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Considerations for K-12 Schools When Using Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools
Artificial intelligence or “AI” traces its roots to Alan Turing’s work in the 1950s. While it’s a current hot topic, AI is far from new. Students and teachers have been using AI in some form for years in everyday life, such as when they use a smart p...
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To Tariff, or Not to Tariff?
Despite the announcement of the inevitability of the impending tariffs on various countries, the 25 percent tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico are on hold until March 4, 2025, unless an agreement can be reached between the United States and thos...
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Challenges for Education Institutions Continue: New “Dear Colleague Letter” Targets Educational Equity Efforts
On Friday, February 14, 2025, the United States Department of Education (DOE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) setting out its interpretation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discriminatio...
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New Executive Order “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” Creates Challenging Questions for Oregon School Districts
On February 5, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (EO) entitled Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports. This EO expresses strong disapproval of policies allowing transgender girls and women to participate on girls’ and women’s athletic teams....
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New Executive Order Addressing “Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling”: What School Leaders Need to Know
On January 29, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (“Order”) entitled “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling.” The Order asserts that “schools indoctrinate children in radical, anti-American ideologies while deliberately blockin...
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Department of Homeland Security Withdraws “Sensitive Location Enforcement” Directive Protecting Schools; Oregon Law Limits Cooperation with Federal Immigration Enforcement
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is moving quickly to implement President Trump’s policy focus on enhanced enforcement of immigration laws. Earlier today, January 21, 2025, the Acting Director of DHS withdrew the long-standing policy limitin...
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