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A Senate Appropriations subcommittee advanced legislation to establish education savings accounts in July 2019. State grants of about $4,042 would be available to parents of eligible children, to be used toward nonpublic school tuition. Read more>>
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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>>
State lawmakers voted to extend a sales tax that helps fund public education, ensuring that more than $600 million in state revenues earmarked for schools will continue for another two decades. Read more>>
The Sarasota School Board approved a 5-point school security plan for this year and the 2018-19 school year that will add off-duty law enforcement officers at all 21 of its elementary schools. The district will pay the cost of $285,000. Read more>>
Thirty-three U.S. congressmen and senators have signed onto national voucher bills that would direct federal tax dollars from public schools and let military families use these funds for other schools. What is most remarkable is that the bills are moving forward in the face of significant military family opposition. Read more>>
A proposal to allow Ten Commandments displays in public schools and state-owned buildings is on its way to voters and will be on the ballot in November. The House of Representatives passed the proposed constitutional amendment. Read more>>
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State legislators focused on opioid addiction treatment and prevention in schools and prisons while reviewing bills that would both use medications to thwart overdoses and assist in recovery. One bill would require schools with grades 9 to 12 to have policies for training nurses on how to administer naloxone. Read more>>
Many elementary school students in Marion County Public Schools spend more than 20 minutes per night reading with family members. How did Maier and her team of educators achieve this? They eliminated homework in elementary school. Read more>>
A cardinal school rule is: Do not plagiarize. So it's disturbing that two Connecticut educators have lifted the words of others, without attribution, in letters to parents. Schools have a hard enough time fighting plagiarism in student writing. It's critical for the adults in the system to practice what's being preached in the classroom. Read more>>
California education finances include incomprehensible budget formulas, equity funding that doesn’t produce equity, and cuts to schools even during the current economic expansion. We should let the kids fix it instead. Read more>>
South Carolina needs to get rid of an overly broad, century-old “disturbing schools” law that criminalizes “obnoxious” behavior and is disproportionately applied to black students. Thanks to a recent federal appeals court ruling, a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the law will get a new hearing in U.S. District Court. Read more>>
The online IEP Resource Center offers a full catalog of information and tools for special education administrators and educators, including webinars, podcasts, interactive quizzes, and policy-focused and legislative special education. Read more>>
Teachers who use GradeMaster to track students’ mastery of learning standards will now be able to integrate SmartEdTech's mobile learning technologies for online standards-based grading. Read more>>
kQED Learn is a free, safe and flexible digital platform with a youth video series, research, articles, and investigations created for STEM and humanities classrooms. Read more>>
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The Octorara Area School District voted to hire Michele Orner as the Pennsylvania district's next superintendent. Currently the superintendent of schools in the Halifax ASD, Orner will replace retiring Superintendent Tom Newcome. Read more>>
Parsons High School Principal Matthew Rogers has been hired as the new superintendent for Vermillion USD 380. He has served as assistant principal and athletic director at Parsons High School for six years and principal for six years. Read more>>
The Marion City School Board of Education has ended its year-long search for a new superintendent with the hiring of Ronald Iarussi . He served as a superintendent of Columbiana Exempted Village Schools for six years before becoming the superintendent of the Mahoning County Educational Service Center. Read more>>
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