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A new bipartisan bill would require more transparency for Ohio private schools receiving Education Choice and Education Choice Expansion vouchers. Ohio Sens. Kent Smith, D-Euclid, and Bill Blessing, R-Colerain Township, recently introduced Ohio Senate Bill 443, also known as the Take the Dough, We Gotta Know Act. “The…
Lawmakers have regularly balanced the state budget “on the backs of students,” public schools advocates have argued. This year, legislators took a different approach.
Plaintiffs in Rodriguez v. State of California argue $4 billion in modernization funding favoring wealthy districts could be dispatched by the time their lawsuit is decided.
The Sacramento County Board of Education reversed a decision by Twin Rivers Unified to close Highlands Community Charter and Technical Schools, allowing the adult charter school to remain open despite a state audit that found it had misused $180 million in public funding.
The $1.7 billion budget proposal for Memphis-Shelby County Schools would be implemented during the first year that a state-appointed oversight board is managing the district.
A recently added carveout to a math interventions bill would exempt some Ohio schools from teaching the science of reading curriculum — despite a statewide mandate. Lawmakers in the Ohio House Education Committee recently approved changes to Ohio Senate Bill 19 that would excuse Ohio’s classical schools from having to…
City council members rallied outside of the board meeting on Thursday and called on board members to resign over their vote to approve school closures.
Proponents of the “Future-Ready Facilities Plan” say the plan will improve equity and opportunities for students districtwide, while opponents say the plan lacks clarity and transparency, and that the shifts would be disruptive to students’ educations.
An upper Manhattan mom teamed up with her superintendent to launch a week-long pilot program cutting classroom tech and boosting recess at 38 schools.