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Friday Reading List: Education News From Around The South
Alabama Republicans push through school flexibility bill with tax credits after an angry Senate fight; Georgia Tea Party groups are backing legislation to pull the state from Common Core; and more...
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Why Mississippi Preschool May Overlook Kids In Need
Mississippi is the only state in the South that does not fund preschool. That may change this spring if the legislature passes one of two bills to subsidize select programs. But Mississippi is likely...
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Monday Reading List: Education News From Around The South
Georgia and Louisiana are among states committing to share student academic data with a database company tracking K-12 students; fallout over a school accountability bill continues in Alabama, and more...
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Does An Ideal Classroom Or School Exist?
I believe it is possible to create an ideal school or classroom environment. There are ample examples in public and private schools throughout the US in which schools work tirelessly to shape their...
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A Louisiana district court judge reverses his prior ruling, and declares the entire "Teacher Tenure Act" unconstitutional.
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Tuesday Reading List: Education News From Around The South
Two Alabama education groups are asking the state's governor to amend a controversial education bill before signing it into law; a Louisiana judge has ruled Governor Bobby Jindal's tenure and salary...
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Wednesday Reading List: Education News From Around The South
The battle over Alabama's controversial Accountability Act continues; the Georgia state house has approved a "parent trigger" bill; Louisiana's superintendent says the state's voucher program will...
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Thursday Reading List: Education News From Around The South
Alabama Republican leaders are asking the state supreme court to intervene in the battle over the Accountability Act; 400 applicants have applied for six vacant spots on Georgia's DeKalb County school...
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Keeping Them In Their Seats
As all states adopt the cohort graduation rate, we will all have a better understanding of where our dropouts are and how many we really have. But that still doesn’t address why students drop out....
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Friday Reading List: Education News From Around The South
Louisiana's Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has approved a new funding formula; Mississippi lawmakers are considering a plan to remove failing schools from local control; GOP lawmakers in...
View ArticleMonday Reading List: Education News From Around The South
Courts place hold on Alabama school choice bill; Tenn. legislature looks to limit online school enrollment; and other education news from around the South.
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Tuesday Reading List: Education News From Around The South
Alabama Education Association lawyers are asking justices to keep the state's controversial school choice bill on hold; Louisiana's online course program is open for business; the battle over a...
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Wednesday Reading List: Education News From Around The South
Georgia's governor is expected to name six new board members to an embattled school board today; Mississippi's State Senate will consider a revived teachers-with-guns bill; and more education news from...
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Thursday Reading List: Education News From Around The South
Alabama's Supreme Court has ruled to send the state's Accountability Act to the governor; Louisiana's superintendent will distribute $5 million in school turnaround grants; Tennessee's legislature has...
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Friday Reading List: Education News From Around The South
Alabama's governor has signed the state's controversial Accountability Act; a judge is asking Georgia's Supreme Court for a ruling on the governor's decision to replace six school board members;...
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