TOP NEWS Chalkbeat Several big names in education reform are teaming up to start The City Fund to push cities to expand charter schools and district schools with charter-like autonomy. They have reportedly already raised $200 million. Read more>> Sponsored Sponsored by Learning Ally When dyslexia goes undiagnosed, students struggle with school, have higher dropout rates and may never reach their full potential. This guide outlines the seven common signs and steps you can take to support your struggling readers. Read more>> WTOP Public schools in the nation’s capital fared poorly in a nationwide ranking of states. On a list, which included all 50 states and the District, Washington, D.C. was ranked 49th overall. Only Louisiana and New Mexico fared worse. Read more>> PIX 11 As part of an e-learning pilot program, Anderson School District 5 is set to become the first school district in South Carolina to do away with snow days and instead replace them with remote classes. Read more>> From DA Magazine Ariana Fine Producing a story, game or interactive app for a game design expo motivated Vancouver, Washington, students to solve challenges and to explore computer science careers. Read more>> KRNV Nevada took in more money in marijuana taxes than expected in the first year of the program. The state will deposit the marijuana tax money into school accounts in August; but the school districts will only be able to use a small portion of that money to help balance budgets. Read more>> Houston Chronicle Santa Fe ISD trustees voted to accept a donation of eight AR-15s, rifle optics, rifle range rental fees, tuition for a shooting course and ammunition for its internal police department. The weapons and training, valued at about $20,220, will be custom built for officers' patrols. Read more>> NBC DFW District administrators have been brainstorming on how to fill in the gaps left by the recently closed 172-year-old Dallas County Schools bus agency. Each of the nine independent school districts the agency served are dealing with driver shortages. Read more>> OPINION The Hechinger Report As the movement against seat-time learning grows, more schools will be grappling with grade levels, deciding whether to keep or uproot them. Some school leaders insist that competency-based education can survive and even thrive within grade levels, or a modified version of them. Read more>> Houston Chronicle Educators long have touted that college courses in high school help more students get into college and speed them on their way to degrees so they can save on tuition. A new Texas study suggests those benefits may be inflated. Read more>> The Seattle Times At colleges and universities across the U.S., students training to become teachers are disproportionately whiter than the rest of the undergraduates on campus, new research has found. But that’s not the case in Washington state, where teachers in training look more like the increasingly diverse students they serve. Read more>> From DA Magazine Kelley R. Taylor District leaders have enhanced credit recovery programs and have recommitted to proactive efforts to keep students from falling too far behind. Read more>> INDUSTRY NEWS Reasoning Mind/Imagine Learning/Weld North Education Weld North Education, a digital education technology company focused on developing digital curriculum and tools for pre-K through 12, announced its Imagine Learning business acquired Reasoning Mind, a math curriculum organization addressing the early learning market. Read more>> Clever/codeSpark codeSpark Academy is partnering with Clever, a free rostering and management system for educators, to help teachers, schools and districts simplify the management of their online learning platforms. By joining the Clever Library, codeSpark will now be more accessible with one sign-on to the integrated platform. Read more>> VNN The VNN high school sports communication platform and several regional health practices launched sports medicine libraries to key markets in VNN's network of over 2,000 high school athletic department partners. The initiative connects health resources and content to a native section on local high school athletics websites. Read more>> ✭ Visit the District Administration's PR Portal ✭ | 