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    Wisconsin adds Hmong and Asian American history to curriculum requirements

    At least seven other states mandate Asian American studies, and a dozen states have academic standards for the subject.

    By • April 10, 2024
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    Democratic-leaning states move to curb book bans

    “Freedom to Read” legislation under consideration or passed in several states would require libraries to present diverse points of view or risk losing funding.

    By • April 10, 2024
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    Equity in Education

    From early learning to high school, the pandemic impacted equity at all levels of K-12, from persistent and widening achievement gaps to uneven access to school meals.

    By K-12 Dive staff
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    How 2 Tennessee school districts are approaching AI policies

    Administrators share how they’re preparing for a new state law that requires all Tennessee K-12 public schools to adopt an AI use policy by fall.

    By • April 10, 2024
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    How will ESSER fiscal cliffs drive school district budget cuts?

    Tight budgets will remain into the next school year, but may ease up beginning in the 2025-26 school year, said one education finance expert.

    By • April 8, 2024
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    4-day school weeks hurt students’ reading, math achievement

    A recent peer-reviewed study found that students in non-rural districts saw a greater negative impact on their academic performance than in rural districts.

    By • April 8, 2024
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    In reversal, Education Department to reprocess all FAFSAs hit by tax error

    The process will affect between 15% and 20% of previously submitted federal financial aid applications.

    By Laura Spitalniak • April 5, 2024
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    Special education population rose 2% between 2020 and 2021

    In total, 7.8 million children and young adults received specialized services under IDEA in 2021, according to the Education Department’s annual report.

    By • April 5, 2024
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    Test yourself on this week’s K-12 news

    From the launch of a superintendent fellowship to an upcoming global event’s impact on schools, what did you learn from our recent stories?

    By • April 5, 2024
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    11% of teachers ‘very likely’ to look for a new job as stress mounts

    A majority of surveyed educators say they are stressed and overwhelmed with their current roles, but 71% still plan to stay, Pew Research Center found.

    By • April 4, 2024
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    Book ban attempts soared 65% in 2023

    Groups disputing book titles focused on public libraries, where the number of titles targeted rose by 92%, compared to 11% in schools.

    By • April 3, 2024
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    School buses included in updated EPA emissions standards

    The new rule aiming to reduce pollution comes as the agency has developed grant programs to help schools buy zero- and low-emission vehicles.

    By , David Taube • April 3, 2024
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    Oklahoma Supreme Court weighs nation’s first religious public charter school

    State justices anticipated that the landmark case questioning the constitutionality of St. Isidore would make it to the U.S. Supreme Court. 

    By • April 3, 2024
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    $5.3M Energy Department grant to fund Indianapolis vocational education campus

    Ameresco and charter school operator Matchbook Learning are building a high school and career center powered by renewable energy.

    By Brian Martucci • April 3, 2024
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    330,000 FAFSAs must be reprocessed, Education Department says

    A tax data issue affecting about 5% of submitted applications will be corrected starting in early April.

    By Laura Spitalniak • April 3, 2024
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    School-based Medicaid billing concerns delay proposed rule

    Some worry children's school-based services can adversely affect outside services, but school administrators said there have been no examples of this.

    By • April 2, 2024
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    As teacher use of AI detection grows, discipline guidance a mixed bag

    Student discipline in response to plagiarism rose from 48% to 64% over the last school year, according to the Center for Democracy & Technology.

    By • April 1, 2024
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    Texas policy defining gender-affirming care as child abuse blocked again

    A Friday opinion upheld a block on a 2022 policy requiring licensed professionals to report parents for child abuse if children are receiving gender-affirming medical care.

    By • April 1, 2024
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    Alaska designated ‘high risk’ for losing ARP funds

    The state failed to meet federal maintenance of equity requirements, the U.S. Department of Education says.

    By • April 1, 2024
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    Federal coordinating council formed to support K-12 cybersecurity

    The Education Department and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency created the council to coordinate federal, state, tribal and local efforts.

    By • April 1, 2024
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    POP QUIZ

    Test yourself on this week’s K-12 news

    From a federal plea to address chronic absenteeism to strategies for approaching teacher layoffs, what did you learn from our recent stories?

    By • March 29, 2024
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    The 6-month countdown to the end of ESSER begins

    States and districts must commit their last ESSER allocation by Sept. 30. Spending, however, can continue to Jan. 28, 2025 — or beyond for some.

    By • March 29, 2024
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    It’s been a year since the Covenant School mass shooting. What’s changed?

    Tennessee GOP Gov. Bill Lee pushed lawmakers to consider gun reform, making the state ripe for change. But a year later, many efforts have failed.

    By • March 28, 2024
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    Students won’t be able to correct FAFSA forms until April

    The notice from the U.S. Department of Education marks yet another delay in the fraught rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

    By Natalie Schwartz • March 27, 2024
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    Washington becomes 7th state to require LGBTQ+ related instruction

    Another seven states have banned discussion of LGBTQ+ topics in classrooms, illustrating the political divide on the curriculum issue.

    By • March 27, 2024
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    How ESSER propelled improvements at school, district and state levels

    From better lunchroom behaviors to statewide literacy initiatives, leaders share the benefits of COVID-19 aid and how they are sustaining that progress.

    By • March 27, 2024