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January 18, 2017

Education Week, Vol. 36, Issue 18
Education Funding News in Brief Louisiana Court Rules Against Charter Funding
A Louisiana appeals court last week ruled that the funding of more than 30 of the state's 148 public charter schools is unconstitutional.
The Associated Press, January 17, 2017
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School & District Management News in Brief Local Board Takes Control of Schools in Detroit
A Detroit school board with the power to direct Michigan's largest school system has been seated for the first time in seven years.
The Associated Press, January 17, 2017
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Law & Courts News in Brief Tribal Students Sue Feds Over School Conditions
Nine children from an Arizona tribe are suing the federal government, alleging that they and other children in Bureau of Indian Education schools have been routinely denied the right to a basic education.
Corey Mitchell, January 17, 2017
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A Dispatch From Outgoing U.S. Education Secretary: In his final Commentary as education secretary, John B. King Jr. considers the state of American schooling.
Jonathan Bouw for Education Week
Federal Opinion A Dispatch From the Outgoing U.S. Education Secretary
In his final Commentary as education secretary, John B. King Jr. considers the state of American schooling.
John B. King Jr., January 17, 2017
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Nancy Villa was brought to the United States illegally from Mexico as a child. She has a work permit through a federal program started under the Obama administration called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. Villa, who attends Harold Washington College in Chicago, has three siblings protected under DACA and two siblings who are U.S. citizens.
Nancy Villa was brought to the United States illegally from Mexico as a child. She has a work permit through a federal program started under the Obama administration called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. Villa, who attends Harold Washington College in Chicago, has three siblings protected under DACA and two siblings who are U.S. citizens.
Nam Y. Huh/AP-File
Law & Courts Trump's Anti-Immigration Rhetoric Fuels Data Concerns
Education officials are wrestling with how they would protect student data if the Trump administration tried to use it for immigration-enforcement purposes.
Benjamin Herold, January 13, 2017
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10 min read
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