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The latest on Miami-Dade’s school permission slips controversy

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Miami-Dade County Public Schools last week directed principals to stop sending home permission slips for students to participate in school-related events, following public backlash over one school's decision to seek permission for a Black History Month event.

How dropping the kids off at school became the norm

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A majority of U.S. students now arrive at school in private cars, per a Washington Post analysis of U.S. government data. The long-term rise in parental school runs has been compounded since the pandemic by a shortage of bus routes and drivers.

St. Paul teachers taking strike vote as other Minnesota districts struggle in contract talks

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Many districts say they're still struggling to make ends meet as $1.3 billion in federal pandemic relief funding expires, and other costs, like health insurance premiums, soar.

How Colorado school districts are approaching AI

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Colorado Springs Schools District 11 this year is working with HopSkipDrive, a child transportation provider for kids, to test out its new AI offering called "Strategic Routing."

San Diego school math scores rebounding after pandemic

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Students are still recouping essential learning lost from pandemic school closings, which worsened already-wide learning gaps between students from wealthy and low-income communities.

The Taylor Swift Economy is now a high school curriculum

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University of Kansas professor Misty Heggeness has created a Taylor Swift curriculum—Swiftynomics 101—to help high school and college teachers convey economics lessons by analyzing the 34-year-old pop star's effect on the NFL's business.

Durham Public Schools unable to find solution to worker wage dispute

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Durham's schools have been thrown into chaos after the school system rolled back raises for more than 1,300 classified workers after discovering it had been overpaying them due to an internal error since October.

Educators wrestle with new limits on teaching Black history

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New laws in at least 14 states and various restrictions elsewhere—or the threat of them—are leading many teachers to simply mention important figures in Black history without getting into the racism they faced.

Miami-Dade schools consider workforce housing plan

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The proposal comes as the district is struggling to attract teachers and faces a looming financial cliff, with federal stimulus funds distributed during the pandemic running out this year.

AI is helping school districts navigate bus driver shortages

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Bus driver shortages caused chaos in all 50 states this past back-to-school season, leaving many students (and their families) without a reliable way to get to and from class.

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