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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 | 21st Century Skills |
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| Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
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| Assessment--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Performance Funding |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--Mandates |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--School Boards--Training |
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| Governance--Site-Based Management |
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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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| Health |
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| Health--Child Abuse |
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| Health--Mental Health |
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| Health--Nutrition |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--College Readiness |
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| High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation--Alternative |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Professional Development |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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| Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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| P-16 or P-20 |
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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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| P-3 Health and Mental Health |
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| P-3 Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Preschool |
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| P-3 Special Ed./Inclusion |
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| P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Student Learning |
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| Postsecondary Affordability |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
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| Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants |
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| Postsecondary Faculty |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property |
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| Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure |
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| Postsecondary Finance |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Facilities |
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| Postsecondary Finance--Revenue and Expenditures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues |
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| Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies |
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| Postsecondary Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Four-Year Baccalaureate |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--HBCUs/Minority-Serving Institutions |
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| Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent |
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| Postsecondary Online Instruction |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Access |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action |
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| Postsecondary Participation--Enrollments (Statistics) |
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| Postsecondary Students |
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| Postsecondary Students--Adults |
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| Postsecondary Students--Disabled |
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| Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth |
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| Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional |
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| Postsecondary Students--International |
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| Postsecondary Students--Low-Income |
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| Postsecondary Students--Military |
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| Postsecondary Students--Minority |
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| Postsecondary Success |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion |
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| Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics) |
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| Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation |
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| Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence |
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| Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
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| Private Schools |
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| Privatization |
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| Promising Practices |
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| Promotion/Retention |
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| Public Involvement |
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| Reading/Literacy |
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| Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy |
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| Religion |
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| Rural |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Week |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year |
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| Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round |
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| School Climate/Culture |
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| School Safety |
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| School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
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| School Safety--Code of Conduct |
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| School Safety--Corporal Punishment |
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| School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
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| School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
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| School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault |
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| School Safety--Special Education |
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| School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes |
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| School/District Structure/Operations |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--District Size |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--School Size |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services |
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| School/District Structure/Operations--Staffing Ratios |
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 | School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
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| ME | Issued 09/2011 | P-12 | Directs the department of education and the Maine Military Authority to establish a pilot program to refurbish school administrative unit school buses that meet eligibility criteria to be determined jointly by the department and the authority. Provides the governor's office will use best efforts to seek statutory changes authorizing the reimbursement of funds to school administrative units in Fiscal Year 2013 for amounts expended in Fiscal Year 2012. Provides this executive order will expire on June 30, 2012. http://www.maine.gov/tools/whatsnew/index.php?topic=Gov_Executive_Orders&id=307850&v=article2011
Title: E.O. 24 FY 11/12
Source: www.maine.gov
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| NY | Vetoed 09/2011 | P-12 | Relates to contracts for transportation of children; requires that in New York City, the board of education or the city school district award a contract or contracts for transportation pursuant to an evaluation of proposals submitted in response to a request for proposals. Requires that the NYC board or city school district include employee protection provisions rationally relating to the promotion of a pool of qualified workers and the avoidance of labor disputes; makes related provisions. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=%0D%0A&bn=A03127&term=&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y
Title: A.B. 3127
Source:
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Provides that "multifunction school-activity bus" means a school bus manufactured for the purpose of transporting 11 or more persons (rather than 11 to 15 persons), including the driver, whose purposes do not include transporting students to and from home or school bus stops. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0378.pdf
Title: H.B. 2265
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| NH | Adopted 08/2011 | P-12 | Implements alternative education programs at regional career and technical education centers or associated high schools. Adds language for 'at risk' students and for tuition and transportation for 'at risk' students as required by changes in the state law of 2007. Ed 1405 will eliminate reimbursement for bus contracts.
Title: NH ADC Ed 1301.01; NH ADC Ed 1302.01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06; NH ADC Ed 1303.01, 02; NH ADC Ed 1304.01; NH ADC Ed 1405.01
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes a board of trustees, under certain circumstances, to require payment of a reasonable fee for student transportation to and from school. Page 138 of 263: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/821/billtext/pdf/SB00001F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 1 - Student Transportation Fee
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Permits the board of a district to which the provisions of Chapter 124 of the revised code do not apply to terminate any of its transportation staff positions and enter into a contract with an independent agent for the provision of transportation services for some or all of its students. Permits a contract to be entered into only if specified conditions are satisfied (i.e., expiration of effective collective bargaining agreements, an employee whose position is terminated is permitted to fill any district vacancy for which the employee is qualified, the contract contains a stipulation that the contracting agent must consider hiring any district employees whose positions are terminated, etc.) Provides that if the board, after terminating any positions, fails to comply with the conditions specified in statute or fails to enforce on the agent specified contractual obligations, the terminations must be void and the board must reinstate the positions, fill them with the employees who filled those positions just prior to the terminations, and compensate them at a rate equal to their rate of compensation in those positions just prior to the terminations, plus any increases paid since the terminations to other nonteaching employees. Provides the employees must also be entited to back pay from the date of the terminations. Provides any employee aggrieved by the failure of the board to comply with any condition specified in statute or to enforce on the agent its contractual obligations must have the right to sue the board for reinstatement of the employee's former position.
Pages 366-368 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Privatization of Transportation Services
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us/
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Permits a school district to use transportation allotment funds to provide bus passes or cards to students for whom the district's regular transportation system is not a feasible method of providing transportation.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB03506F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: H.B. 3506
Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires that any school bus procured for use in the state on or after January 1, 2014, be constructed with materials that enable it to meet the fire safety criteria established by the National School Transportation Specifications and Procedures adopted at the most recent National Congress on School Transportation. The Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA), with the advice and consent of the Maryland State Department of Education, must adopt regulations to promote the safety of school buses. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/bills/sb/sb0369e.pdf
Title: S.B. 369
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Allows state vehicles and state-owned heavy equipment to use any other biofuel, in addition to 5% biodiesel (called B5), as long as it is approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a fuel or fuel additive or approved by the EPA Renewable Fuels Standard 2 Program, to meet the biodiesel requirements in current law. http://mlis.state.md.us/2011rs/chapters_noln/Ch_567_sb0961E.pdf
Title: S.B. 961
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Permits pupils to be transported to or from school or a school-sponsored activity in a mixed use school bus that bears a valid state inspection sticker
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/HB0172.html
Title: H.B. 172
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; establishing provisions for new school buses purchased on and after July 1, 2014, governing the permissible flammability of occupant seating and plastic components contained within the engine compartments of the school buses; providing a penalty; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/SB/SB318_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 318
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district board of directors to create and implement a program to authorize a parent of a child enrolled in the school district to act as a monitor in a school bus. Directs the Commission for Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation to adopt rules to implement this section.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/SB321.pdf
Title: S.B. 321
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Amends transportation policies affecting open enrollment students. Authorizes the receiving districts or charters to transport students to and from the transferring district or charter school, and the cost of transporting students will be the responsibility of the transferring district or charter school. Caps transferring district/charter costs for transportation at $400 per student per year.
Declares that a district may not deny a student the ability to attend a school in the student's school district of choice under unless there is a lack of capacity at the school in the student's school district of choice. Defines "lack of capacity."
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/SB788.pdf
Title: S.B. 788
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Permits schools to charge pupils for transportation expenses for field trips, athletic events and extracurricular activities unless state or federal law requires that transportation be provided. This provisison would not entitle school districts to additional state formula funding for transportation.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/sb1263h.pdf
Title: S.B. 1263--Transportation Fees
Source: htttp://www.azleg.gov
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| KS | Adopted 03/2011 | P-12 | Allows Fort leavenworth Unified School Distrit 207 t0 transport grades 10 through 12 students who reside at Forth Leavenworth to Leavenworth High School in Unified School District 453. Requires related transportation weighting to be calculated using only students counted on September 20. Bill also changes the school finance law to redefine non-resident pupil. Non-resident pupil would be defined as a student or member of the student's family who lives 2.5 or more files from the attendance center the student would attend in the district in which the student resides. Previously was "10 miles or more". Bill clarifies that provisions of the bill would not apply to school districts located in Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee or Wyandotte counties.
http://kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/documents/sb11_01_0000.pdf
Title: S.B. 11
Source: http://kslegislature.org/
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | An Act requiring school boards to approve pick-up locations for any open enrolled students who are transported in their resident school districts by receiving school districts.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2011/Bills/SB77ENR.pdf
Title: S.B. 77
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes localities to adopt ordinances to allow local school divisions to install and operate video-monitoring systems on school buses in order to detect drivers passing stopped school buses. This bill is identical to SB 946.
http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+HB1911ER+pdf
Title: H.B. 1911/S.B. 946
Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/
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| Service-Learning |
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| Special Education |
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| Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations |
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| Special Education--Finance |
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| Special Education--Placement |
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| Special Education--Transition |
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| Special Populations--Corrections Education |
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| Special Populations--Foster Care |
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| Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
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| Special Populations--Homeless Education |
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| Special Populations--Immigrant Education |
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| Special Populations--Migrant Education |
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| Special Populations--Military |
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| Standards |
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| Standards--Common Core State Standards |
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| State Longitudinal Data Systems |
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| State Policymaking |
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| State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions |
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| STEM |
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| Student Achievement |
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| Student Supports |
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| Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
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| Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring |
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| Student Supports--Remediation |
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| Student Surveys |
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| Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
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| Students--Employment |
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| Students--Incentives |
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| Students--Records/Rights |
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| Teaching Quality |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. |
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| Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance |
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| Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
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| Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring |
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| Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
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| Teaching Quality--Preparation |
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| Teaching Quality--Professional Development |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools |
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| Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects |
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| Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes |
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| Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
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| Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
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| Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
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| Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining--Strikes |
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| Technology |
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| Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
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| Technology--Equitable Access |
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| Technology--Funding Issues |
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| Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training |
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| Textbooks and Open Source |
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| Urban--Change/Improvements |
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