EdWeek Update: September 26, 2017: September 26, 2017

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COMMENTARY

Dear Secretary Betsy DeVos, Don't Overlook Parents

School choice policies can create a 'tremendous burden' for families, especially those families with the fewest resources, warns Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj. Read more.

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New SAT Yields Higher Scores, But Don't Be Fooled

A record number of students from the class of 2017 took the revised SAT. But don’t try comparing this year’s scores to last year’s. Read more.

(Education Week)

More States Are Making It Easier to Transfer Your Teaching License

Since 2016, 11 states eased their regulations around teacher license reciprocity, according to a new analysis of regulations from all 50 states. Read more.

(Teacher Beat)

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Inside the ESSA Plans: What Are States Doing About Goals and Timelines?

Trump Wants Education Dept. to Direct $200 Million to STEM, Computer Science

President Donald Trump is calling on the U.S. Department of Education to put a new focus on STEM education, even as his budget seeks to scrap one of the only federal pots of money that schools can use for education technology. Read more.

(Politics K-12)

Inside the ESSA Plans: What Are States Doing About Goals and Timelines?

States' timelines under the Every Student Succeeds Act range from five to 15 years, and goals vary from modest annual improvements to 100 percent proficiency targets. Read more.

(Politics K-12)

Decades After 'Little Rock Nine,' School Segregation Lingers

Among the most lasting and indelible images of the civil rights movement were the nine black teenagers who had to be escorted by federal troops past an angry white mob and through the doors of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sept. 25, 1957. Read more.

(Associated Press)

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MORE NEWS

District Officials Think They Know Open Ed. Resources, But Grasp Is Surface-Level, Survey Finds
(Marketplace K-12)

Savings From 4-Day School Week Not as Great as Expected for Missouri Districts
(Associated Press)

Head Start May Offer Next-Generation Benefits, Researchers Say
(Early Years)

Coaches Could Face Liability on Student Concussions, Appeals Court Rules
(The School Law Blog)

Microsoft Moves to Enable Streamlined Purchasing of Bundled Products for Education
(Marketplace K-12)

MORE VIEWS

Should 5th Graders Be Studying the KKK?
(Teacher in a Strange Land)

Football, Head Injuries, and a School Leader's Choices
(Leadership 360)

What Is Trust? How Do We Build It?
(The Art of Coaching Teachers)

Courses Are No Substitute for Classroom Experience
(Walt Gardner's Reality Check)

Approach Race & Implicit Bias by 'Listening to Students'
(Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo)

Performance Assessments and Students with Disabilities
(Learning Deeply)

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