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How our district turned a sea of data into a compass for change

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Before Bullitt County Public Schools implemented a comprehensive data system, we often found ourselves looking at multiple different data sources for each individual child. They’re with us for the long haul. As we endeavor to understand their journey of learning, one piece of data does not tell us the whole story.

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Many states picked diploma pathways over high school exit exams. Did students benefit?

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The senior at Washington state’s Toppenish High School first considered the career after he joined a STEM group in middle school. So Brito took some engineering classes at his high school, became president of his state’s Technology Student Association, and is starting at the University of Washington this fall on a pre-science track.

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States Agree About How Schools Should Use AI. Are They Also Ignoring Civil Rights?

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Several years after the release of ChatGPT, which raised ethical concerns for education, schools are still wrestling with how to adopt artificial intelligence. So are states stepping up for schools? It also ended the Office of Educational Technology, a key federal source of guidance for schools.

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Trump moved fast and broke things in education–but what he’s creating isn’t clear

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The Grandview school district’s headquarters is nearly 1,000 miles away from the White House. Planning something as simple as back-to-school registration takes longer because Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement has made parents afraid to come to evening events. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. newsletters.

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Trump's Executive Order on School Discipline Clashes With What Research Says Works

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The Trump administration took aim at another keystone in public education, this time looking to shake up how schools handle discipline. Rather, its the years-long attempts to make school discipline more fair that earned ire.

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Federal judge blocks Trump’s Education Dept. shutdown, orders reinstatement of laid off staff

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Calls for the injunction came from lawsuits filed by the Somerville and Easthampton schools districts in Massachusetts along with the American Federation of Teachers, other education groups, and 21 Democratic attorneys general. Chalkbeat is a nonprofit news site covering educational change in public schools.

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Many Students Don’t Inform Their Colleges About Their Disability. That Needs to Change.

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After my second surgery, I took a semester off from school to recover and to adjust to my new normal. I could no longer drive so my mom or dad needed to get me to school. Today, I’m a doctoral candidate in the education leadership program at Rowan University, with a focus on students with disabilities. I was devastated.