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Evie Blad

Reporter at Education Week

Education reporter at @EducationWeek. Send me story ideas about K-12 schools and students. Dog person. Kansan. My high school mascot was farm equipment.

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  • 1 week ago | edweek.org | Evie Blad

    Texas is poised to further test the church-state divide in public education now that lawmakers there have passed a bill that would allow schools to set aside daily time for prayer and reading the Bible or other religious texts. The bill, which awaits Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s signature, would require all districts to vote on such a policy within six months after it is enacted.

  • 2 weeks ago | edweek.org | Evie Blad

    When the Trump administration urged states to use a little-known provision in federal education law to boost school choice, the congressman who helped author the language 24 years ago had an immediate reaction: “It’s about time,” said former Congressman Bob Schaffer. In a May 7 letter, Acting Assistant Education Secretary Hayley B.

  • 2 weeks ago | edweek.org | Evie Blad

    It’s a common contention in debates over school funding: Districts spend too much money on central office staff and not enough on classroom teachers. Now, lawmakers in one state want to make it easier for members of the public to weigh the data for themselves. The North Carolina legislature is debating a bill that would require school districts to publish the titles, job descriptions, and salaries of administrators on their websites.

  • 2 weeks ago | edweek.org | Evie Blad

    It’s a common contention in debates over school funding: Districts spend too much money on central office staff and not enough on classroom teachers. Now, lawmakers in one state want to make it easier for members of the public to weigh the data for themselves. The North Carolina legislature is debating a bill that would require school districts to publish the titles, job descriptions, and salaries of administrators on their websites.

  • 3 weeks ago | edweek.org | Evie Blad

    The Trump administration has defunded a program designed to help states and districts create and sustain teacher-apprenticeship models—a new and increasingly popular way to address educator shortages through paid on-the-job training for nontraditional candidates. The U.S. Department of Labor canceled a five-year contract for the Educator Registered Apprenticeship Intermediary May 2, ending the program in the middle of its second year.

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