This past month, thirty policy analysts published reports about what occurred in the following states: Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
ESSA Implementation
Colorado: Stevi Quate shared .
Ohio: Robin Holland wrote Ohio’s .
Vermont: Susanmarie Harrington shared
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Higher Education
Massachusetts: Mya Poe shares .
Missouri: Jane Greer describes Missouri’s push to graduate college students on time in
North Carolina: In , Terry McLean writes about dual enrollment, Reverse Transfer Options, High Achieving Tuition Scholarships, and NC Promise.
Ohio: Michelle Rankins describes recently passed legislation in
Tennessee: Melanie Hundley analyzes .
Texas: In , Michael Gos describes the impact of the anti-sanctuary bill passed by the Texas Senate on state and local governments and campuses.
Funding and Budget
Connecticut: Stephen Ferruci discusses
Massachusetts: Mya Poe shares that .
Mississippi: Kerri Jordan describes the .
Montana: Karen Henderson notes the possible closing of college campuses in .
Nebraska: Deborah Minter writes
Oregon: In her , Cornelia Paraskevas describes Oregon’s budget shortfall and the ramifications of Oregon Promise assisting wealthier families more than those with lower incomes.
Pennsylvania: Due to declining budgets and enrollments, D. Alexis Hart writes about the .
Rhode Island: Michael Geary describes .
Utah: , according to Christie Toth.
Wisconsin: Donna Pasternak writes
ʰ–12
Arkansas: Donna Wake delineates various , including a ban of Howard Zinn’s , options for education savings accounts, expansion of charter schools, and a requirement that all K-6 and special education licensure candidates take a stand-alone test in skills related to the “science of reading.”
Idaho: In , Darlene Dyer describes the legislature’s funding proposals.
Kentucky: Emily Zuccaro analyzes .
Maine: Susan Stires reports .
Massachusetts: Mya Poe filed a number of reports: , , and .
Minnesota: Ezra Hyland writes about the .
New York: Derek Kulnis posted about , , and the increase in .
Pennsylvania: Aileen Hower shares .
Vermont: Susanmarie Harrington suggests ¥ members in Vermont might find the Agency of Education’s a useful resource.
Virginia: Mabel Khawaja files .
Wisconsin: Donna Pasternak discusses the implications for English language arts and ¥ in . [Readers may want to read Peg Grafwallner’s reponse to Donna’s report titled “Of Teacher Shortages and Licensure Regulations,” posted April 14 on .]
ʰ–12 and Higher Education
Delaware: In , Christine Cucciarre describes a pilot course, Foundations of College English, to prepare high school students for college-level writing and avoid the need for remediation.
Florida: In , Alison Reynolds provides a snapshot of various policies and legislation, including a policy that allows students to opt out of developmental courses, a focus on four-year graduation from college, a pilot program for competency-based education, and expansion of school choice.
Oklahoma: Michele Eodice and Anastasia Wickham delineate a number of aspects of the
South Carolina: In , Matthew Nelson shares that the South Carolina House of Representatives would divert funds from education to roads.
Federal
Minnesota: Ezra Hyland listed education cuts in . In , Ezra noted the Supreme Court’s ruling that IDEA law requires that the term “educational benefit” of a special education IEP means more than minimal progress, and the remanding back to the district court of a case involving a student with severe cerebral palsy bringing her service dog to class.