Today's briefing covers a pivotal court fight over Tennessee's Memphis school takeover, a vendor data breach exposing district employee data, a bipartisan federal cellphone-ban grant bill, slowing progress on chronic absenteeism, and spreading Ten Commandments display laws.
- Memphis school takeover could advance after tough federal court hearing (Chalkbeat)
- Frontline Education breach exposes school district employee data (BleepingComputer)
- Bipartisan congressional bill would fund state efforts to restrict student cellphones (EdWeek)
- National progress on reducing chronic absenteeism is slowing (K-12 Dive)
- Five states now require or authorize Ten Commandments displays in schools (EdWeek)
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