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A California bill would require schools to ensure that any student whose bill remains unpaid is not shamed or treated any differently than a student whose bills are paid in full. School employees and volunteers would be prohibited from disciplining the child, or denying or delaying a meal. Schools would also be required to put together a plan to collect the money that’s owed. Read more>>
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It's unclear how a bill combining city and school elections could impact voting and municipalities. Local school, city and county auditor's office leaders offered mixed opinions on how the bill, headed for Gov. Terry Branstad's desk, could impact voter turnout, school districts' election costs, procedures for auditors' offices and other voting habits. Read more>>
The bills cover disciplining students with disabilities; a grading system that’s been called institutional racism; and schools reportedly using four day school weeks as a teacher incentive. One bill would require school districts planning to go to four-day school weeks to simply submit a plan to the state Department of Education. Read more>>
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Coaching principals how to build teams that transform schools
This guide helps principals improve instruction by strengthening their coaching techniques to mold teachers and staff into team-oriented leaders. Read more>>
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State lawmakers could overhaul the state’s testing system this year, cutting the number of exams students take. Or they could shift testing to later in the school year and study whether national exams could be used in place of Florida’s current series of two dozen standardized tests. The Senate and House each have proposals, but they are far apart in both scope and details. Read more>>
Despite Florida channeling billions of taxpayer dollars into scholarships to help pay tuition for nearly 100,000 students from low-income families to attend private schools over the past 15 years, there is scant evidence that these students fare better academically. DeVos has said her record in office should be graded on expansion of choice-friendly policies, rather than be judged on academic outcomes. Read more>>
Indiana lawmakers are moving ahead with a proposal that would spend several million dollars over the next two years expanding preschool. But $2 million of that wouldn’t be spent on classrooms, teacher salaries or picture books. Instead, it would give parents access to software that claims to get kids ready for kindergarten in “just 15 minutes a day.” Read more>>
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How important is it to have a role model? Having just one African-American teacher in third, fourth or fifth grade reduced low-income African-American boys' probability of dropping out of high school by 39 percent, a study found. And by high school, African-American students, both boys and girls, who had one African-American teacher had much stronger expectations of going to college. Read more>>
Charter schools are proliferating where they aren’t needed while state funding continues to support even those charters that violate state law, according to a recent report. Public funds helped open and sustain at least 450 charters in areas with plenty of existing classroom space. Read more>>
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What millennials want in a workplace is flexible hours, plenty of feedback from their bosses and creative stimulation. Unfortunately, education is falling far short of the ideal millennial workplace. We need to improve the classroom experience with its rigid hours, frequent lack of recognition, and 25 kids who need to learn specific things by specific deadlines. Read more>>
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The State of New York has mandated that all teachers complete 100 hours of professional development to maintain their teaching certifications. New York Partners for Technology Innovation has partnered with the K12 social learning platform, Edmodo, to create blended professional learning courses for teachers. Read more>>
Enhancements coming for the 2017-18 Common Application platform include Google Drive integration; community-based organization advising and recommender upgrades; self-reported course and grade transcript information; and Spanish-language resources. Read more>>
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The Falls Church School Board voted to hire Peter Noonan, current superintendent of the Fairfax City school system, as the ninth superintendent of the Falls Church City Schools. Prior to joining the City of Fairfax Schools in 2012, Noonan served for 11 years in the Fairfax County Public Schools division. Read more>>
Jeff Ramnytz was selected by the Ohio district's school board to replace Patti Cleary, who is retiring. Ramnytz has been principal of Barberton High School for nine years, spending 11 total in the district. Read more>>
Stewart McDonald will begin as the new superintendent this coming school year for The North Slope Borough School District. He replaces Superintendent Glen Szymoniak, who resigned. McDonald currently works as the superintendent for the Kodiak Island Borough School District. Read more>>
Darren McLaurin, currently the elementary principal at Cambria Heights School District, has been selected by the Pennsylvania district. In addition to his superintendent duties, McLaurin will also oversee the district’s special education services and curriculum. Read more>>
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