February 21, 2019
Lawmakers take third swing at expanding access to hearing aids
(Calif.) New bipartisan legislation introduced Tuesday would require health insurance plans to cover hearing aids for children.
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February 21, 2019
(Calif.) New bipartisan legislation introduced Tuesday would require health insurance plans to cover hearing aids for children.
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February 21, 2019
(Wis.) Classroom teachers in Wisconsin, probably more than any other group in the state, won a big victory when Democrat Tony Evers ended the Scott Walker rein as governor in November.
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February 20, 2019
(Tenn.) Gov. Bill Lee announced a new initiative last week to increase science, technology, engineering and mathematics training in K-12 schools as part of a larger effort to improve vocational and technical training for Tennessee students.
February 20, 2019
(Calif.) A multi-billion slide in tax collections last month is most likely the result of a twist in the calendar rather than a signal that the state economy is slowing.
February 19, 2019
(W.Va.) Nearly three decades after the nation’s first charter school opened in Winona, Minnesota, lawmakers in Charleston appear poised to pass an authorization bill for West Virginia.
January 30, 2017
(Calif.) The recent alarm over the potential spread of fake news has prompted two California lawmakers to call for media literacy education in schools, as evidence shows that many children and some adults are largely unable to distinguish between fact and fiction online.
December 08, 2016
(Calif.) With the state’s fiscal outlook as good as it has been perhaps in a decade, and now with Democrats holding a supermajority in both houses of the Legislature, some within the education community might have thought a conversation over the adequacy of school funding would finally happen.
January 04, 2017
(Calif.) The California State Board of Education struggled at their November meeting to find a just route in arbitrating a small school district’s request to waive–for a fourth time–professional certification requirements of an educational interpreter.
November 21, 2016
(N.M.) As schools across the country report increases in bullying and harassment based on immigration status, Santa Fe Public Schools has announced a Student Support Helpline where families can access resources.
