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New report from NSBA's Center for Public Education examines the differences between teaching in Finland and the United States bit.ly/2A3Fvh1

Rural schools struggle with high and lows more commonly associated with urban schools, including high rates of poverty, low literacy rates, and low college attendance rates, a new report finds. blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Distric…

Nearly 20 percent of the country’s students are enrolled in rural schools. Poverty, isolation & inequities are intensified for rural students by the lack of attention to their unique needs. Read more in our latest report at bit.ly/2GchMKP

@GALEWiLLdesign @FordFoundation @Noorain Great! All of the public options are publicly funded, which I think is more of what you were getting at. Thanks for the great resource!

@FordFoundation @Noorain @GALEWiLLdesign If it helps, here's our compilation of NCES data: centerforpubliceducation.org/schoolchoice

@FordFoundation @Noorain This is a great tool! Minor edit: >85% of US students attend public schools, not 70%. nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/disp…

Black and Latino parents and families are worried about funding disparities in schools. #NewEdMajority #edfunding bit.ly/2qKBHLQ

Trump’s first full education budget: Deep cuts to public school programs in pursuit of school choice wapo.st/2qssqaA?tid=ss…

.@rickhess99: anyone who thinks school choice (charters or vouchers) is a fix is nutty, though he supports for other reasons. #SDPconvening

Building Consensus around the Need for School Diversity - Young Education Professionals youngedprofessionals.org/1/post/2017/05…

In Ohio, good news for the Obama admin's signature school improvement idea: ckbe.at/2pzaojI

Preliminary new research: Multiple suspensions reduce student achievement, consistent with theory sree.org/conferences/20…

"Black and Latino parents and families have high expectations of their children and want schools to have them too." edsource.org/2017/poll-find…

What do black & Latinx parents think about ed? blog.centerforpubliceducation.org/2017/05/08/bla… @civilrightsorg

.@casecec released position stmt on why #vouchers/#ESAs/#portability are bad for students w disabilities: casecec.org/legislative/.

Since 2000, 36 whiter/wealthier school districts have seceded from more diverse districts (8 in Alabama). bit.ly/2qi4yHR

Since 1986, 47 school districts have split off to create their own whiter & wealthier districts @laurenonthehill bit.ly/2q7qPIh

New study says one-on-one coaching can improve teachers’ instructional practice. @matt_barnum explains: bit.ly/2qpaDPj #TeachStrong