EduClips: Debate Over Forcing Florida Schools to Display 鈥業n God We Trust鈥�; Trump Floats DACA Proposal 鈥� and More Must-Reads From America鈥檚 10 Biggest School Districts
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Top Story
RACIAL DISPARITY IN SPECIAL ED 鈥� Minority students in roughly 3 percent of the nation鈥檚 14,500 or so school systems are being incorrectly placed in special education, according to an analysis by the Education Week Research Center.
That represents 423 school districts in the 2015鈥�16 school year 鈥� the most recent year for which complete federal statistics are available. Many of those students were kept in isolated classrooms or punished more severely than their peers. ()
National News
SCIENCE 鈥� If Trump Gets His Way, America Won鈥檛 Be No. 1 in Science Much Longer ()
DACA 鈥� Trump open to citizenship for DACA enrollees ()
SHOOTINGS 鈥� 20 years in, shootings have changed schools in unexpected ways ()
DACA 鈥� 鈥楧o We Build Bridges or Walls?鈥� Teachers Weigh In on DACA ()
GIFTED SAVINGS ACCOUNTS 鈥� Wisconsin Reformers Move Toward a First: Education Savings Accounts for Gifted Kids (Read at The74Million.org)
District and State News
FLORIDA 鈥� Florida Schools Could Be Forced to Display 鈥業n God We Trust鈥� ()
NEW YORK 鈥� Merging two small East Harlem schools makes sense on paper. So why has it sparked a backlash? ()
CALIFORNIA 鈥� State superintendent candidate Marshall Tuck returns donation from anti-LGBT funder ()
TEXAS 鈥� Post-Harvey, Houston Faces 鈥楶erfect Storm鈥� of Budget Damage (Read at The74Million.org)
ILLINOIS 鈥� School board approves new CPS CEO and ethics change to clear way for top deputy ()
NEW YORK 鈥� Opinion: Schooling the mayor: Two new education studies that de Blasio should pay attention to ()
ILLINOIS 鈥� Illinois pilots competency-based education programs in 10 high schools ()
NEVADA 鈥� Clark County schools consider cutting the NV Energy cord ()
Think Pieces
LOCKERS 鈥� Schools and lockers: No longer the right combination ()
CLASS TIME 鈥� How 45-minute class periods stall learning ()
SCIENCE 鈥� The Benefits of Recess Are Proven by Science 鈥� So Why Are Teachers Taking It Away? ()
Quote of the Day
鈥淲e鈥檝e been so lucky over the years that the best in the world have wanted to come to the U.S. If all of a sudden we don鈥檛 have the MITs because no talent comes, America will hurt, and the world will hurt.鈥� 鈥�Rafael Reif, president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. ()
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