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Here are news and opinion stories educators, advocates, policy wonks and makers are talking about today:

Here are news and opinion stories educators, advocates, policy wonks and makers are talking about today:

News & analysis:
Private Preschools See More Public Funds as Classes Grow
The preschoolers who arrived at school early for free breakfast on a recent morning quietly ate granola bars and yogurt as middle school students recited part of the rosary over the public address system. (New York Times) 

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Senate Committee Passes Democratic NCLB Renewal Bill
On a completely predictable party-line vote, the Senate Education Committee approved a bill to reauthorize the long-stalled renewal of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. (Education Week – Politics K-12) 

Here are news and opinion stories educators, advocates, policy wonks and makers are talking about today:

 Here are news and opinion stories educators, advocates, policy wonks and makers are talking about today:

Here are news and opinion stories educators, advocates, policy wonks and makers are talking about today:

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Chiefs Group Terminates Role in Social Studies Framework
The Council of Chief State School Officers has bowed out of its role as the convenor of a group of states and organizations writing a shared social studies framework. (Education Week – Curriculum Matters) 

Here are news and opinion stories educators, advocates, policy wonks and makers are talking about today:

Here are news and opinion stories educators, advocates, policy wonks and makers are talking about today:

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Bill to Alter Bush-Era Education Law Gives States More Room
Renewing the effort to revise No Child Left Behind, the signature Bush-era federal education law, Senator Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa, introduced a new version on Tuesday that he said would “replace the failed tenets” of the law. (New York Times) 

Here are news and opinion stories educators, advocates, policy wonks and makers are talking about today:

Here are news and opinion stories educators, advocates, policy wonks and makers are talking about today: