WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Education Inspector General issued the following audit report (No. A22CA0133) on March 27, 2024, entitled "Illinois' Oversight of Local Educational Agency ARP ESSER Plans and Spending." Here are excerpts: * * * To: Dr. Tony Sanders, State Superintendent of Education, Illinois State Board of Education, 100 North 1st Street, Springfield, IL 62777 Dear Superintendent Sanders: Enclosed is our final report, "Illinois' Oversight of Local Edu  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 31 -- The Oak Ridge Associated Universities issued the following news release: Teaching children is not just a profession--it's a calling, and some teachers go above and beyond that call. That's the case for the winner of ORAU's 2024 Extreme Classroom Makeover grand prize. Shelby Woods entered ORAU's competition, going up against teachers from around East Tennessee who were vying for $25,000 to improve the technology in their classrooms. The Sevier County Junior Hig  more

OXFORD, England, April 1 -- The Quarterly Journal of Economics published research articles on the following topics in its May 2024 edition (Vol. 139, Issue 2): ARTICLES: * Wealth of Two Nations: The U.S. Racial Wealth Gap, 1860-2020 * Machine Learning as a Tool for Hypothesis Generation * The Economic Impacts of COVID-19: Evidence from a New Public Database Built Using Private Sector Data * Logs with Zeros? Some Problems and Solutions * Violence against Women at Work * Monitoring for Was  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., introduced a resolution on Feb. 26, 2024. The text of the resolution was released on March 28. H. Res. 1032. A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of February 26 through March 1, 2024, as "Public Schools Week"; to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability. The resolution is cosponsored by Reps. Glenn W. Thompson, R-Pa., Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore., Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., Alma S. Adams, D-N.C., Colin Allred, D-Texas,   more