Calif. Senate bill on school start times approved

The state Senate approved a bill that wouldn't allow teenagers in the state of California to start their school day before 8:30 in the morning. If approved by the assembly, the bill it would not fully take effect until 2020. Read more>>

A year after he was rebuffed by the Legislature, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is working to revive his idea for fixing the city’s broken education system. The mayor is going back to lawmakers asking for a Detroit education commission to coordinate all city schools, both charter and traditional. Read more>>

The Palo Alto school district now has more than 20 open investigations into student-involved sexual assault or harassment cases from this school year. The bulk of those investigations were reported or logged in May following media reports and public scrutiny of the district’s handling of student sexual violence. Read more>>

DA Special Report: TechXcellence

DA’s exciting K12 education recognition program honors schools that creatively use technology in the classroom to contribute meaningfully to student success in Math and Makerspaces. Read the report here. Read more>>

One in five kids are food insecure. Hungry kids on summer break in Middle Tennessee will be fed thanks to a program that feeds kids across 46 counties. The food bank hopes to fill that need by offering meals at 20 locations across the area, many of which are open five days a week. Read more>>

Newark’s troubled public schools are winding up a year having finalized a new teachers contract, initiated critical upgrades to aging buildings and made inroads toward regaining control from the state for the first time in 22 years, Newark’s state-appointed School Superintendent Chris Cerf said. Read more>>

With college applications due in January or early fall, rising high schools seniors may be tempted to slack off. But as they should reconsider whether their academic performance could affect financial aid offers. Depending on the college, students might be able to leverage more scholarship money by sharing accomplishments from their senior year. Read more>>

Matt Zalaznick

How are you innovating in your intervention approaches when students struggle academically and emotionally? DA is looking for experts and administrators to share insight into how intervention strategies have been updated by lessons learned over the past few years. Please follow the link to connect with us. Read more>>

Two aspects of the educational climate we remembered from 1967 stood out. The majority of the community trusted the teachers to know how to teach. And the community was committed to providing the resources to help the teachers do their jobs. Those were the differences that made the crucial difference between public education then and now. Read more>>

School violence has become an unfortunate fact of life across the country, including Oregon. When there have been tragedies involving schools and students, authorities invariably learned after the fact that other students knew of the potential for harm. Read more>>

Strategically scheduling votes is one way school districts try to ensure the vote goes their way. A state Senate bill to limit special school bond votes to a couple of normal voting days is a step in the right direction; lawmakers should extend this voter-friendly approach to primaries, too. Read more>>

Advanced Education has been named as a provider for EZ-Robot and its Revolution Robot Kits, a new platform that encourages students to build and program their own robots. The agreement covers the entire suite of EZ-Robot products as well as the Educational Bundles for administrators. Read more>>

Designed for accurate control and navigation in virtual and augmented reality environments, the BeBop Sensors' Marcel Modular Data Gloves for OEMS are available in 5, 10, and 14 sensor versions. The data gloves provide haptic feedback and sense knuckle and abduction motion of the human hand. Read more>>

Teaching Strategies released the third edition of The Creative Curriculum for Family Child Care. It offers home-based family child care providers daily resources, including teaching tools and guidance for promoting learning and development in all core areas and building partnerships with families Read more>>

Although state voters in November approved borrowing $9 billion for school construction, the sales may span more than a decade. Governor Jerry Brown, who opposed the debt measure, wants to tighten requirements on eligibility and oversight that K12 schools must adhere to before bonds are sold for their projects. Read more>>

Home builders donated this week to support a fledgling internship program for student carpenters at local Sioux Falls public schools. The semester-long experience gives high school teens a chance to leave behind school grounds and get experience at a real construction site. Read more>>