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Supreme Court rejects case about DOJ investigating parents who protest at school boards

By USA Today

The Supreme Court refused on Monday to hear a case from parents in Virginia and Michigan who argued the Justice Department targeted them for protesting at school board meetings. At the heart of the dispute was a 2021 memo Attorney General Merrick Garland aimed at combatting “a disturbing spike in harassment, intimidation and threats of […]

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What this high school senior wants adults to know about classroom phone bans

Denver Public Schools’ controversial reform strategy led to significant learning gains for students

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August 23, 2024

School-to-prison pipeline bolstered by ‘exclusionary discipline,’ absenteeism

“Student disconnection” spurred on by mental health factors, disproportionate discipline and a lack of in-school supports plays its part in driving Ohio’s absenteeism rate, according to a new report from an Ohio think tank.

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August 08, 2024

Louisiana teachers have policy ideas. The state's education chief wants to put them into action.

Earlier this year, Louisiana teachers suggested ways to reduce their workload and improve their profession. Now, the state’s top education official wants to put their ideas into action.

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August 01, 2024

Voters become more polarized when presidential candidates take positions on issues in K-12 education

There is one key exception. When a president endorses a policy that is traditionally more popular with members of the other party, partisan polarization on that issue tends to lessen slightly. Also, public opinion as a whole tends to shift in the direction of the president’s position.

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July 22, 2024

Utah schools now provide free period products. Two years later, here’s why students say it’s a success.

Two years after Utah lawmakers mandated that all public schools in the state provide students with free period products, students who use them are missing class less often and feeling more confident.

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July 18, 2024

Southern California school district sues Gov. Newsom over new transgender law

The Chino Valley Unified School District, involved in an ongoing legal battle with the state over the district’s gender-identity policy, sued Gov. Gavin Newsom over a new law banning districts from requiring that parents be notified of their child’s gender identification change.

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July 17, 2024

School vouchers were supposed to save taxpayer money. Instead they blew a massive hole in Arizona’s budget.

Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects.

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July 12, 2024

The GOP platform calls for ‘universal school choice.’ What would that mean for students?

Education experts across the political spectrum interpret the GOP platform’s wording as favoring the type of approach adopted in states like West Virginia and Ohio, which make available taxpayer-funded vouchers, or scholarships, that can follow a child regardless of income to any public or private school.

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Supreme Court rejects case about DOJ investigating parents who protest at school boards

What this high school senior wants adults to know about classroom phone bans

Denver Public Schools’ controversial reform strategy led to significant learning gains for students

State Stories

School-to-prison pipeline bolstered by ‘exclusionary discipline,’ absenteeism

Louisiana teachers have policy ideas. The state's education chief wants to put them into action.

Voters become more polarized when presidential candidates take positions on issues in K-12 education

Utah schools now provide free period products. Two years later, here’s why students say it’s a success.

Southern California school district sues Gov. Newsom over new transgender law

School vouchers were supposed to save taxpayer money. Instead they blew a massive hole in Arizona’s budget.

The GOP platform calls for ‘universal school choice.’ What would that mean for students?