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Weekly NewsBrief 10/18/21 - 10/24/21

  Changes in state economy affect education system – By Jasmine Hall, Wyoming News Exchange As the economic landscape of Wyoming changes, so does one of the most equitable education sy...

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Weekly NewsBrief 10/11/21 - 10/17/21

  Test score gaps between America’s high and low achievers widened pre-pandemic. No one’s sure why – By Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat Test scores of American students are stagnant or sliding,...

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Weekly NewsBrief 10/4/21 - 10/10/21

Flush with COVID-19 aid, schools steer funding to sports – By Collin Binkley and Ryan J. Foley, The Associated Press One Wisconsin school district built a new football field. In Iowa, a ...

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Weekly NewsBrief 9/27/21/10/3/21

  3 goals leaders set for ESSER funds to keep schools open in 3rd COVID year – By Charles Hendrix, District Administrator Legislators and stakeholders discussed how to use policies imple...

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Weekly NewsBrief 9/20/21 - 9/26/21

  Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, education chief tout student gains during state-funded summer school – By Meghan Mangrum, The Tenessean Tennessee education officials and lawmakers are celeb...

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Weekly NewsBrief 9/13/21 - 9/19/21

  School districts hesitate to use ARP funding for construction projects – By Sebastian Obando, K-12 Dive A  survey by the School Superintendents Association (AASA)  reveals that schoo...

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Weekly NewsBrief 9/6/21 - 9/12/21

  Influx of school devices provides crucial opportunities for data privacy lessons – By Shawna De La Rosa, K-12 Dive With the exponential increase in school-issued devices due to the C...

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Weekly NewsBrief 8/30/21 - 9/5/21

  Schools Are Getting Billions In COVID Relief Money. Here's How They Plan To Spend I t – By Cory Turner, NPR New staff, new tech and even new classrooms — that's just some of what sc...

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Weekly NewsBrief 8/23/21 - 8/29/21

  Survey: Pandemic digital learning tools will impact curriculum for years to come – By Shawna De La Rosa, K-12 Dive The shift to remote learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic i...

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Weekly NewsBrief 8/16/21 - 8/22/21

  As quarantines send students home, what’s the plan to keep them learning? – By Kalyn Belsha and Matt Barnum, Chalkbeat It was only her son’s third day of kindergarten when Sabrina Pa...

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Weekly NewsBrief 8/9/21 - 8/15/21

  Cook County announces Project Rainbow to address pandemic learning losses – By Nichole Shaw, Chicago Sun Times Cook County has created an education program aimed at helping fill a thre...

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Weekly NewsBrief 8/2/21 - 8/8/21

  Duval School Board approves mask requirement with opt-out clause – By Emily Bloch, Florida Times Union In a break from other Florida school districts, Duval County Public Schools will ...

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Weekly NewsBrief 7/26/21 - 8/1/21

  Alabama Department of Education launches campaign to recruit next generation of teacher – From the Alabama Political Reporter The Alabama State Department of Education has launched t...

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Weekly NewsBrief 6/19/21 - 6/25/21

  NPC 2021: How SEL can help raise high school reading achievement – By Kara Arundel, K-12 Dive School principals can support student literacy development in middle and high schools by...

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Weekly NewsBrief 6/12/21 - 6/18/21

  K-12 schools look to ‘fill the gap’ with incoming $2 billion COVID relief funds – By Caroline Beck, Alabama Daily News Alabama’s K-12 schools have about $2.02 billion coming in from ...

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Weekly NewsBrief 7/4/21 - 7/10/21

  Schools use home visits, calls to convince parents to choose in-person classes in fall – By Hannah Natanson, The Washington Post As the school year ends and summer approaches, the pe...

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Weekly NewsBrief 6/28/21 - 7/4/21

  Colorado schools are getting more money. Bigger changes could be on the way – By Erica Meltzer and Annie Fu, Chalkbeat When Colorado schools reopen in the fall, most of them will have ...

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Weekly NewsBrief 6/21/21 - 6/27/21

  Indianapolis Public Schools will publicly post federal relief-fund spending - By Aaricka Washington, Chalkbeat So that the public can see how Indianapolis Public Schools is using fede...

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Weekly NewsBriefs 6/14/21 - 6/20/21

  Despite skeptics, Cardona seeks 'sustained effort' in wake of ARP plans – By Naaz Modan, K-12 Dive The U.S. Department of Education  this week released state plans  to spend historic...

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Weekly NewsBrief 6/7/21 - 6/13/21

  Ed Dept defines maintenance of equity requirement for ARP funds – By Naaz Modan, K-12 Dive The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday released  highly anticipated guidance  on mai...

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