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education policy
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AdvocacyArticleOver 2 years old
With Black History Lessons Under Attack, Associations Fight Back
In recent months, some states have proposed legislation and policies that restrict how educators may teach students about…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Amid a Virtual Back-to-School Season, National Initiative Offers Holistic Youth Support
Dozens of groups are banding together to help local school and community leaders ensure that young people can…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Education: Free Lunch for Every Schoolkid
The School Nutrition Association’s research and advocacy work aims to bring universal free breakfast and lunch to schoolchildren,…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Opposing Forces: When Your Keynoter Has Different Views Than Attendees
What happens when your keynoter has a completely different position than your attendees do? Take some lessons from…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Debt Forgiveness Plan Raises Concerns for College Groups
Associations representing both for-profit and nonprofit colleges say that a plan to expand student-debt protections could potentially hurt.…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Every Student Succeeds Act Hailed As ‘Improvement’
Despite a few concerns by conservative and civil rights groups, No Child Left Behind’s successor has been widely…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
College Admissions Coalition Comes With New Pressures
The Coalition for Access, Affordability and Success, a recently launched group that hopes to streamline the college-admissions process,…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Associations Weigh In on Test-Optional College Admissions
Are the SAT and ACT on the way out? A record number of colleges and universities dropped standardized…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Groups Approve of Senate’s No Child Left Behind Rewrite
Groups like the National Education Association have been pushing for education reform for more than a decade. Now…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Student Privacy Bill Puts Ed-Tech Groups in Hot Seat
A new bill aimed at limiting how education companies use data is picking up steam in Congress, but…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
For-Profit College-Aid Rules Draw Critics on Both Sides
New rules aimed at improving student outcomes at for-profit colleges are being criticized by both educational groups that…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Why the NEA Wants Arne Duncan to Resign
Partly due to the Education secretary's comments in support of a court decision that struck down tenure protections…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
For-Profit Colleges Under Pressure Over ‘Gainful Employment’ Rules
A U.S. Department of Education proposal that would tie federal financial aid eligibility of for-profit colleges to the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Group Aims to Help School Counselors Face Growing Caseloads
Budget shortfalls in school districts usually result in cuts to non-classroom-based positions like school counselor, creating outsized caseloads…
