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Tennessee Is Ramping Up Penalties for Student Threats. Research Shows That’s Not the Best Way to Keep Schools Safe.
Zero-tolerance measures can counteract what some experts consider a crucial tool for protecting students and the larger community.
The Influential Conservative Group Making it Harder for Idaho Districts to Fix Their Schools
The Idaho Freedom Foundation has gone beyond the education culture wars by targeting local bond and levy elections, which districts rely on heavily to build and repair schools.
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Idaho Resolution Would Aim to Lower Voting Threshold to Pass School Bonds
Under restrictive school funding policies, Idaho districts struggle to repair and replace deteriorating buildings. If voters agree, the proposal would, in some elections, reduce the two-thirds threshold needed to pass bonds for school repairs.
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Idaho Legislature Approves $2 Billion for Schools to Repair and Replace Aging Buildings
The funding was pledged by Gov. Brad Little after an Idaho Statesman and ProPublica investigation showed students learning in poor conditions. Educators say it’s only a start to fixing decades-old problems.
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Liberty University Hit With Record Fines for Failing to Handle Complaints of Sexual Assault, Other Crimes
Spurred by a ProPublica investigation, the federal Department of Education found the evangelical school in Virginia had discouraged students from reporting rape and other crimes.
Idaho Legislature Takes Up Bill to Help School Districts Repair and Replace Buildings
The bill would provide $1.5 billion in new funding in a state where communities have struggled to pass bonds even as some students learn in freezing and overcrowded classrooms with leaky ceilings and discolored drinking water.
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Series
Series: State of Disrepair : Inside Idaho’s Crumbling Schools
Series: Chaos at the School Board : Unraveling America’s School Board Unrest
Series: Unequal Discipline : Native Students Face Harsh Discipline in New Mexico
Series: The Price Kids Pay : How Schools and Police Work Together to Punish Students
Series: The Pandemic and Illinois Schools : A Digital Divide, Vulnerable Students and Hidden Data
Series: Grace : A Failure in Michigan’s Juvenile Justice System
Series: Lessons Lost : How Federal Schools Are Failing Native American Students
Series: Dollars for Profs : The Lucrative World of Academic Moonlighting
Series: The Quiet Rooms : Children Locked Away in Illinois Schools
Series: Campus Complicity : Faculty Sexual Misconduct in Illinois
Series: Financial Aid Loophole : Giving Up Guardianship to Get Aid
Series: The $3 Million Research Breakdown : University of Illinois at Chicago’s Troubling Study
Series: The Failure Track : Alternative Schools and Accountability
Series: Evaluating Charter Schools : Questions About Public Transparency and Private Profits
