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Weekly NewsBrief 3/30/20-4/5/20

  California school unions, district leaders pledge to cooperate on coronavirus challenges – By John Fensterwald, Edsource At Gov. Gavin Newsom’s urging, school labor and management grou...

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Weekly NewsBrief 3/23/20-3/29/20

  Governor Cooper directs funding to schools to teach, feed students during COVID-19 – By Dalisa Robies, WNCT Governor Cooper directed $50 million in school funding flexibility to help...

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Weekly NewsBrief 3/16/20-3/22/20

  Expect California schools to remain closed until summer, governor says – By John Fensterwald, EdSource California also to seek federal waiver from state standardized testing this year...

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Weekly NewsBrief 3/9/20-3/15/20

  House coronavirus response act passes with school meal assistance proposals – By Naaz Modan, Education Dive After discussion among lawmakers, all three pieces of legislation for meal a...

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Weekly NewsBrief 3/2/2020-3/8/2020

  California’s largest district rolls out seal of approval for STEM schools – By Sydney Johnson, EdSource As California leaders push for more math and science education through new K-1...

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Weekly NewsBrief 2/27/20-3/1/20

  Lawsuit settlement results in $50 million for reading programs in California schools – By Carolyn Jones, EdSource Seventy-five California elementary schools where students have the l...

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Weekly NewsBrief 2/17/20-2/23/20

  Funding the Future: An early education trust fund – By Sylvia Ulloa, New Mexico In Depth The term “trust fund babies” may evoke millennial hipsters in trendy urban neighborhoods livi...

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Weekly NewsBrief 2/10/20-2/16/20

  Florida Department of Education formally adopts B.E.S.T. Standards – from WTXL.com The Florida Department of Education has formally adopted B.E.S.T. Standards and plans to replace Co...

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Weekly NewsBrief 2/3/20-2/9/20

  In a stark reversal, Indiana lawmakers may decouple teacher evaluations from test scores – By Emma Cate Fittes, Chalkbeat Indiana lawmakers may soon stop requiring students’ test sco...

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Weekly NewsBrief 1/27/20-2/1/20

  Walton Family Foundation expected to invest $200M in charters by mid-2020 – By Naaz Moden, Education Dive According to a recent report by the  National Center for Education Statistics ...

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Weekly NewsBrief 1/20/20-1/26/20

  Want better attendance? Look at principal quality – By Linda Jacobson, Education Dive Principals have just as much impact on student attendance as they do student achievement — espec...

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Weekly NewsBrief 1/12/20-1/19/20

  California governor proposes nearly $1 billion to tackle teacher preparation, shortages – By John Fensterwald, EdSource Anticipating nearly $4 billion more in revenue for K-12 school...

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Weekly NewsBrief 1/6/20-1/12/20

  California’s effort to turn school staff into teachers starts to pay off – By Diana Lambert, Edsource A state program that recruits classroom aides, food service workers and bus driv...

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Weekly NewsBrief 12/30/19-1/6/20

  What K–12 School Districts Need to Know About DRaaS – By Marquita Brown, EdTech Magazine There are countless potential threats to the volumes of data K–12 school districts collect: A...

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Weekly NewsBrief 12/16/19-12/22/19

  Northam proposes $1.2B investment in K-12 education – By Sydney Lake, Virginia Business Gov. Ralph Northam’s proposed budget includes a $1.2 billion investment in K-12 education, he an...

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Weekly NewsBrief 12/9/19-12/15/19

  State: Newark is on track to regain full control of its schools in 2020 – By Patrick Wall, Chalkbeat Newark is poised to regain full control of its schools early next year, formally ...

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Weekly NewsBrief 12/2/19-12/8/19

  Pointillism in 1st Grade? Teachers Use Unfamiliar Lessons to Mine for Giftedness – By Sarah D. Sparks, Education Week To find talented children who historically have been overlooked ...

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Weekly NewsBrief 11/25-12/1

  Up to 3.6 million students should be labeled gifted, but aren’t – By Danielle Dreilinger, The Hechinger Report As many as 3.6 million gifted children are being overlooked in school —...

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Weekly NewsBrief 11/18-11/24

  DeSantis’ proposed teacher bonus program pays more to those in struggling schools – By Colleen Wright and Jeffery Solochek, The Miami Herald Governor Ron DeSantis on Thursday announced...

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Weekly NewsBrief 11/11-11/17

  Kansas board of education poised to consider anti-vaping policy, statutes – By Tim Carpenter, The Topeka Capital Journal The Kansas State Board of Education welcomed a series of recomm...

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