News Clips
Weekly Newsbriefs 5/31/21 - 6/4/21
Why having too many or too few special education students matters – By Kara Arundel, K-12 Dive The improper identification of special education students was a concern to Lauren Katzman...
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Weekly NewsBrief 5/26/21 -5/30/21
As US schools resume testing, large numbers are opting out – By Collin Binkley, AP News Standardized tests are returning to the nation’s schools this spring, but millions of students...
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Weekly NewsBrief 5/17/21 - 5/23/21
Chronic Absenteeism Is a Huge School Problem. Can Data Help? – By Carl Smith, Governing.com The education losses resulting from pandemic school closures and an unanticipated shift ...
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Weekly NewsBrief 5/10/21 - 5/16/21
Education Department, FCC Team Up to Connect Students to Broadband – By Lauren Camera, US News With as many as 17 million students lacking an internet connection to log into classes or...
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Weekly NewsBrief 5/3/21 - 5/9/21
Over half of California public school students remain in distance learning – By Daniel J. Willis and John Fensterwald, EdSource Although 87% of California’s traditional public schools ...
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Weekly NewsBrief 4/26/21 - 5/2/21
Here are 2 ideas for reopening, and a source for many more – By Matt Zalaznick, District Administration Superintendents can find innovative ideas for reopening safely on a new, onlin...
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Weekly NewsBrief 4/19/21 - 4/25/21
ARP ESSER application template, rules released for states – By Charles Hendrix, District Administration The U.S. Education Department on Thursday released a state application templa...
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Weekly NewsBrief 4/12/21 - 4/18/21
5 ideas for in-person early literacy interventions – By Cara Nissman, District Administration For many young students in the early stages of literacy, the interruption in learning br...
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Weekly NewsBrief 4/5/21 - 4/11/21
AASA report outlines path to systemic change in public education by 2025 – By Kara Arundel, Education Dive Schools and classrooms across the nation need to implement systemic changes t...
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Weekly NewsBrief 3/29/21 - 4/2/21
State officials release guide for schools on how to spend $7 billion pandemic relief funds – By Kevin Bessler, The Center Square Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois State Board of Ed...
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Weekly NewsBrief 3/22/21 - 3/28/21
Here’s a state-by-state breakdown of education stimulus funds – By Charles Hendrix, District Administration The U.S. Education Department will be making nearly $122 billion in ESSER fu...
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Weekly NewsBrief 3/15/21 - 3/21/21
$10 billion coming to states for COVID testing in schools, as feds push for reopening – By Kalyn Belsha, Chalkbeat School districts that were planning to spend some of their pandemic r...
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Weekly NewsBrief 3/8/21 - 3/14/21
Superintendents call for sustained funding as American Rescue Plan provides nearly $123B for K-12 – By Noaz Modan, K-12 Dive The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 , Congress' latest CO...
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Weekly NewsBrief 3/1/21 - 3/7/21
Inslee signs bill allowing COVID-19-related waivers of some graduation requirements – By Maya Leshikar, the Seattle Times Struggling Washington state high school seniors are getting a ...
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Weekly NewsBrief 2/22/21 - 2/28/21
Why biliteracy programs are needed more than ever – By Sarah Webb and Sarah Tilton, District Administration When schools closed last spring, educators and policymakers worried about wh...
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Weekly NewsBrief 2/15/21 - 2/21/21
Alabama lawmaker proposes mandatory kindergarten – By Tricia Powell Crain, AL.com An Alabama lawmaker has filed a bill that could require all students to attend kindergarten as soon ...
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Weekly NewsBrief 2/8/21 - 2/15/21
To test or not to test? Educators weigh the value of standardized testing during a pandemic – By Kelly Field, The Hechinger Report When schools in Columbus, Ohio, opened up classroom...
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Weekly NewsBrief 2/1/21 - 2/7/21
Attention to K-12 cybersecurity grows in nearly 100 bills introduced in 2020 By Roger Riddell , K-12 Dive A new report from the Consortium for School Networking analyzes trends in K-1...
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Weekly NewsBrief 1/25/21 - 1/31/21
The Digital Divide Has Narrowed, But 12 Million Students Are Still Disconnected – By Emily Tate, EdSurge When schools closed last March, roughly 16 million U.S. K-12 students lacked ...
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Weekly NewsBrief 1/18/21 - 1/24/21
In inaugural address, Biden says it is possible to teach children ‘in safe schools’ – By Louis Freedberg, EdSource While President Joseph Biden spent most of his inaugural address plea...
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