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North Carolina elementary school art, music and physical education (PE) programs appear to be safe from deep cuts this year under a new compromise. A new version of the House bill would push back extensive class-size reductions in kindergarten through third grade for a year, giving school districts the flexibility to fund arts and PE classes. Read more>>
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Seattle Public Schools plans to change its start times again, this time from three different times to just two. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said he will ask for the city’s Families and Education Levy to allocate $2.3 million to pay for additional school buses to move to fewer start times. Read more>>
For decades, Mercer County's public schools have offered a weekly Bible class during the school day. But a suit, recently amended by Freedom From Religion Foundation, alleges that the lessons in the schools are similar to what a child would hear in Sunday school and that they advocate the Ten Commandments and treat stories in the Bible as historical fact. Read more>>
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Putting a positive spin on school discipline Alex Fertig and Ray W. Christner
Our goal with this column is not to imply that school administrators should take on the role of mental health professionals, but instead it is to impart information on strategies, based on the principles of cognitive behavior therapy, or CBT. Read more>>
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A new Vermont law designed to promote educational equity, opportunity and efficiency, has started to provoke questions about school identity as district mergers involving multiple high schools have quickly become the new normal. But what does it mean for athletic teams? Read more>>
The number of homeless kids enrolled in New York City schools last year rose by 15 percent from 2013-2014, according to a new analysis. Roughly 33,000 kids spent at least some time at a shelter enrolled in city public schools last year. The report also spotlighted the clustering of homeless children in a relatively small percentage of city public schools. Read more>>
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In a country where salary equates with status, teachers have slipped from being able to make a living to relying on second jobs to get by. Efforts to recognize the challenges and improve our public education system often stray from constructive criticism into a drum beat of negativity. Arizona needs to look hard at the twin realities of what teachers face. Read more>>
A proposed bill that would allow teachers or administrators to use physical force or restraint to subdue students may have good intentions, but it is unnecessary, misrepresents the needs of Nebraska teachers and is dangerous for students with disabilities. Read more>>
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Over the past 10 years, the policies undergirding the national education reform movement—offering more school choice, weakening teacher union power, and creating new accountability systems—have taken hold in the nation’s capital. Despite an absence of rigorous, independent evaluation, school and city leaders have framed the city's new education policies as a great success. Read more>>
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The Optoma ZH400UST, ZW300UST and ZW300USTi projectors offer increased image performance, reliability and flexibility with ultra short throw capabilities. The company also launched its Education First program to bring insights, incentives and customer support to K12 and higher learning institutions. Read more>>
Designed for the “at-promise” student who needs to earn credit, FuelEd’s new adaptive curriculum features multi-media and motivational learning objects. The new courses also include English language learners support, including non-linguistic representation of content, audio demonstrations and pre-teaching of key vocabulary in both English and Spanish. Read more>>
UWorld, a company specializing in online practice question banks for licensing exams, has launched UWorld SAT, its newest question bank with over 1,000 practice questions designed specifically to replicate the SAT for high school students. Read more>>
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Roxana Rico, who worked her way up from teacher to principal then curriculum/instruction director for Tucson’s Sunnyside USD is Continental Elementary School District’s new superintendent. Superintendent Scott Hagerman has accepted a superintendent’s position in Tucson’s Tanque Verde Unified District.
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Robert Mehalick, currently the director of special education at Wilkes-Barre Area School District, has been hired as Carbondale Area School District's new top leader. The district has been without a superintendent since April 2016, when Joseph Gorham resigned to take the top slot at Crestwood School District Read more>>
Randy Jensen has been named superintendent of schools for Idaho's American Falls School District. Jensen, the current principal of William Thomas Middle School, has been with the district since 1985. He will take over the position in July, replacing Superintendent Ron Bollinger, who is retiring after 22 years as superintendent. Read more>>
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