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Caroline Cournoyer

Senior Web Editor

Caroline Cournoyer -- Senior Web Editor. Caroline covered federal policy and politics for CongressNow, the former legislative wire service for Roll Call, has written for Education Week's Teacher Magazine, and learned the ins and outs of state and local government while working as an assistant editor at WTOP Radio.

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Louisiana Governor's Race Gives Democrats Some Power in the Deep South
Louisiana elected Democrat John Bel Edwards as governor on Saturday, ending eight years of Republican rule and making Louisiana the only state in the Deep Red U.S. South led by a Democrat.
November 23, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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American Indian Gaming Funnels Billions of Dollars Into Oklahoma
Indian gaming has contributed $1 billion to education in Oklahoma over the last 10 years, according to the results of a new study, but the state is getting less of that money as gaming operations in the state change.
November 20, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Washington Court Retracts Part of Charter School Ruling
The Washington State Supreme Court denied several motions to reconsider its Sept. 4 decision that the state's charter-school law is unconstitutional, which means the ruling is expected to become final on Dec. 14.
November 20, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Texas Reassesses Whether Superintendents Need Education Experience
The State Board of Education on Wednesday rejected a rule change that would have allowed school boards to hire anyone they wanted as superintendent — even if the candidate had no public education experience — as long as they had some kind of post-baccalaureate degree and intended to pursue superintendent certification.
November 20, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Kansas City (Kansas and Missouri) Raise Smoking Age to 21
Hoping to curb underage smoking _ and keep some teens from ever lighting up _ Kansas City and Wyandotte County on Thursday banned sales of cigarettes and other tobacco products to people under age 21.
November 20, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Feds Let States Use Medicaid Money for Housing the Homeless
Communities with big homeless populations are increasingly turning to a strategy known as housing first. The idea: helping chronically homeless people to find a permanent home—and stay in it—is the best way to help them lead stable, healthy lives.
November 20, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Homelessness Falls in America But Rises in Big Cities
Homelessness is on the rise in many of America's biggest cities as wealth concentrates in urban centers, elevating rents and squeezing supplies of affordable housing in places like Los Angeles and New York, new federal data show.
November 20, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Indiana Abandons Plan to Become 1st State With 'Baby Boxes'
Earlier this year, Indiana was poised to become the first state in the nation to permit use of newborn safety incubators, also known as "baby boxes," to temporarily shelter babies abandoned by their parents.
November 19, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Is Fact-Checking Textbooks Important? Not to Texas.
Members of Texas' State Board of Education on Wednesday narrowly rejected a plan to create a group of state university professors to scour Texas schoolchildren's textbooks for factual errors.
November 19, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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Ferguson Picks a New City Manager
The City Council has selected De'Carlon Seewood as Ferguson city manager.
November 19, 2015
 · Caroline Cournoyer
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