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Adopting the state-approved Bluebonnet Learning curriculum for elementary students will come with a funding boost of more than $3 million for the district, which also approved a $2 billion operating budget on Thursday.
Kansas City Public Schools teachers will receive a 5% base salary raise after the school board approved a new collective bargaining agreement with the Kansas City Federation of Teachers, the district’s teachers union. Superintendent Jennifer Collier called the raise “historic.” “This is the highest pay increase for KCP…
Chris Bultman and Lindsey Cornett are the two finalists for the vacant District 4 seat on the IPS school board. Both finalists said they are running in the November election. Former Commissioner Allissa Impink resigned after winning the Democratic primary election for State Senate District 46.
Fayette County Public Schools has been mired in controversy over its financial situation in recent years, with district officials recently saying FCPS has misstated its finances since at least 2008 and has much less money than previously thought.
The Los Angeles Unified Board voted unanimously to appoint Andres Chait, a longtime district administrator, as superintendent days after his predecessor resigned. “This board’s decision reflects the confidence in Mr. Chait’s leadership, his decades of service to Los Angeles Unified, and his demonstrated ability to guid…
Chicago Public Schools has sued the Trump administration over withholding federal dollars because of its refusal to scrap its initiative to improve outcomes for its Black students. Officials say they are moving ahead with the plan, but it has been slow-going.
The agency is investigating the Montgomery, Prince George’s and Frederick County school districts and Maryland’s education agency in the Trump administration’s latest challenge of the region’s school policies regarding transgender students.
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