Local

• Can Reading Corps close the literacy gap in D.C.?
• BBA to Hold Press Call on Real vs. Claimed Achievement Trends among DCPS Students
• Monica Warren-Jones to step down from D.C. education board
• Simon Elementary Students Win Essay Contests
• Prince George’s schools offer breakfast and lunch to students during summer
• Md. educators object to recommendation that public schools open after Labor Day
• W.Va. governor introduces new state schools superintendent

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Early Learning

• Early Childhood Classes for Rolla Public Schools?
• Queens Library to offer universal pre-K at Woodhaven and Ravenswood branches
• As New York City Expands Pre-K, Private Programs Fear Teacher Drain
• Pre-K teacher wants to introduce kids to tech [Crowdfunding]

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Education Reform

• Connecting school spending and student achievement
• Texas Makes an Appalling Mess of Education ‘Reform’
• Unions to Appeal California Decision Concluding Tenure Hurts Poor Kids
• Return on Educational Investment: 2014
• Past and Present Longhorn Executive Council Members Call for Support of Powers

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Common Core

• Core Tragedy
• Perdue, Kingston talk Common Core standards
• Myth of the Month: Common Core Is Dumbing Down Education for the College-Bound
• Astorino starts 'Stop Common Core' ballot line
• Cahill to run on ‘Stop Common Core’ line, despite earlier stance
• Common Core: Proposal calls for delaying use of tests in teacher evaluations
• A vote against Common Core could be a vote for Rob Astorino
• Common Core Becomes A Nightmare
• Rhode Island Parents Petition School District to Opt Out of Common Core
• Ignorance vs. the Common Core

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K-12

• Why so many kids can’t sit still in school today
• Kansas won't release data from reading, math tests
• US students in middle of pack on financial knowhow
• Ritz: State Board wants to undermine my authority
• Worthington votes to leave Gateway Regional, establish own school district, reopen R. H. Conwell school; property taxes to go up
• Separating the Best Education Apps From, Well, the Rest
• Arne Duncan Unveils 50-State Teacher-Equity Strategy
• The Legal Road Map to Better Public Schools
• The problems with NC vouchers and sending public money to private schools
• Indianapolis Public Schools launches new enrollment program
• Failing Charter Public Schools Are Shut Down; Conventional Public Schools Remain Open
• For Chicago's Kids There Really Is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch
• Dual Language Programs Grow in Arizona Public Schools
• Initiative Steers Black Males to Teaching Profession
• Gay Teacher Files Sex Discrimination Claim Against Georgia School
• U.S. Secretary of Education To Kick Off Let's Read! Let's Move! Summer Series with a Field Trip to the National Museum of the American Indian

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Higher Education

• U.S. colleges have worked to address ties to slavery, Confederacy
• Kent State University rolls out food truck: Higher Education Roundup
• IU is a charter member of new Higher Education Video Game Alliance
• ‘Trigger warnings’ shackle free flow of ideas vital to higher education
• Students, not state, grapple with higher price for higher education
• Music program for high schoolers has ear for higher education
• New opportunities for higher education
• Nebraska higher education commission to interview sole remaining finalist
• Washington and Lee University to remove Confederate flags following protests
• Study Examines Absence of Blacks in STEM Careers

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Student Transportation

• Student Transportation Inc. to Open Shop in Idaho, Expand Into Other States
• Nopetro signs another school district for natural-gas fueling facility
• Lindenhurst schools pick new transportation company
• Driver who hit school bus going to prison
• NMSU launches door-to-door bus to aid disabled students

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Quick Jump

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• Higher Education
• Student Transportation