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Michigan raised school spending -- a lot -- and fell farther behind
Michigan is spending more on schools and students are learning less.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 302 min read
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Teachers back tougher discipline, violent students out of classrooms
Half of Colorado teachers say they've been injured by a student. A report calls for creating alternative spaces for disruptive and violent students.

Joanne Jacobs
Jul 242 min read
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Everyone passes -- or else!
Universities will have to push failing students above the 50 percent mark or pay hefty fines under legislation proposed by the Australian...

Joanne Jacobs
Sep 29, 20231 min read
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It's summer school or else for would-be fourth graders in Tennessee
Thousands of Tennessee children will be going to summer school -- or repeating third grade, reports Chalkbeat's Marta W. Aldrich. Sixty...

Joanne Jacobs
May 30, 20232 min read
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When 3rd-graders can't read, should they repeat the grade?
Third graders who read more than a year below grade level will be passed on to fourth grade in Michigan, where Democratic Gov. Gretchen...

Joanne Jacobs
Mar 13, 20232 min read
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