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January 16, 2019

Education Week, Vol. 38, Issue 18
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School & District Management Explainer Education Statistics: Facts About American Schools
How many K-12 public schools, districts, and students are there? And how much are we, as a nation, spending on the education?
Maya Riser-Kositsky, January 3, 2019
10 min read
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Law & Courts On 'Teachers Pay Teachers,' Some Sellers Are Profiting From Stolen Work
In interviews with Education Week, some teachers said they’ve seen lesson plans they created being sold by other people on Teachers Pay Teachers, and that the company isn’t going far enough to stop copyright infringement.
Sarah Schwartz, December 19, 2018
15 min read
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Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, speaks with reporters on Jan. 24, 2018 at the Capitol in Washington.
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Federal Sen. Lamar Alexander, Top Capitol Hill Republican on Education, to Retire
The chairman of the Senate education committee and former education secretary announced he will not run for re-election in 2020.
Alyson Klein & Andrew Ujifusa, December 17, 2018
7 min read