Police-free schools movement advances

— The police-free schools movement is picking up steam, with another push toward removing officers from Denver schools as protests continue over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man, while in police custody.

— First look: Several governors hope to use grant funding under the CARES Act’s $3 billion Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund to support remote learning, according to a POLITICO review of funding applications. The Education Department is also posting the applications on its site today.

— The Colorado Association of Private Schools is appealing to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos for help in a fight with the Colorado Department of Education over a share of CARES Act funding.

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-education/2020/06/08/police-free-schools-movement-advances-788320