The Department of Education has laid off over 1,300 employees, nearly half of its staff, signaling a move toward a potential shutdown—though Congressional approval is still required.
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Chicago Teachers Union Threatens To Axe Scholarship Tax Credit For Low-Income Students
Chicago students from low-income families would get the opportunity to attend private schools with help from a scholarship tax credit program.
Read More Chicago Teachers Union Threatens To Axe Scholarship Tax Credit For Low-Income StudentsNevada School District Sees Huge Staffing Shortages
The fifth largest school district in America has around 2,000 vacancies. Valeria Gurr of the American Federation for Children explained to One America’s Tom McGrath that the state’s bureaucracy is hampering the next generation of Nevadans.
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Students in the U.S. require over four months of additional schooling to tackle learning gaps in reading and math caused by the lockdown, as revealed in a recent study by the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA)
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