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Want to live near your state’s top schools? Prepare to pay $300,000 more for your house.

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Homes near the top-rated elementary schools cost 65% more than a state’s average home, while homes near the top-rated high schools cost about 45% more.

Parents think their kids are doing well in school. More often than not, they’re wrong

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LaShanta Mire’s daughter was, at least on paper, thriving at her public school in Fort Worth, Texas. Her grades were good but the child’s assessments told a different story.

With rising rents, some school districts are trying to find teachers affordable housing

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Across the country, low pay, costly rents and tight housing markets put many teachers just a few steps away from Wall's situation—especially those new to the profession and earning starting salaries. The housing struggles teachers face have become such a crisis that many school districts are trying to solve it by building apartments teachers can afford.

Native American mascot ban proposed for K12 schools in Illinois

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The bill would also prohibit schools from selling items with banned mascots and remove banned logos from school property. As of 2021, there were more than 50 high schools in the state with Native American names or imagery for their mascots, according to Illinois Public Media.

As states make it easier to become a teacher, are they reducing barriers or lowering the bar?

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A 2022 report published by that task force revealed that about 1,000 aspiring educators were unable to begin a preparation program each year due to their failure to pass the Praxis Core.

6 years after Parkland shooting, school librarian works hard to make her space the safest

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The library at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School brims with resources to promote mental health. There’s a “Zen den” for resting and decompressing, a therapy dog named River, yoga equipment, a button-making station and smartboards that display videos of crochet lessons.

Colorado Springs school district plans teacher housing on district property

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The $6 million dollar project will offer electrically powered homes at a rent of $825 a month. The average rent in Colorado Springs is $1,720 per month and the average home price is $523,456, according to Forbes Advisor.

Supreme Court declines to weigh in on battle over bathrooms for transgender students

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The court declined to decide whether schools can bar transgender students from using a bathroom that reflects their gender identity, leaving in place a lower court ruling that allowed a transgender middle school boy in Indiana to use the boys' bathroom.

Iowa school shooter’s parents say they had ‘no inkling of horrible violence’

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Jack and Erin Butler, the parents of 17-year-old Dylan Butler, said that on their way to school their son had discussed future plans with them and "it felt like he was ready to get back to school after Christmas vacation and the start of a new semester."

Iowa students to stage walkout to state capitol in wake of school shooting: ‘Need to utilize this energy’

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In the wake of a deadly shooting at Perry High School, Iowa students are planning to to protest what they say is lawmakers' inaction on gun violence.

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