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  • 5 lessons as urban school district reform continues

    5 lessons as urban school district reform continues

    Crain's Detroit Business, September 29, 2025

    5 lessons as urban school district reform continues.pdf 73.35 KB (Last Modified on October 1, 2025)
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  • Baltimore City Public Schools Named 2025 Richard M. Robinson Literacy Champion and Receives Library

    Baltimore City Public Schools Named 2025 Richard M. Robinson Literacy Champion and Receives Library

    WebWire, September 16, 2025

    Baltimore City Public Schools Named 2025 Richard M.pdf 52.12 KB (Last Modified on October 1, 2025)
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  • Providence School Board president questions state's readiness to give back control

    Providence School Board president questions state's readiness to give back control

    10WJAR, September 11, 2025

    Providence School Board president questions state.pdf 49.33 KB (Last Modified on September 12, 2025)
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  • Yes, problems persist, but urban public education is getting better all the time

    Yes, problems persist, but urban public education is getting better all the time

    The Philadelphia Inquierer, September 4, 2025. 

    opinion.pdf 135.21 KB (Last Modified on September 4, 2025)
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  • State report: Minneapolis schools violate laws with biased disability classifications

    State report: Minneapolis schools violate laws with biased disability classifications

    The Lion, August 29, 2025

    State report_Minneapolis schools violate laws with biased disability classifications.pdf 40.27 KB (Last Modified on September 3, 2025)
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  • Urban schools are winning

    Urban schools are winning

    Dallas Morning News, August 22, 2025

    Urban Schools are Winning.pdf 137.28 KB (Last Modified on October 6, 2025)
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  • MPS recoups part of $42 million withheld by state over late finance reports

    MPS recoups part of $42 million withheld by state over late finance reports

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 20, 2025

    MPS recoups part of.pdf 54.66 KB (Last Modified on August 21, 2025)
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  • Exclusive: Decade After Damning Report, Minneapolis Still Fails Special Ed Kids

    Exclusive: Decade After Damning Report, Minneapolis Still Fails Special Ed Kids

    The 74, August 8, 2025

    74.pdf 55.15 KB (Last Modified on August 11, 2025)
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  • External review notes issues with hiring, pay in Milwaukee Public Schools' HR department

    External review notes issues with hiring, pay in Milwaukee Public Schools' HR department

    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, August 4, 2025

    External review notes issues with hiring.pdf 53.48 KB (Last Modified on August 4, 2025)
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  • "Relieved": Educators await Trump administration to release $6 billion in frozen funding

    "Relieved": Educators await Trump administration to release $6 billion in frozen funding

    The Boston Globe, July 28, 2025

    Educators await Trump administration to release 6 billion in frozen funding.pdf 19.54 MB (Last Modified on July 28, 2025)
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  • Trump administration holds back nearly $7 billion in K-12 funds, sparking outcry from schools

    Trump administration holds back nearly $7 billion in K-12 funds, sparking outcry from schools

    Chalkbeat, July 1, 2025

    Trump administration holds back nearly.pdf 51.7 KB (Last Modified on July 2, 2025)
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  • Nearly $87M in limbo for Kentucky schools as Trump administration withholds funding

    Nearly $87M in limbo for Kentucky schools as Trump administration withholds funding

    Courier Journal, July 2, 2025

    Louisville.pdf 74.36 KB (Last Modified on July 2, 2025)
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  • FUSD shares its plan to improve student performance.

    FUSD shares its plan to improve student performance.

    Fox 26 News, June 10, 2025

    Fox 26News.pdf 66.86 KB (Last Modified on June 27, 2025)
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  • Divided APS board vacates coaching, governance contract. New provider to be selected in fall.

    Divided APS board vacates coaching, governance contract. New provider to be selected in fall.

    Albuquerque Journal, June 5, 2025

    Divided APS board vacates coaching.pdf 70.11 KB (Last Modified on June 27, 2025)
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  • What’s next for CPS?

    What’s next for CPS?

    Reader, June 26, 2025

    CPS.pdf 84.82 KB (Last Modified on June 27, 2025)
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  • PPS parents say academics, consistency should be among the board’s top goals

    PPS parents say academics, consistency should be among the board’s top goals

    90.5 WESA,  June 3, 2025

    PPS parents say academics.pdf 60.48 KB (Last Modified on June 27, 2025)
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  • Where will Marty Pollio head next? Retiring JCPS superintendent announces new job

    Where will Marty Pollio head next? Retiring JCPS superintendent announces new job

    Courier Journal, April 30, 2025

    Where will Marty Pollio head next.pdf 50.59 KB (Last Modified on May 1, 2025)
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  • Fresno Unified School Board May Change Longstanding Role Under Revised Bylaw

    Fresno Unified School Board May Change Longstanding Role Under Revised Bylaw

    GV Wire, April 29, 2025

    Fresno Unified School Board May Change Longstanding Role Under Revised Bylaw.pdf 63.7 KB (Last Modified on April 30, 2025)
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  • Groups nationwide eye Supreme Court hearing on Montgomery County LGBTQ books in schools case

    Groups nationwide eye Supreme Court hearing on Montgomery County LGBTQ books in schools case

    Yahoo News, April 22, 2025

    Groups nationwide eye Supreme Court hearing on Montgomery County LGBTQ books in schools case.pdf 65.89 KB (Last Modified on April 23, 2025)
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  • How did the APS school board score its last quarter of work?

    How did the APS school board score its last quarter of work?

    Albuquerque Journal, April 21, 2025

    How did the APS school board score its last quarter of work.pdf 57.48 KB (Last Modified on April 23, 2025)
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  • Marcia Andrews Plans To Retire After Four Terms On School Board

    Marcia Andrews Plans To Retire After Four Terms On School Board

    The Town-Crier, April 18, 2025

    Marcia Andrews Plans To Retire After Four Terms On School Board.pdf 71.92 KB (Last Modified on April 23, 2025)
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  • How Superintendents Can Prioritize the Political Part of the Job

    How Superintendents Can Prioritize the Political Part of the Job

    Education Week, March 20, 2025

    How Superintendents Can Prioritize the Political Part of the Job.pdf 66.69 KB (Last Modified on April 23, 2025)
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  • Federal judge to hear arguments over whether to block immigration arrests in US schools

    Federal judge to hear arguments over whether to block immigration arrests in US schools

    The Associated Press, March 7, 2025

    Federal judge to hear arguments over whether to block immigration arrests in US schools.pdf 44.11 KB (Last Modified on March 7, 2025)
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  • 'The impact has been real': ICE raid fears keep students out of classrooms

    'The impact has been real': ICE raid fears keep students out of classrooms

    NBC News, March 6, 2025

    The impact has been real.pdf 66.03 KB (Last Modified on March 7, 2025)
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  • Chicago is Kicking Off the Search for Its Next Schools Chief

    Chicago is Kicking Off the Search for Its Next Schools Chief

    Chalkbeat Chicago, March 3, 2025

    Chicago is kicking off the search for its next schools chief.pdf 253.24 KB (Last Modified on March 4, 2025)
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