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Evie Blad

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journalist covering K-12 education for Education Week

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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We've just updated our tracker, which shows the policies states have adopted to improve math achievement and tracks trends such as screeners and automatic enrollment requirements. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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Which States Are Overhauling Math Education? See Our Tracker
Our tracker follows and summarizes states legislation shaping math teaching, instruction, and intervention.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is so funny. My friends' kids chat with their friends in a shared google doc they access throughout the school day. Some day they will all discover paper.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
How 9/11 raised question for schools about patriotism, trauma, safety, and student belonging. www.edweek.org/leadership/h...
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How 9/11 Still Shapes Schools
Schools feel the ripple effects of 9/11 in how they handle safety, student trauma, and promoting patriotism.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I wondered when someone would write about this. Some industrious reporter should FOI the AI prompts from the comms teams at every federal agency. www.the74million.org/article/from...
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From Nemo to Super Mario, Ed Department’s Social Media Feed Draws Backlash
The department employed Franklin the Turtle to promote the agency’s closure, and on Monday, the White House featured ‘The Magic Deportation Bus.’
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I love these student contests. Don't miss the Edmund Fitzgerald sticker. www.michigan.gov/sos/election...
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
South Carolina lawmakers banned grading floors, which set minimum grades for failed assignments or grading periods. Here's why some districts adopted the policy--and why some educators pushed back. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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This State Banned Nonzero Grading Policies. Why Some Schools Use Them
A new law bans "grading floors," which require a minimum grade of 50% for assignments or grading periods.
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Education Week @edweek.org · 04/08/2026
Middle Schoolers' Reading Scores Are Still Stuck at Post-Pandemic Lows: New data shows that the lowest-performing students are falling the furthest behind.
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Middle Schoolers' Reading Scores Are Still Stuck at Post-Pandemic Lows
New data shows that the lowest-performing students are falling the furthest behind.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
New: Education Week is tracking how states are overhauling math education. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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Which States Are Overhauling Math Education? See Our Tracker
Our tracker follows and summarizes states legislation shaping math teaching, instruction, and intervention.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Don't sleep on EdWeek's tracker page. Our teams track everything from science of reading bills to school cell phone bans. www.edweek.org/trackers
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Guidance from pediatricians drove home the idea that parents reading with their children from birth can help build crucial literacy skills. These govs want similar guidance on number games and math play to build numeracy at home. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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Parents Can Build Numeracy Skills at Home. These Governors Want Guidance on How
Governors want the American Academy of Pediatrics to issue guidance urging parents to use games to help children build numeracy skills.
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Sam Fortier @sam4tr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Was a national civics competition for high-school kids ... Rigged? Biased? Botched? I followed one family through Trump's patriotic contest and found a remarkable story about our age of suspicion. For @notus.com: www.notus.org/national/ame...
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Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest
America’s finest young scholars competed to mark their country's birthday. It led to a disputed finish in the age of mistrust.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
"Anybody can love the mountains. It takes a soul to love the prairie."
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 30/06/2026
Delivering another major blow to LGBTQ rights, the Supreme Court upheld state laws that ban transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports. nbcnews.to/4gIGar2
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
"The Ed Dept’s functions are best carried out as a synergistic whole, not scattered about. The sole reason to scatter them is to render the dept ineffective—a step toward the unabashed goal of this admin to close the dept entirely." -OCR alumni www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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‘None of This Is Abstract’: The Real Harm of Trump’s Ed. Dept. Civil Rights Move (Opinion)
Here’s why families will feel it when student civil rights enforcement moves to the Justice Dept.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"This feels deeply harmful and deeply unserious," a civil rights attorney who worked for three prior administrations said.
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Trump's Justice Dept. Investigates Dozens of Districts Over LGBTQ+ Curricula
The investigations target how schools discuss sexuality and gender identity and whether parents can opt their children out of lessons.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
As treasury previews guidance on new fed tax-credit scholarship program this week, debates continue about how much public schools will benefit—and whether states should opt in. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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How Can Public Schools Participate in Trump's Federal Choice Program?
The Trump administration has confirmed public schools can receive federal scholarship funds. Here's how.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
9-year-olds perform better in NAEP long-term trend math and reading than three years ago, and lowest-performing students made large strides. But 13-year-olds' scores stagnated, showing no statistically significant changes from the last test administration in 2023. www.edweek.org/leadership/r...
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Reading and Math Scores Rise for Younger Kids, Stall for Teens
New results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show diverging trends for 9- and 13-year-olds.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
People don't seem to know what shoes to wear with seersucker. We don't talk about this enough.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The Senate has not confirmed Trump's surgeon general pick, but the office released an advisory on screen time without her.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Read my story about schools (including large high schools) that use AI platforms to pronounce students' names at graduation. Here's why they do it and why graduates and communities push back. www.edweek.org/leadership/a...
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A New Use for AI: Pronouncing Students' Names at Graduation
High schools adopt AI platforms to pronounce students' names at graduation ceremonies, sparking pushback.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Some high schools now use AI to pronounce student names at graduation. Is it a tool to be sure a flubbed name reading doesn't ruin a grad's big moment? Or is it an impersonal use of tech at an event meant to evoke pomp and circumstance? Depends who you ask. www.edweek.org/leadership/a...
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A New Use for AI: Pronouncing Students' Names at Graduation
High schools adopt AI platforms to pronounce students' names at graduation ceremonies, sparking pushback.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 01/05/2026
Six people are injured, including several who were stabbed, in an altercation at a Washington state high school, authorities say.
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6 injured in high school stabbing in Washington state
Five students, including the suspect, and a security guard were injured in the incident at Tacoma's Foss High School, officials said.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
probably makes them sticky, i'm guessing
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Mark Lieberman @marklieberman.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
New: On Capitol Hill today, Education Secretary Linda McMahon said she still wants to relocate special education programs to other agencies: "“We have not made that determination yet.” www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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McMahon Still Wants to Relocate Special Ed.—And Other Budget Hearing Takeaways
The education secretary also told skeptical lawmakers that Ed. Dept. program transfers are working.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Concerned about threats to cut McKinney-Vento funding for homeless students, some legislatures have written federal protections into their states' codes. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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With Federal Commitment Shaky, States Move to Codify Protections for Homeless Students
Washington and Oregon have taken action, and others states are considering moves of their own.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The latest in my archive analysis series: Murphy Brown, Dan Quayle, and the latest push to teach the "success sequence" in schools. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...
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Schools and 'Family Values': A Reboot of a Familiar Debate
The "success sequence" is the latest in a long line of proposals to have schools take up character-building.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/03/2026
Artists, filmmakers and singers once championed Chavez as a hero. Now, they must rethink how to tell his story. "It's just been gut-wrenching," one muralist says. n.pr/4v9nTIr
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'We're all in grief': Chicano artists reckon with Cesar Chavez abuse allegations
Artists, filmmakers and singers once championed Chavez as a hero. Now, they must rethink how to tell his story. "It's just been gut-wrenching," one muralist says.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I wonder how visuals like this play with folks who want less tech and screen time in schools.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
“A lot of schools are going to have to have some really interesting and really difficult conversations about what it means to publicly commemorate the past." www.edweek.org/leadership/s...
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Schools Named for César Chavez Face Renaming Debates After Assault Allegations
Dozens of schools named for César Chavez face decisions about renaming.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
There are at least 86 public schools named for César Chavez. They face tough, unexpected conversations about changing their names after and investigation surfaced new allegations about the labor leader. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...
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Schools Named for César Chavez Face Renaming Debates After Assault Allegations
Dozens of schools named for César Chavez face decisions about renaming.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
My heart goes out to the hard working folks at the Washington Post today.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
A Waymo recently hit a student as she ran across the street to her school. In Austin and Atlanta, the robotaxis have been cited for illegally passing stopped school buses. www.edweek.org/leadership/s...
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Schools Flag Safety Incidents As Driverless Cars Enter More Cities
Agencies are examining reports of Waymos illegally passing buses; in another case, one struck a student.
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AERA @aeraedresearch.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Informal discipline practices raise equity concerns because schools cannot monitor their use to ensure they don't echo racial and ethnic disparities common in formal discipline, according to recent research in AERA Open, via @edweek.org @evieblad.bsky.social: www.edweek.org/leadership/i...
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Informal Classroom Discipline Is Hard to Track, Raising Big Equity Concerns
Without adequate support, teachers might resort to these tactics to circumvent prohibitions on suspensions.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
While most schools deem students chronically absent after they miss at least 10% of school days, poor attendance habits may affect academic achievement well before they reach that threshold, a new study finds. www.edweek.org/leadership/a...
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Absenteeism May Hurt Academics Long Before It Becomes 'Chronic'
The 10% threshold for chronic absenteeism may be too high to predict academic risk, study says.
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Mark Lieberman @marklieberman.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
New: Congress is on the verge of (largely) rebuking President Trump's budget proposal for education. No major funding cuts, no block grants...but also no explicit block on ED efforts to shift program staff elsewhere. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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Rebuking Trump, Congress Moves to Maintain Most Federal Education Funding
Funding for key programs like Title I and IDEA are on track to remain level year over year.
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Mark Lieberman @marklieberman.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
President Trump took office one year ago today. Since then, his administration has disrupted at least $12 billion in federal funding for education (and likely much more). I did my best to tabulate the damage for @edweek.org: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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In Trump's First Year, at Least $12 Billion in School Funding Disruptions
The administration's cuts to schools came through the Education Department and other agencies.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/01/2026
Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just a month after a world-first ban on under‑16s took effect, the country’s internet regulator says.
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Australia social media ban hits 4.7 million teen accounts in first month
Global regulators are closely watching the implementation of the world-first ban for users under 16, with some U.S. states considering whether to follow suit.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
With little explanation, the Trump admin abruptly terminated popular student mental health grants created in response to school shootings. After an outcry, officials restored them the next day. www.edweek.org/leadership/t...
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
My 5th-grade class had a pet tarantula, so I was excited to read this story. www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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Forget About Hamsters. Make Bugs Your Classroom Pet
Beetles, spiders, and millipedes? These nontraditional class pets may ease students' stress.
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
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3 Prosecutors Quit After Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
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Mark Lieberman @marklieberman.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Federal grants for community schools help expand instructional time for children and stand up social services like health care and meals in low-income communities. The Trump administration just cut tens of millions of dollars in grants for these programs: www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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Federal Funds for Community Schools Fall Victim to a New Round of Trump Cuts
The latest round of grant cuts hits a program that helps schools provide more social services on site.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
The second statue of an advocate for school desegregation installed in the Capitol in recent years. The other is Daisy Bates.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Check out Education Week's choice for word of the year and go ahead and argue about it if you'd like. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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Education Week's 2025 Word of the Year Is ...
Trump's efforts to reshape the federal role in education caused uncertainty for schools.
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Stephen Sawchuk @stephen-sawchuk.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
We know the components of structured literacy, but we know a lot less about the 'recipe'. Two teachers share how they weave together the pieces: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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How to Build a Reading Block: Two Teachers Share Their Approaches
Studies don't prescribe how best to knit together components of reading—leaving it up to teachers to devise.
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Education Week @edweek.org · 10/12/2025
Rod Paige, Nation's First African American Secretary of Education, Dies at 92: Under Paige’s leadership, the Department of Education rolled out the landmark No Child Left Behind law.
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Rod Paige, Nation's First African American Secretary of Education, Dies at 92
Under Paige’s leadership, the Department of Education rolled out the landmark No Child Left Behind law.
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Alex Zimmerman @alexzimmerman.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Education officials told NYC principals last week that students must be automatically arrested if they were found with weapons including scalpels and switchblades That is not true - but the DOE has yet to inform principals their policy guidance was wrong www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
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Officials mistakenly told NYC principals students with weapons would face automatic arrest
Education Department officials erroneously told principals that students found with items like scalpels or switchblades would face automatic arrest.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Does 6-7 have a purpose other than driving adults nuts? Researchers say it's an example of "childlore," which can play an important developmental role for children. www.edweek.org/leadership/d...
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Don't 86 the Six-Seven: Those Annoying Kid Trends Actually Have a Purpose
Children's culture can seem bizarre, but these fads can boost their social development.
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Arianna Prothero @ariannaprothero.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
AI can be a lifeline for new career and technical education teachers, many of whom come from industry instead of traditional educator prep programs. Read on for more on the opportunities and challenges AI creates for CTE teachers: www.edweek.org/teaching-lea... #edusky #CTE #AIineducation #edtech
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Classroom View: How AI Is Influencing Teacher Approaches to Career and Technical Ed.
Teachers share examples of how the technology is playing a bigger role in their lessons.
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Evie Blad @evieblad.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
"All of our education laws are like a woven fabric. When we start pulling on a string, it is going to start falling apart. At the very least, it’s going to weaken." www.edweek.org/teaching-lea...
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Fragmented Federal Education Plan Could Harm Students With Disabilities, Advocates Warn
Parceling out Ed. Dept. work to other agencies risks weakening enforcement of disability rights laws, groups warn.
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