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Mar 18 2024
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Lawmakers to vote on Gov. Dunleavy’s veto of $200 million education bill
Alaska lawmakers are set to convene in a joint session at 2:15 p.m. Monday to vote on overriding the governor’s veto of a $200 million education funding package. Last Thursday, Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bipartisan funding package that included some Republican priorities alongside a $175 million increase to the state’s per-student funding formula. Dunleavy said he would veto the
Anchorage Daily NewsMar 14 2024
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NJ educators says state aid formula needs reform
For more than three hours Thursday, school superintendents and leaders of key education groups lined up one after the other to tell lawmakers there need to be significant changes to how schools are funded in New Jersey. Speakers proposed a wide variety of changes for the Legislature to consider, from raising the cap on property-tax increases to changing how special education funding is
NJ Spotlight NewsMar 10 2024
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Superintendent Degenfelder to Host Education Town Hall in Lander
The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) will host an Education Town Hall at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 11 in the Lander Community & Convention Center. Members of the public are invited to join and share feedback. State Superintendent Megan Degenfelder will provide an update on the WDE Strategic Plan, and State Board of Education and local school board member Taylor Jacobs will update her
The Cheyenne PostMar 18 2024
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Arizona Council on Economic Education is making it make 'cents' for Valley girls
PHOENIX — If you can see it, you can be it. That’s the message for young girls across Arizona from a Valley-based organization advocating for better representation for women across the business world. And as ABC15 recently found out, it’s never too early to start! It may look like a normal classroom – but we’re not inside a school, the lessons aren’t coming from a boring old textbook, and it’s
ABC 15 ArizonaMar 21 2024
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Education voucher expansion passes South Carolina House, but chances in Senate are uncertain
Republicans in the South Carolina House gave key approval Wednesday to a bill expanding a program allowing parents to spend taxpayer money on private and home-school education even as a pilot plan is just starting and the state's highest court is considering whether it is legal.After the 69-32 vote, the bill faces one more routine approval before heading to the Senate, where leadership has
Fox News (Online News)Mar 18 2024
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Milwaukee looking to accept $250k civic engagement grant for voter education
A Milwaukee Common Council committee is backing the city taking a second grant from a Washington, D.C., nonprofit, this one for the Milwaukee Public Library and Election Commission to plan and implement a citywide "civic engagement campaign." The grant from Cities Forward, along with another to purchase election equipment, is expected to be taken up by the full Common Council on Tuesday.
Milwaukee Journal SentinelMar 17 2024
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An Oklahoma law is making educators afraid to teach 'Killers of the Flower Moon'
It can easily be said that "Killers of the Flower Moon" has become a cultural touchstone. The critically acclaimed book by David Grann chronicles the true story of Native American murders in the Osage Nation in the 1920s, and was adapted last year into an Academy Award-nominated film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone and Robert De Niro. But in Oklahoma, the state where the murders
The Week - NewsMar 24 2024
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Madison Education Foundation to host 5K, pickleball tournament to raise funds for enrichment grants
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New Jersey Hills Media GroupMar 14 2024
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Lowcountry high school working to educate teens on safer driving
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Wando High School will host a hands-on learning experience to educate students about the dangers of distracted driving. Motor vehicle crashes continue to be the number one cause of death among teens in the United States. The South Carolina Department of Public Safety reports that a teen driver is involved in a collision that kills or injures someone every 1.4 hours in
Live 5 WCSCMar 20 2024
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Talking education: Mayoral candidates discuss future of Baltimore City Public Schools
BALTIMORE - WJZ hosted a town hall on education topics within the Baltimore City Public School district with leading mayoral candidates on Wednesday. WJZ anchor Denise Koch moderated the forum about "our students, our schools, our future." Maryland's primary will be on May 14. Based on polling, the Baltimore Teacher's Network invited the top four candidates to join the forum -- Thiru
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