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Is the hardest job in education convincing parents to send their kids to a San Francisco public school?

The Hechinger Report

On the line, Kelly Rodriguez explained that she wanted to move her 6-year-old from a private school to a public one for first grade, but only if a seat opened up at Sunset Elementary School, near their house on San Francisco’s predominantly white and Asian west side. How can I help you?”

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How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

The Hechinger Report

Last year, eight years after Siyuja graduated, the K-8 school still did not offer pre-algebra, a course that most U.S. public school students take in seventh or eighth grade, if not earlier. threatening the governments long-established trust responsibility to tribal nations. Anything in the government does.

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Joyce Vance: Bring Back Civics Education!

Diane Ravitch

These people hope he wont do exactly what he said he would during the campaign and has been focused on during his transition with programs like the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musks DOGEcut government spending that they depend on. If guardrails are going to be rebuilt, thats where an important part of it will happen.

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What education could look like under Harris and Walz

The Hechinger Report

Walz also was behind Minnesota’s child tax credit increase in 2023, and successfully pushed forward a statewide paid family and medical leave law that takes effect in 2026. — Walz also required every state agency, including the department of education , to appoint tribal-state liaisons and formally consult with tribal governments.

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