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Republican bill to end the Department of Education introduced

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The bill aims to end the Department of Education, and redistribute federal programs to other existing departments. But the biggest change would be allocating K12 education money directly to the states via block grants.

New study identifies almost 500 public schools as candidates for closure

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As a Bellwether analysis released earlier this month explained, birth rates are down 14% over the past decade, and that already means shrinking enrollment in America’s elementary and middle schools, with declines coming soon in high schools, too. We have too many school buildings for too few students. Some campuses are going to have to close.

Common App expanding its direct admissions effort to 116 colleges

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The Common Application has announced that it’s expanding its direct admissions program for the 2024–2025 application season to 116 member colleges and universities in 34 states.

Over 96% of kindergarten teachers are women, research shows—here’s how to attract more men

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While it may be tempting to attribute the gender disparity to women’s inclination for nurturing roles, a more plausible reason may be the economics—specifically, the dismally low salaries in the profession.

Tackling school absence is as much about changing the school as the student

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School attendance in many countries has fallen off a cliff since the pandemic, with absence rates significantly up on pre-Covid-19 levels.

It’s not their mindset that’s holding children back at school, study suggests

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Children’s ‘growth mindset’, characters and attitudes to learning have little impact on how well they do at school, according to a new study. Instead, researchers point to external factors such as school funding, pre-school placements and opportunities outside school as much more important in bringing about meaningful change.

Is this the secret to reinventing high school?

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Educators, philanthropists, and all kinds of advocates have been trying to reinvent high school for decades, with little success. Now, the Carnegie Foundation and Educational Testing Service (ETS) have launched an effort to kick things up a notch.

In the age of AI-enabled attacks, should every school have a CISO?

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Surprisingly to some, the cybersecurity, tech and education worlds are more intertwined than ever before and not always in a positive way. This is because, unfortunately, schools have increasingly become targets for cyberattacks.

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