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U.S. News & World Report
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos slammed the established "education system", kicking off a "Rethink School" tour to highlight innovative ways educators are meeting the needs of students in K12 and higher education. Read more>>
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CBS News
Most Houston's 287 schools are open again after Hurricane Harvey. Before the storm hit the city, schools were converted to shelters and drop-off sites for donations. Now, more than 215,000 students are filling the classrooms. Read more>>
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Los Angeles Times
Some local high school students are challenging Burbank USD’s dress-code policy, saying it is sexist against girls. They are planning to survey parents, teachers and students on how to amend the policy. Read more>>
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The Washington Post
After years of focusing on getting kids into four-year colleges, Maryland’s largest school system should redesign and ramp up its career programs to keep pace with the changing world of work, a report said. It recommended a string of changes, starting with a new vision for career readiness and more meaningful collaboration with key employers. Read more>>
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News 10
A statewide plan to hold public schools accountable was just passed by New York education leaders and will replace the No Child Left Behind Act. If schools still fall short under this plan, they will be targeted for intervention and extra financial support. Read more>>
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Reno Gazette-Journal
The Washoe County School District has approved $3.6 million to make its 96 schools safer. The process of updating school safety infrastructure began in 2011 with a $15 million program. The goal was to complete all of the projects in three years, but funding ran out. Only $4.1 million in work had been completed when the project was shelved in 2013. Read more>>
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Ray Bendici Educators can find cost-effective solutions in new technologies such as open-educational resources and by partnering with the business community. Read more>>
Opinion & Analysis
The Inquirer
Pennsylvania school districts may be able to reduce some expenses when more of their students enroll in charters, but they still face significant financial costs long after those students have gone, a report says. Those continuing expenses include pension costs and making required payments to bondholders for facilities. Read more>>
Opinion & Analysis
Lancaster Online
The costs of more mundane items — like hand sanitizer, reading materials, binders, arts and craft supplies, and student snacks — ought not to be the responsibility of teachers. Occasionally, teachers need to resort to asking parents to send in items. It’s a very slapdash way of equipping schools. And it says something about our priorities. Read more>>
Opinion & Analysis
The Hill
Despite all the expectations we place on teachers, we do not provide them with the same level of sustained professional development that we require for other demanding professions. It is not surprising, then, that rates of professional dissatisfaction, teacher burnout and attrition continue to increase, particularly in high-need school districts. Read more>>
Industry News
Benchmark Education Company Standards Close-Up is a literacy program designed to increase students’ performance in language arts with student reading books matched to the specific standards they need to master. It is available for grades 2–5 in print and online formats. Read more>>
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Catapult Learning Catapult Learning, a provider of special and alternative education, intervention programs and professional development solutions, has acquired Desert Heights Academy, a special education services provider for students in the Phoenix, AZ area. The academy marks Catapult Learning’s third school in Arizona. Read more>>
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PeopleAdmin PeopleAdmin is now delivering an enhanced level of analytics capabilities to K12 educators and administrators as a result of an expanded strategic partnership between PeopleAdmin and Tableau, a visual analytics company. Read more>> |
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