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The U.S. Education Department says states must resume the annual testing of students that was suspended a year ago amid the pandemic. For the past two decades, federal law has required schools to test students once each year in math and reading, in…

Candidate Biden made many boilerplate, vaguely general promises about education, just like most candidates (”Betsy DeVos's whole thing is over”). But one promise resonated strongly with teachers across the country. Denisha Jones: If…

The NEA ESP National Conference is the premier professional development opportunity for education support professionals across the nation. The conference brings together approximately 1,000 educators every year to grow and strengthen the…

The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that schools will still be required to administer standardized tests for the 2020-2021 school year despite months of upheaval in which many students failed to step foot inside a school building. The…

Alaska could lose out on millions of dollars in additional food benefits if it doesn't have a new public health disaster declaration in place by spring. Alaska, along with other states, can ask the federal government for certain emergency benefits…