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    • Kansas City Public Schools finally regains state accreditation. Here’s what that means

      Kansas City Public Schools finally regains state accreditation. Here’s what that means

      The Kansas City Star, January 11, 2022
      011122_KCPS_KCStar.pdf 1.34 MB (Last Modified on Friday at 5:13 PM)
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    • Donald Kennedy begins his role as CCSD’s interim superintendent

      Donald Kennedy begins his role as CCSD’s interim superintendent

      Charleston County News, January 3, 2022
      CHARLESTON COUNTY NEWS.pdf 121.63 KB (Last Modified on January 4, 2022)
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    • KC public schools superintendent, longest serving in 5 decades, has a promise to keep

      KC public schools superintendent, longest serving in 5 decades, has a promise to keep

      The Kansas City Star, December 23, 2021
      Kansas City Star.pdf 116.93 KB (Last Modified on January 4, 2022)
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    • With blunt talk and discipline, Texas consultant tries to focus CMS school board on kids

      With blunt talk and discipline, Texas consultant tries to focus CMS school board on kids

      WFAE 90.7, December 23, 2021
      WFAE 90.pdf 129.77 KB (Last Modified on January 4, 2022)
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    • The principal is cleaning the bathroom: Schools reel with staff shortages.

      The principal is cleaning the bathroom: Schools reel with staff shortages.

      The Washington Post, December 3, 2021
      The principal is cleaning the bathroom.pdf 188.34 KB (Last Modified on December 6, 2021)
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    • Good news in the district

      Good news in the district

      The Philadelphia Tribune, November 30, 2021
      The Philadelphia Tribune.pdf 123.99 KB (Last Modified on December 6, 2021)
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    • Opinion: Downsize Schools? Keep Them Open & Hope Students Come Back?

      Opinion: Downsize Schools? Keep Them Open & Hope Students Come Back?

      The 74 , November 29, 2021
      Downsize Schools.pdf 158.99 KB (Last Modified on December 6, 2021)
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    • Scholastic And The Council Of The Great City Schools Announce The Inaugural Richard M. Robinson Lite

      Scholastic And The Council Of The Great City Schools Announce The Inaugural Richard M. Robinson Lite

      eSchool News, November 8, 2021
      Scholastic And The Council Of The Great City Schools Announce The Inaugural Richard M.pdf 200.43 KB (Last Modified on December 6, 2021)
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    • Opinion: D.C. schools improved under mayoral control. Why do some council members want to undermine

      Opinion: D.C. schools improved under mayoral control. Why do some council members want to undermine

      The Washington Post, October 31, 2021
      Opinion.pdf 101.95 KB (Last Modified on November 4, 2021)
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    • CMS Leaders Will Work Toward A Better Plan For Building Academic Skills After Setbacks

      CMS Leaders Will Work Toward A Better Plan For Building Academic Skills After Setbacks

      WFAE, September 28, 2021
      WFAE 90.pdf 156.88 KB (Last Modified on November 4, 2021)
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    • The Decline of Hybrid Learning for This School Year, in 4 Charts

      The Decline of Hybrid Learning for This School Year, in 4 Charts

      Education Week, September 27, 2021
      The Decline of Hybrid Learning for This School Year.pdf 147.87 KB (Last Modified on November 4, 2021)
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    • Why NYC kids and parents deserve a remote option

      Why NYC kids and parents deserve a remote option

      New York Daily News, September 4, 2021
      New York Daily News.pdf 121.16 KB (Last Modified on November 4, 2021)
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    • More Schools Are Doing Systemic COVID Testing. Will It Work?

      More Schools Are Doing Systemic COVID Testing. Will It Work?

      Education Week, August 10, 2021
      Education Week.pdf 137.46 KB (Last Modified on November 4, 2021)
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    • Coronavirus: How will school closures affect learning, families in Ohio and Kentucky?

      Coronavirus: How will school closures affect learning, families in Ohio and Kentucky?

      Cincinnati Enquirer, March 13, 2020
      Cincinnati Enquirer story.pdf 347.15 KB (Last Modified on March 17, 2020)
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    • MPS May Be 'Losing The Best And Brightest'

      MPS May Be 'Losing The Best And Brightest'

      WUWM 89.7, March 5, 2020
      MPS May Be.pdf 156.42 KB (Last Modified on March 6, 2020)
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    • Longtime executive director at The Council of the Great City Schools steps aside

      Longtime executive director at The Council of the Great City Schools steps aside

      POLITICO, December 19, 2019
      Longtime executive director at The Council of the Great City Schools steps aside.pdf 78.72 KB (Last Modified on January 2, 2020)
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    • Michael Casserly, Longstanding Urban Schools Advocate, to Pass the Baton

      Michael Casserly, Longstanding Urban Schools Advocate, to Pass the Baton

      Education Week, December 19, 2019
      Michael Casserly.pdf 103.66 KB (Last Modified on December 20, 2019)
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    • Council gives Providence recommendations on improving education for English language learners

      Council gives Providence recommendations on improving education for English language learners

      Providence Journal, October 1, 2019
      The Providence journal.pdf 120.27 KB (Last Modified on October 2, 2019)
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    • These School Boards Wanted to Be More Effective so They Went to Harvard

      These School Boards Wanted to Be More Effective so They Went to Harvard

      Education Week, August 1, 2019
      These School Boards Wanted to Be More Effective so They Went to Harvard.pdf 96.65 KB (Last Modified on August 2, 2019)
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    • How Dallas ISD can become an urban success story, with Harvard's help

      How Dallas ISD can become an urban success story, with Harvard's help

      Dallas Morning News, July 31, 2019
      How Dallas ISD can become an urban success story.pdf 127.59 KB (Last Modified on July 31, 2019)
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    • 'Nation's Report Card' to Get Trimmed, Four Subjects Dropped

      'Nation's Report Card' to Get Trimmed, Four Subjects Dropped

      Education Week, July 24
      Nation.pdf 124.17 KB (Last Modified on July 25, 2019)
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    • Education, Civil Rights Groups Celebrate as Trump Drops Legal Fight on Controversial Census Citizens

      Education, Civil Rights Groups Celebrate as Trump Drops Legal Fight on Controversial Census Citizens

      The 74, July 15, 2019
      Education.pdf 77.83 KB (Last Modified on July 16, 2019)
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    • Supreme Court Sets Aside Plan to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census

      Supreme Court Sets Aside Plan to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census

      Education Week, June 27, 2019
      Supreme Court Sets Aside Plan to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census.pdf 165.76 KB (Last Modified on June 27, 2019)
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    • Supreme Court blocks citizenship question on census that could hit school budgets hard — for now

      Supreme Court blocks citizenship question on census that could hit school budgets hard — for now

      Chalkbeat, June 27, 2019
      Supreme Court.pdf 107.21 KB (Last Modified on June 27, 2019)
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    • Ensuring accurate Census is feds’ job,

      Ensuring accurate Census is feds’ job,

      Miami Herald, June 21, 2019
      Ensuring accurate Census is feds.pdf 83.44 KB (Last Modified on June 21, 2019)
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