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    Federal What Works Clearinghouse: Inside 20 Years of Education Evaluation
    After two decades of the What Works Clearinghouse, research experts look to the future.
    Sarah D. Sparks, July 24, 2024
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    Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns for President as the presumptive Democratic candidate during an event at West Allis Central High School, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in West Allis, Wis.
    Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns during an event at West Allis Central High School in West Allis, Wis., on Tuesday, July 23, 2024. Harris will speak at the American Federation of Teachers convention on Thursday, July 25.
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    Federal One of Kamala Harris' First Campaign Speeches Will Be to Teachers
    Vice President Kamala Harris will speak to the nation's second-largest teachers' union at its convention in Houston.
    Libby Stanford, July 23, 2024
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    Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks at the organization's annual conference in Houston on July 22, 2024.
    Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks at the organization's biennial conference in Houston on July 22, 2024. She called on union members to support Vice President Kamala Harris the day after President Joe Biden ended his reelection campaign.
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    Federal AFT's Randi Weingarten on Kamala Harris: 'She Has a Record of Fighting for Us'
    The union head's call to support Kamala Harris is one sign of Democratic support coalescing around the vice president.
    Alyson Klein, July 22, 2024
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    President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference July 11, 2024, on the final day of the NATO summit in Washington.
    President Joe Biden speaks at a news conference July 11, 2024, on the final day of the NATO summit in Washington. He announced Sunday that he was dropping out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement for the Democratic nomination.
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    Federal Biden Drops Out of Race and Endorses Kamala Harris to Lead the Democratic Ticket
    The president's endorsement of Harris makes the vice president the most likely nominee for the Democrats.
    The Associated Press, July 21, 2024
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    Vice President Kamala Harris embraces President Joe Biden after a speech on healthcare in Raleigh, N.C., March. 26, 2024. President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election.
    Vice President Kamala Harris embraces President Joe Biden after a speech on health care in Raleigh, N.C., on March 26, 2024. Biden on Sunday announced he wouldn't run for reelection and endorsed Harris as his replacement.
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    Federal What We Know About Kamala Harris' K-12 Record, and Other Potential Biden Replacements
    Harris is the frontrunner for the top of the ticket. A look at her record on K-12, along with those of other Democratic contenders.
    Libby Stanford, July 21, 2024
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    Federal Opinion The Great Project 2025 Freakout
    There's nothing especially scary in the Heritage Foundation's education agenda—nor is it a reliable gauge of another Trump administration.
    Rick Hess, July 19, 2024
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    Federal Data Is the Federal Agency That Tracks School Data Losing Steam?
    A new study of U.S. data agencies finds serious capacity problems at the National Center for Education Statistics.
    Sarah D. Sparks, July 17, 2024
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    Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, right, points toward Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally, March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio.
    Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, right, points toward Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally, March 16, 2024, in Vandalia, Ohio. Trump on July 15 announced the first-term Ohio senator as his running mate.
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    Federal Trump's VP Pick: What We Know About JD Vance's Record on Education
    Two days after a gunman tried to assassinate him, former President Donald Trump announced Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his running mate.
    Libby Stanford, July 15, 2024
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    Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.
    Former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after being struck by gunfire at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. The day after the attempted assasination of the Republican nominee for president, Trump arrived in Milwaukee ahead of the start of the Republican National Convention and President Joe Biden gave a prime-time address, saying "politics must never be a literal battlefied. God forbid, a killing field."
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    Federal In Wake of Trump Assassination Attempt, Biden Calls for Unity and Investigation Gets Underway
    President Biden condemns violence, the FBI searches for a motive, and Trump heads to RNC.
    The Associated Press, July 14, 2024
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    Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Trump National Doral Miami, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Doral, Fla.
    Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Trump National Doral Miami, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Doral, Fla.
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    Federal Project 2025 and the GOP Platform: What Each Says About K-12 in a 2nd Trump Term
    A side-by-side look at what the two policy documents say on key education topics.
    Libby Stanford, July 12, 2024
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    Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Trump National Doral Miami, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Doral, Fla.
    Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Trump National Doral Miami, Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Doral, Fla.
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    Federal What the 2024 GOP Platform Says About K-12 and What It Would Mean If Trump Wins
    We break down what the GOP's 2024 policy platform says about education.
    Libby Stanford, July 10, 2024
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    Federal Q&A Ed Research Isn't Always Relevant. This Official Is Trying to Change That
    Matthew Soldner, the acting director of the Institute of Education Sciences, calls for new approaches to keep up with classroom tools.
    Sarah D. Sparks, July 9, 2024
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    Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation, speaks before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at the National Religious Broadcasters convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center on Feb. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn.
    Kevin Roberts, president of The Heritage Foundation, speaks before Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at the National Religious Broadcasters convention at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center on Feb. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. Democrats are using the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 agenda to show what could happen in a Trump presidency while the former president distances himself from it.
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    Federal Project 2025: What It Is and What It Means for K-12 If Trump Wins
    The comprehensive policy agenda proposes eliminating the U.S. Department of Education under a conservative president.
    Libby Stanford, July 8, 2024
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    Misy Sifre, 17, and others protest for transgender rights at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, March 25, 2022. On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, a federal judge in Kansas blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states, including Utah and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation.
    Misy Sifre, 17, and others protest for transgender rights at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, March 25, 2022. On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, a federal judge in Kansas blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states, including Utah and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation. The case is one of eight legal challenges to those expanded legal protections contained in new Title IX regulations issued by the Biden administration.
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    Federal Which States Have Sued to Stop Biden's Title IX Rule?
    A summary of all the lawsuits challenging the Biden administration's Title IX rule that expands protections for LGBTQ+ students.
    Libby Stanford, July 8, 2024
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    President Joe Biden, right, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta.
    President Joe Biden, right, and former President Donald Trump, left, face off on stage during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. Not a single question was asked about K-12 education and neither candidate raised the issue.
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    Federal The Topic That Didn't Get a Single Mention in Biden-Trump Debate
    K-12 schools—after animating state and local elections in recent years—got no airtime.
    Libby Stanford, June 27, 2024
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