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Mississippi school district named in desegregation lawsuit is allowed to shed federal supervision
Read full article: Mississippi school district named in desegregation lawsuit is allowed to shed federal supervisionA majority-Black Mississippi school district has received a judgeโs approval to shed federal supervision in a desegregation lawsuit that dates back to 1965.
Families worry over the future of Medicaid caregiver payments that were expanded during the pandemic
Read full article: Families worry over the future of Medicaid caregiver payments that were expanded during the pandemicFamilies of severely disabled children across the country are worried about the future of crucial Medicaid payments they started receiving to provide care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
DC charters offer innovations in pandemic-era education
Read full article: DC charters offer innovations in pandemic-era educationSmaller and more nimble than the D.C. Public Schools system, the charters have been able to adapt and modify practices on the fly, trading information and pushing the limits of pandemic-era education. It's a process that the D.C. Public Schools system has watched closely as it plans its own return to the classroom. โThereโs a tremendous amount of trial and error,โ said Shannon Hodge of the D.C. Charter School Alliance, a nonprofit that advocates for the charter system. โThere are real innovations coming out of it.โEach of the three student โcohortsโ at the Social Justice School are assigned a specific bathroom to use. The school received its approval from the D.C. Public Charter School Board over the summer and opened its doors for the first time this fall.