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Education Policy and GovernmentFrom U.S. News: Bridging the Democratic DivideCould Hillary Clinton bring together a party splintered over education policy?by Allie BidwellOutside of local elections, education policy has never been an issue that makes voters flock to the polls. It's just not as sexy as raising or lowering taxes, nor as anxiety-inducing as foreign relations and national security.Read the rest of the story at U.S. News.EdCircuit Staff · Jun 19, 2015 · 1 min read
edLeadersNYT: Sweet Briar College’s Closing Temporarily Blocked by Virginia Supreme Courtby the Associated PressRICHMOND, Va. — The Supreme Court of Virginia has temporarily blocked the planned closing of Sweet Briar College, a 114-year-old private school for women.Read the rest of the story at The New York Times.EdCircuit Staff · Jun 10, 2015 · 1 min read
edLeadersThe Chicago Sun-Times: Emanuel looking for his 4th CPS CEO – but who’d want the job?Photo Credit: Daniel X. O'Neilby Fran Spielman and Lauren FitzPatrickWANTED: CEO for nation’s third-largest public school system to replace chief forced out by federal investigation.Read the rest of the story at the Chicago Sun-Times.EdCircuit Staff · Jun 2, 2015 · 1 min read
edLeadersFrom Bethesda Magazine: Former MCPS Superintendent Starr Lands New JobJoshua Starr has taken a position as the new chief of a professional educators' associationBy Andrew MetcalfThe former superintendent of Montgomery County Public Schools is set to become the next CEO of an international association of educators.Read the rest of the story at Bethesda Magazine.See edCircuit's March 2015 interview with Joshua Starr here.EdCircuit Staff · May 20, 2015 · 1 min read
Around the WebThe New York Times: Cuomo Promotes Tax Credits for Families of Students at Private Schoolsby Thomas KaplanIn a campaign-style tour meant to put pressure on lawmakers, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo visited churches and a yeshiva on Sunday to promote a bill to give tax credits to families of students at private schools, including religious ones.Read the rest of the story at The New York Times.EdCircuit Staff · May 18, 2015 · 1 min read
edLeadersForbes: Carly Florina On Education: 6 Things the Presidential Candidate Wants You to Knowby Maureen SullivanCarly Fiorina, the former CEO and chairman of Hewlett-Packard, today announced her run for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. She has never held public office and calls her run a “return to citizen government.” She pokes fun at her undergraduate degree from Stanford in medieval history and philosophy but says it comes in handy when she wants to poke holes in President Obama’s comparison of ISIS terrorism with the Crusades.Read the rest of the story on Forbes.EdCircuit Staff · May 15, 2015 · 1 min read
Civics and History EducationA Conversation with NCSS President Michelle HerczogedCircuit conducts a Skype interview with Michelle Herczog, president of the National Council for the Social Studies. Herczog talks about the importance of this subject area, the latest NAEP results in social studies, and the C3 Framework for Social Studies Standards.Michelle Herczog · May 14, 2015 · 1 min read
edLeadersThe Independent (UK): Teachers are not happy Nicky Morgan has been reappointed Education Secretaryby Doug BoltonNicky Morgan has been reappointed as Education Secretary in David Cameron's post-election cabinet reshuffle.Morgan, who took over from the unpopular Michael Gove in July, dramatically increased her majority in election and has been rewarded with the same brief as before.The reappointment has proved controversial with some teachers, as Morgan, like her predecessor Gove, has no teaching experience.Read the rest of the story at The Independent.EdCircuit Staff · May 11, 2015 · 1 min read
edLeadersFrom Governing: The Real Reason Disparities Exist in Education FundingAlmost every state has been sued for not investing enough in education, especially in poorer districts. But localities may be more to blame.by Mary Ellen McIntireWhat's the right amount to spend on schools to get the best outcomes?The average spending per student in school districts around the country decreased in 2011 -- the latest year that data is available -- and began years of declining expenditures, according to an April report on K-12 funding by State Policy Reports.Read the rest of the story on Governing.EdCircuit Staff · May 7, 2015 · 1 min read

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