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They visit families at home to talk about school attendance. They show first-graders how to share and teach fourth-graders to manage anxiety....
| Wisconsin Republicans Consider Cracking Down on Campus Protests The Atlantic - The Badger State is debating a law that would suspend or expel students who shut down speakers or interfere with their free expression. Does it go too far?.... |
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Minnesota schools say student support grants paying off Minnesota Public Radio - They visit families at home to talk about school attendance. They show first-graders how to share and teach fourth-graders to manage anxiety.... |
| UT’s race-conscious admissions facing new lawsuit My Statesman - The use of racial and ethnic preferences in admissions at the University of Texas violates state law and the Texas Constitution, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by a group whose leader who took a similar case to the U.S. Supreme Court twice and lost..... |
| La. becomes the first state to ban the box on college admission applications Louisiana Weekly - Governor John Bel Edwards signed House Bill 688 into law on June 16, making Louisiana the first state in the nation to ban the box on college admissions applications. Beginning this fall, the new law prohibits public post secondary education institutions in the state from inquiring about a prospective student’s .... |
| Parts of college planning guide now available in audio Glasgow Daily Times - Parts of two chapters of “Getting In,” the state’s college planning guide, are now available in audio on the website of the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA). .... |
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SoCal colleges scramble to make new financial aid available for summer students 89.3 KPCC - After having been cut in cost-saving measures five years ago, the U.S. Department of Education announced last week that it would restore the federal financial aid Pell grant program for students taking summer classes. . .... |
| Washington state lawmakers announce compromise on high-school graduation tests Seattle Times - The deal would exempt students — temporarily — from passing biology exams in order to earn a diploma. It also would provide alternative options for high school students who fail any of the three required tests.. .... |
| In California push to help students with dyslexia, LA schools take a first step EdSource - The Los Angeles Unified school board jumped ahead of a new state law last week and instructed the school district to immediately create a plan to train teachers on the leading learning disability in California: a reading impairment known as dyslexia. .... |