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Weekly NewsBriefs 5/29/23 - 6/4/23

A New Feature of Teacher Prep Programs? Compensating Future Educators for Their Time – By Emily Tate Sullivan, EdSurge The request came from the students. Those who were enrolled in —...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 5/22/23 - 5/28/23

U.S. Department of Education Shares Insights and Recommendations for Artificial Intelligence – US Department of Education Today, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Educati...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 5/15/23 - 5/21/23

CT to combat teacher shortage with $3M for recruitment, support – By Jessica Harkay, CT Mirror State officials announced Tuesday a $3 million initiative focused on the hiring and train...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 5/8/23 - 5/14/23

South Carolina governor signs private school voucher bill – By Jeffrey Collina, AP News South Carolina’s governor signed a bill into law Thursday that will eventually allow up to 15,00...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 5/1/23 - 5/7/23

McMaster signs SC school voucher bill into law 2 decades in the making. Lawsuit expected – By Seanna Adcox, Post and Courrier Gov. Henry McMaster signed legislation providing parents $6,...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 4/24/23 - 4/30/23

Distance, finances will affect choices as Arkansas Educational Freedom Account rolls out – By Antoinette Grajeda, Arkansas Advocate Arkansas’ new Children’s Educational Freedom Account...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 4/17/23 - 4/23/23

‘Opportunity Scholarship’ Bill Advances to Provide Tax Credits for Private School Scholarships – By Paul Hammel, The 74 Nebraska would no longer be the only state in the union that doe...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 4/10/23 - 4/16/23

School choice gaining legislative traction after years of debate – By Alex Sakariassen, Montana Free Press During a routine press conference last Thursday, Gov. Greg Gianforte made a f...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 4/3/23 - 4/9/23

Gov. Josh Shapiro unveils Pa. teacher apprentice program – By Stephen Williams, the Philly Tribune Gov. Josh Shapiro’s office unveiled a paid apprentice program Monday to address the s...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 3/27/23 - 4/2/23

North Dakota schools will now require computer science, cybersecurity classes – By Jeremy Turley, Inforum A tech-minded change to North Dakota's K-12 curriculum will oblige studen...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 3/20/23 - 3/26/23

Bill for $6,500 vouchers creeps toward Georgia House passage – By Jeff Amy, AP News Georgia conservatives are getting closer to a long-held goal of broadening state funding for private...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 3/13/23 - 3/19/23

Superintendents skew younger, but diversity remains elusive – By Kara Arundel, K-12 Dive Superintendents over the past 10 years are, on average, younger and making more money than in t...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 3/6/23 - 3/12/23

Mountain West states look for solutions to widespread teacher shortages – By Will Walkey, Wyoming Public Radio Officials across the Mountain West are looking for ways to recruit and re...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 2/26/23 - 3/5/23

State schools leader says WA isn’t doing enough to fund education – By Katherine Long, the Seattle Times State schools Superintendent Chris Reykdal is sounding the alarm that a declini...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 2/20/23 - 2/26/23

Local education officials hope state legislation will help ailing teacher pool – By Christopher Harris, Commonwealth Journal (Kentucky) It used to be that schoolchildren would bring an...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 2/13/23 - 2/19/23

Lawmakers hear pleas to end high school graduation exam requirement – By Sophie Nieto-Munoz, The New Jersey Monitor After three years of challenges caused or aggravated by the pandemic...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 2/6/23 - 2/12/23

Tennessee House speaker mulls rejecting US education money – By Kinberlee Krusei and Jonathan Mattise One of Tennessee’s most influential Republican lawmakers says the state should st...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 1/30/223 - 2/5/23

NJ schools can now apply for $350 million in state grants for building and repairs – By Mary Anne Koruth, NorthJersey.com New Jersey is accepting applications for the $350 million in g...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 1/23/23 - 1/30/23

Secretary Cardona Announces the U.S. Department of Education’s “Raise the Bar: Lead the World” Initiative – By press Office, US Department of Education In a major address, U.S. Secreta...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 1/16/23 - 1/22/23

Clean air in schools could become New Mexico law – By Austin Fisher, SourceNM Even though New Mexico requires public schools to upgrade their heating and air conditioning systems to cl...

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