EduClips: School Funding as Key Midterm Issue, Nevada Lowers Bar for HS Juniors Taking ACT, California Pensions, and More Must-Reads From America鈥檚 15 Biggest School Districts
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Top Story
EDUCATION POLITICS 鈥� How 鈥� or whether 鈥� to pour more money into public school coffers has emerged as one of the most divisive issues for states in this year鈥檚 midterm elections. In at least nine states, voters this fall will consider ambitious ballot measures that seek to increase, or in some cases curtail, how much legislatures distribute to schools. Similarly, those running for governor in states including Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin have sparred over the dynamics of their states鈥� public school spending habits and over plans to upend how their states fund schools. ()
National News
HISTORY 鈥� After Outcry, College Board Restores 250 Years to Proposed AP History Course ()
DIVERSITY 鈥� Girls-only trade classes are spreading 鈥� and upending stereotypes ()
EARLY EDUCATION 鈥� Big move for Big Bird: Sesame Street is entering classrooms ()
CONGRESS 鈥� This Week in Education Politics: Congress Moves Forward on Trump Administration 鈥榃orkforce Education鈥� Priorities, School Choice for Military Families & More (Read at The74Million.org)
District and State News
NEVADA 鈥� Nevada sets bar lower for 11th-graders taking ACT ()
NEW YORK 鈥� Officials promised to update a Giuliani-era agreement between the NYPD and city schools almost a year ago. So where is it? ()
TEXAS 鈥� Schools Eye Facial Recognition Technology to Boost Security ()
CALIFORNIA 鈥� How California鈥檚 public schools are grappling with growing pension costs ()
ILLINOIS 鈥� Rockford schools pays more than $1 million in penalties for inappropriate spending ()
Think Pieces
EDUCATION REFORM 鈥� A Plea for a Fact-Based Debate About Charter Schools ()
THE WEALTH GAP 鈥� White College Graduates Are Doing Great With Their Parents鈥� Money ()
SCHOOL SCHEDULES 鈥� Why a Longer School Day Could Make Learning More Compelling for Kids 鈥� and Life Less Stressful for Parents (Read at The74Million.org)
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