Department of Education U.S. Secretary of E...

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Weeekly NewsBrief 9/30-10/6

  Secretary DeVos Announces New Grant Awards that Encourage Grantees to Rethink Education – From the U.S. Department of Education U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today announced ...

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Weekly NewsBrief 9/23-9/29

City schools are getting safer: report – By Meaghan McGoldrick, Brooklyn Daily Eagle New York City schools are the safest they’ve been in years, according to data released Tuesday in the...

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Week NewsBrief 9/16-9/22

  Tennessee graduation rate hits all-time high in the 2018-19 school year – By Jason Gonzales, Nashville Tennessean Tennessee inched closer to a 90% high school graduation in the 2018-...

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Weekly NewsBrief 9/9-9/15

  California students could soon get a Seal of STEM on their diplomas – By Sydney Johnson, EdSource California high school graduates may soon be able to show off their academic success i...

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Weekly NewsBrief 9/2-9/8

  Ransomware 'halts everything' in Connecticut school district – By Colin Wood, EdScoop Administrators at Wolcott Public Schools, a K-12 district of five schools in Western Connecticut, ...

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Weekly NewsBrief 8/26-9/1

  A battle over California charter schools ends — for now — with a deal in Sacramento – By Taryn Luna, The Los Angeles Times Warring factions of California’s K-12 education system have r...

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Weekly NewsBrief 8/18-8/25

  HIgh school students earning college credit up 51 percent – Bu Will Sentel, The Louisiana Advocate More than 8,000 high school students in the past school year earned college credit ...

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Weekly NewsBrief 8/12-8/18

  More states are making it easier for schools to innovate – By Natalie Gross, Education Dive Innovation programs in 24 states are making it easier for traditional public schools and d...

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Weekly NewsBrief 8/5-8/11

  New statewide K-12 computer science program among first in the U.S. – By Art Raymond, The Desert News State officials approved a master plan Thursday that marks the beginning of an eff...

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Weekly NewsBrief 7/29-8/4

  DeVos Wants to Prioritize Education Funding for Opportunity Zones – By Lauren Camera, US News and World Report SECRETARY OF EDUCATION  Betsy DeVos wants to prioritize federal educat...

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Weekly News Brief 7/22-7/28

  Who can gain from higher cybersecurity awareness? – By Troy Gill, eCampus News Earlier this spring, it was reported that Washington State University agreed to pay over  $4.7 million ...

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Weekly NewsBrief 7/15-7/20

  La. schools chief touts teacher training program – By Will Sentell, Baton Rouge Advocate State Superintendent of Education John White told two U. S. House subcommittees Wednesday tha...

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Weekly NewsBrief 7/8-7/14

  Middle schools beefing up career and technical ed labs – By Shawna De La Rosa, Education Dive In an effort to expose students to more career and technical education opportunities, mo...

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Weekly NewsBrief 7/1-7/7

  As California seeks to add more computer science courses, teachers are answering the call – By Sydney Johnson, EdSource As California pushes to increase access to computer science ed...

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Weekly NewsBrief 6/24-6/30

'Tech for Rural Districts' brings new resources to remote schools – By Katya Schwenk, edscoop The  Consortium for School Networking  on Wednesday announced a new initiative in partnershi...

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