EduClips: The Cities With the Most Effective Schools, the States Cutting Funding the Most 鈥� and More Must-Reads From America鈥檚 10 Biggest School Districts
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EduClips is a roundup of the day鈥檚 top education headlines from America鈥檚 largest school districts, where more than 4 million students across eight states attend class every day. Read previous EduClips installments here. Get the day鈥檚 top school and policy news delivered straight to your inbox by signing up for the
Top Story
GRADUATION 鈥� The nation鈥檚 highs school graduation rate hit a record high, with more than 84 percent of students graduating on time in 2016. It is the highest rate recorded since the U.S. Department of Education began requiring schools to report standardized graduation rates in 2011. While all minority groups saw a rise in on-time graduation rates in 2016, gaps persist. ()
National News
TOP SCHOOL DISTRICTS 鈥斕�How Effective Is Your School District? A New Measure Shows Where Students Learn the Most ()
TAX BILL 鈥� Tax Bills Could Expand Private School Benefits and Hurt Public Education ()
CYBERTHREATS 鈥� 听Schools Struggle to Keep Pace With Hackings, Other Cyber Threats ()
District and State News
CALIFORNIA 鈥�听How Education Could Shape the Governor鈥檚 Race in California: Funding, Accountability, Charter Schools (Read at The74Milion.org)
PUERTO RICO 鈥�About 90 Percent of Puerto Rico’s Schools Are Open, But Enrollment Is Down ()
NEW YORK 鈥�Only one school campus has asked to have metal detectors added or removed since New York City created guidelines for requesting changes ()
ILLINOIS 鈥斕�Opinion: Why that new bill requiring cursive in Illinois schools is good news ()
NEVADA 鈥� Budget writers to weigh penalty for schools that missed teacher pay target ()
TEXAS 鈥斕�Texas and Louisiana Among Top 10 States For Cutting K-12 Education Funding ()
CALIFORNIA 鈥斕�Analysis: Green Dot鈥檚 Suspension Rates Continue to be Remarkably High ()
Think Pieces
CHARTERS 鈥� Opinion: In a deeply flawed 鈥榓nalysis,鈥� the Associated Press blames charter schools for America鈥檚 segregated cities. (Read at The74Million.org)
DEBT鈥� Opinion: How Not to Erase Student Debt ()
HIGH SCHOOL 鈥斕�Has the high school diploma lost all meaning? ()
Quote of the Day
鈥淚 think this is going to be an important race. My view is, the current regime in Washington has actually not pushed California further to the left, it has pushed it further into the national spotlight.– John Deasy, CEO of The Reset Foundation, on the California governor鈥檚 race. (Read at The74Million.org)
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