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Detroit attendance proposal would kick students out of their chosen school for high absenteeism

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The policy would allow schools to seek district approval to transfer a student to their designated feeder pattern school—the one they would be assigned to based on where they live—but only after school officials took a series of steps to communicate with the student’s family about the absences. 

In California and Virginia, transgender policies see school districts rebel

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Liberals in Virginia and conservatives in California have secured key wins on school boards that are allowing them to go against state leadership and enact what they believe are the proper policies regarding the gender identities of their pupils. 

Minnesota school districts are struggling to find teachers, fill open positions

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There are various ways to measure the problem schools are facing. The Professional Educator Licensing and Licensing Standards Board (PELSB) found in its 2023 report that between 80-90 percent of Minnesota districts were significantly impacted by teacher and substitute shortages. It also found that nearly a third of new educators are leaving teaching within the first five years of the profession.

Denver Public Schools releases students early from 14 schools due to heat

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"Yesterday was the worst of it and my classroom was coming near 90 degrees, if not over. So, you hit a point where the kids are not functioning anyways because they are just groggy and it's so hot. Needing water and you can't do too much productive," said Steadman Elementary School teacher Erika Grimes.

Will Texas’ new fentanyl awareness curriculum for public schools succeed where other anti-drug messaging failed?

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Historically, anti-drug messaging in schools has failed to acknowledge the mental health reasons that youth self-medicate. Without that key lesson, advocates worry House Bill 3908 will be another D.A.R.E. campaign.

Georgia school district is banning books, citing sexual content, after firing a teacher

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The announcement, sent in an electronic message to parents in some Cobb County schools on Monday, comes days after the Republican-majority school board voted 4-3 along party lines to fire a teacher for reading a book about gender identity to fifth-grade students.

In states with few legal protections, students say they’ve been unfairly punished at school

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Students facing suspension and expulsion are granted vastly different rights depending on where they live, an NBC News investigation found.

Montgomery schools ready to fight absenteeism, on the rise after covid

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Most of the plan focuses on conducting additional analysis, like reviewing student absenteeism data by factors such as day of the week, course and teacher, to understand more of the root causes.

School takeovers by states may become more common

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The takeover of the Houston Independent School District by the state of Texas is part of a national trend that is likely to accelerate amid political conflicts and pressures to close achievement gaps, experts tell Axios.

Why the nation’s largest school district is making virtual school a permanent option

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Dubbed Virtual Innovators Academy, there are 17 teachers for about 200 students enrolled in the 2023-2024 school year for sophomore and freshman years.

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