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Weekly NewsBrief 6/16-6/22
High school graduation would require fewer state tests under Senate plan – By Patrick O’Donnell, The Cleveland Plain Dealer Graduating from high school will no longer require student...
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Weekly NewsBrief 6/9-6/15
$11.5B Texas school finance bill signed into law – By Julie Chang, the Statesman Marquee legislation that will deliver $5 billion in property tax relief and pump an additional $6.5 b...
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Weekly NewsBrief 6/3-6/9
CTE program pairs teens, preschoolers for STEM learning – By Lauren Barack, Education Dive Miami-Dade County Public Schools launched a preschool coding and robotics program in some o...
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Weekly NewsBrief 5/26-6/1
Principals, teachers prioritize social-emotional skills for students – By Linda Jacobson, Education Dive Almost three-fourths of principals say developing students’ social and emotio...
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Weekly News Brief 5/19-5/25
Chicago Public Schools Wants To Spend $100 Million On Curriculum Overhaul – on CBS Chicago Chicago Public Schools leaders on Wednesday will ask the Board of Education to spend more tha...
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Weekly News Brief 5/12-5/18
Third consecutive year in school spending increases marked a “full recovery” from the recession – By Jill Barshay, The Hechinger Report In school finance, this is as exciting as it g...
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Weekly News Brief 5/4-5/11
Legislature dismantles Florida Virtual School board – By Leslie Postal and Beth Kassab, The Orlando Sentinel The state would take direct control of the Florida Virtual School for the...
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Weekly News Brief 4/28-5/4
Is Coding Over? Why Learning to Code Is Really About Learning to Learn . – By Christina Lewis, EdSurge We are now living in a technological world and the future of work is this: Tech wo...
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Weekly News Brief 4/21-4/27
Bill would require third graders to meet reading benchmarks – By Kim Chandler, AP News Alabama could become the next state to require third graders to pass a reading benchmark before m...
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Weekly News Brief 4/14-4/20
Gov. Northam gives $600,000 in grants to upgrade schools' career and technical education program – By Ida Domingo, WSLS.com Schools in Lynchburg, as well as Franklin and Montgomery c...
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Weekly News Brief 4/7-4/13
Digital Equity Act Would Provide $250M Annually to Address Digital Divide – By Emily Tate, EdSurge Proponents of digital learning, as well as those committed to closing the nation's ...
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Weekly News Brief 4/1-4/6
Betsy DeVos joins Tennessee governor in full-court press for expanded school choice – By Marta W. Aldrich, Chalkbeat DeVos joined Gov. Bill Lee to visit a Nashville charter school wh...
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Weekly News Brief 3/17-3/23 Drones Take Their Place in the K–12 Classroom | Seeking better results, Colorado lawmakers want to tell schools how to teach reading | Is it finally time to get rid of the SAT and ACT college admissions tests?
Drones Take Their Place in the K–12 Classroom – By Wylie Wong, EdTech Magazine Many children look at drones as cool toys. But from an educational perspective, teachers Ray Sevits and...
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Weekly News Brief 3/10-3/16 Here’s What Trump’s 2020 Budget Proposal Means for Higher Ed | Crowdfunding guide helps districts develop safe, effective practices
Here’s What Trump’s 2020 Budget Proposal Means for Higher Ed - By Terry Nguyen, The Chronicle for Higher Education President Trump's proposed federal budget for the 2020 fiscal year,...
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Weekly News Brief. 3/3-3/9 Could Artificial Intelligence Automate Student Note-Taking? | Gov. Justice to Call Special Session to Discuss Ed Reform, Pay Raises
Could Artificial Intelligence Automate Student Note-Taking? – By Benjamin Herold, EdWeek Artificially intelligent digital agents are being marketed as a way to automate note-taking i...
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Weekly News Brief 2/24-3/2 Senate committee OKs bill to give Texas teachers a $5,000 raise | 8 Ways Schools Can Form a Better Relationship With the Media
Senate committee OKs bill to give Texas teachers a $5,000 raise – By Lauren Mcgaughy, Dallas Morning News The Texas Senate Committee on Finance has voted for a bill that would give ...
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Weekly News Brief 2/17-2/23 DeSantis: Use Trump tax plan to expand charter schools | Getting Clearer Signals From Employers
DeSantis: Use Trump tax plan to expand charter schools – By Andrew Atterbury, Politico Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to leverage a tax incentive championed by President Donald Trump to launch ...
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Weekly News Brief 2/10-2/16 The Two Codes Your Kids Need to Know | Parents Question Whether Shooting Drills Traumatize Kids
The Two Codes Your Kids Need to Know – By Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times A few years ago, the leaders of the College Board, the folks who administer the SAT college entrance ...
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Weekly News Brief 2/3-2/9 5 things standing between K-12 schools and innovation | New York Joins Movement to Abandon Use of Student Tests in Teacher Evaluations
5 things standing between K-12 schools and innovation – By Laura Ascione, eSchool News Sustaining and scaling innovation is one of the top hurdles K-12 district leaders face as they stri...
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Weekly News Brief 1/29-2/3 How do schools train for a workplace that doesn’t exist yet? | Department of Education wants menu of curricula for schools to choose from
How do schools train for a workplace that doesn’t exist yet? – By Caroline Preston, The Hechinger Report We’ve all heard the dire predictions about the coming robot apocalypse. Automation ...
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