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Weekly Update
This week’s highlights: Top News – Ambiguity Abounds in Federal Education Policy Missouri Update – Open Enrollment: Debunking the Myths Kansas Update – Aligned’s Role in HB 2303 and the State Longitudinal Data System Additional Highlights – Spring Break: A Student-Inspired Tradition Read our…
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How school bonds can impact classrooms
Across Kansas and Missouri, voters are being asked to weigh in on school bond proposals that will shape the future of their local schools. From basic facility upgrades to new construction, these bonds are becoming a common tool for districts to modernize classrooms,…
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Weekly Update
This week’s highlights: Top News – Across Kansas and Missouri, voters are being asked to weigh in on school bond proposals that will shape the future of their local schools. From basic facility upgrades to new construction, these bonds are becoming a common tool…
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Weekly Update
This week’s highlights: Top News – As Kansas and Missouri work through their education budgets and consider changes to how they fund schools, special education funding is getting long-overdue attention — and the conversation couldn’t come at a more critical time. Missouri Update –…
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The Future of Special Education Funding
As Kansas and Missouri work through their education budgets and consider changes to how they fund schools, special education funding is getting long-overdue attention — and the conversation couldn’t come at a more important time. In Kansas, special education funding is at a crossroads.…
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Weekly Update
This week’s highlights: Top News – Although the national test that measures academic achievement may have limitations, the data consistently shows that too many students are not proficient at reading, and progress remains slow. Missouri Update – House committee debates bill to…
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Weekly Update
This week’s highlights: Top News – For the second year in a row, leaders in Kansas are pushing a plan to consolidate early childhood programs and services currently spread across multiple state departments. Missouri Update – Kids Win Missouri, with the…
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Weekly Update
This week’s highlights: Top News – School choice remains a top priority for Governor Mike Kehoe’s administration, and this week, Missouri lawmakers made progress on one key component—open enrollment. Missouri Update – Bills related to educator tax deductions, hazing legislation, and open enrollment…
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Reading crisis is real no matter the measure
Following our recent newsletter, some in the education community have raised concerns about our use of NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) data, suggesting that it overstates the number of students struggling with reading. NAEP has its limitations—it’s a national benchmark based on…
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Student achievement on the decline
This week, test results revealed a sobering look at student achievement in the United States. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a nationwide test administered to measure students’ academic performance in the United States. It’s often called the “Nation’s Report…
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Weekly Update
This week’s highlights: Top News – This week, NAEP test results revealed a sobering look at student achievement in the United States. Missouri Update – Governor Mike Kehoe wants to rewrite the state education funding formula. Kansas Update – Aligned has been actively…
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Weekly Update
This week’s highlights: Top News – Kansas Lawmakers Weigh Property Tax Relief Missouri Update – Early childhood council discusses program updates & strategic initiatives Kansas Update – Education policy proposals emerge in Topeka Additional Highlights – Brian Brush joins Aligned…
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