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    • Town Hall Aims To Improve Special Education in Fresno Unified

      Town Hall Aims To Improve Special Education in Fresno Unified

      GV Wire, February 5, 2019
      Town Hall Aims To Improve Special Education in Fresno Unified.pdf 92.29 KB (Last Modified on February 6, 2019)
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    • Transparency, accountability set apart school district’s funding plan

      Transparency, accountability set apart school district’s funding plan

      Las Vegas Sun, January 16, 2019
      Las Vegas Sun.pdf 115.32 KB (Last Modified on January 25, 2019)
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    • Superintendent Jara Announces New Programs

      Superintendent Jara Announces New Programs

      Fox 5 KVUU-TV, January 11, 2019
      Superintendent Jara announces new programs.pdf 134.64 KB (Last Modified on January 15, 2019)
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    • How the Shutdown Is Starting to Impact Schools

      How the Shutdown Is Starting to Impact Schools

      Education Week, January 13, 2019
      How the Shutdown Is Starting to Impact Schools.pdf 111.67 KB (Last Modified on January 15, 2019)
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    • Clark County School District operations ‘out of date,’ report says

      Clark County School District operations ‘out of date,’ report says

      Las Vegas Review, January 10, 2019
      Clark County School District operations.pdf 114.8 KB (Last Modified on January 11, 2019)
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    • The Audit Exodus

      The Audit Exodus

      Sacramento News & Review, January 10, 2019
      The audit exodus.pdf 168.25 KB (Last Modified on January 11, 2019)
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    • Guilford superintendent gets contract extension, set to stay until 2022

      Guilford superintendent gets contract extension, set to stay until 2022

      News & Record, January 5, 2019
      Guilford superintendent gets contract extension.pdf 165.48 KB (Last Modified on January 11, 2019)
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    • The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade

      The number of public school students could fall by more than 8% in a decade

      The Hechinger Report, November 26, 2018
      The Hechinger Report.pdf 116.73 KB (Last Modified on December 12, 2018)
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    • School Safety Tops Young People’s List of Election Concerns. But Will It Lead Them to Vote?

      School Safety Tops Young People’s List of Election Concerns. But Will It Lead Them to Vote?

      The 74, Ocotber 28, 2018
      School Safety.pdf 456.02 KB (Last Modified on October 29, 2018)
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    • High school students speak out before the midterms

      High school students speak out before the midterms

      Politico, October 26, 2018
      High School Students.pdf 81.98 KB (Last Modified on October 29, 2018)
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    • High school students speak out before the midterms

      High school students speak out before the midterms

      13 CBS WJZ, Baltimore, October 26, 2018
      High school students speak out before the midterms.pdf 137.94 KB (Last Modified on October 29, 2018)
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    • Longtime Miami Superintendent, Who Almost Left for N.Y.C., Chosen as Urban Superintendent of the Yea

      Longtime Miami Superintendent, Who Almost Left for N.Y.C., Chosen as Urban Superintendent of the Yea

      Education Week, October 26, 2018
      Longtime Miami Superintendent.pdf 167.09 KB (Last Modified on October 29, 2018)
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    • Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho gets big national award

      Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho gets big national award

      Miami Herald, October 25, 2018
      Alberto Carvalho.pdf 125.38 KB (Last Modified on October 29, 2018)
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    • A Membership the Bridgeport BOE Says it Can’t Afford to Drop

      A Membership the Bridgeport BOE Says it Can’t Afford to Drop

      Connecticut Post, September 25, 2018
      A membership the Bridgeport BOE says it can.pdf 55.12 KB (Last Modified on September 25, 2018)
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    • Special needs students suspended at twice rate of their general ed peers, report finds

      Special needs students suspended at twice rate of their general ed peers, report finds

      Fresno Bee, July 16, 2018
      Special needs students suspended at twice rate of their general ed peers.pdf 94.43 KB (Last Modified on July 18, 2018)
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    • Company Pulls School Shooter Video Game After Outrage From Victims' Families

      Company Pulls School Shooter Video Game After Outrage From Victims' Families

      Education Week, May 29, 2018
      School Shooter Video Game Draws Outrage From Victims.pdf 115.76 KB (Last Modified on May 30, 2018)
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    • The ‘Active Shooter’ video game horrified Parkland parents. It was pulled before release

      The ‘Active Shooter’ video game horrified Parkland parents. It was pulled before release

      Washington Post, May 29, 2018
      Video Game.pdf 61.84 KB (Last Modified on May 30, 2018)
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    • Foundation for Improving JPS Starts in the Classroom, Report Says

      Foundation for Improving JPS Starts in the Classroom, Report Says

      Clarion Jackson Ledger, April 20, 2018
      Foundation for improving JPS starts in the classroom.pdf 56.8 KB (Last Modified on April 23, 2018)
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    • Nation's Report Card shows Dallas, Fort Worth lagging behind big city peers in public schools

      Nation's Report Card shows Dallas, Fort Worth lagging behind big city peers in public schools

      Dallas Morning News, April 10, 2018
      Nation Report Card shows Dallas.pdf 120.3 KB (Last Modified on April 13, 2018)
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    • Miami-Dade Schools 4th graders rank first and second nationally

      Miami-Dade Schools 4th graders rank first and second nationally

      South Florida Times, April 12, 2018
      Miami-Dade Schools 4th graders rank first and second nationally.pdf 100.15 KB (Last Modified on April 13, 2018)
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    • San Diego students stand out nationwide with test score improvements

      San Diego students stand out nationwide with test score improvements

      San Diego Tribune, April 10, 2018
      San Diego Union Tribune.pdf 50.76 KB (Last Modified on April 13, 2018)
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    • NAEP: Urban School Districts Improving Faster Than the Nation

      NAEP: Urban School Districts Improving Faster Than the Nation

      Education Week, April 10, 2018
      NAEP Urban School Districts Improving Faster Than the Nation.pdf 125.93 KB (Last Modified on April 13, 2018)
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    • No Guns for Teachers, Palm Beach County School Board Decides

      No Guns for Teachers, Palm Beach County School Board Decides

      Sun Sentinel, April 4, 2018
      Sun Sentinel.pdf 100.51 KB (Last Modified on April 5, 2018)
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    • Wanted: Big-City School Superintendents

      Wanted: Big-City School Superintendents

      U.S. News & World Report, April 4, 2018
      Wanted.pdf 115.24 KB (Last Modified on April 4, 2018)
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    • Will Urban School Districts Have a Voice in the Debate Over Gun Violence?

      Will Urban School Districts Have a Voice in the Debate Over Gun Violence?

      Education Week, March 30, 2018
      Gun_Violence.pdf 173.48 KB (Last Modified on April 4, 2018)
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