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When the exclusions and exceptions the state grants charter schools are stripped away, Texas charter schools have an average graduation rate almost 30 percentage points lower than the state’s traditional school districts. Read more>>
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States mandate PD for bus drivers, office staff, administrators and other non-instructional staff in area such as bullying prevention, opioid abuse and sexual harassment. DA wants to interview district leaders about best practices is managing these requirements. Please follow the link to connect with us. Contact us>>
Nationally, one in five students report being bullied daily in school. In Connecticut, there were just 825 incidents recorded in the 2016-17 school year in a state with more than 538,000 K12 students. The number of reported incidents statewide—or lack thereof—could be due to a narrow definition of bullying. Read more>>
An attorney for the state of Kansas added a new urgency to a legislative debate over school finance by telling legislators they should have a funding solution developed in less than three months in order to give the state’s attorneys time to develop their arguments. Read more>>
The Baltimore city school board voted to close five schools at the end of the year. In making the closing decisions, the school district cited low enrollment and poor academic performance. Read more>>
Florida's Department of Health is looking into claims that a Gulf Coast school has made hundreds of people sick from diseases like cancer. Health officials are now asking alumni and faculty of the school in Bradenton affected by cancer to submit their health records. Read more>>
Ninth-grade students at Easthampton High School will be called "first years," rather than "freshmen." A recent state report found years of racially-biased discipline and bullying at the school. The new handbook's policies were rewritten to help address the issues. Read more>>
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Everyone knows the perils of social media, but some educators have found productive ways to connect with students and parents through various social networking apps and platforms. If you’re one of these connected educators, please follow the link to connect with us and share your insights for an upcoming DA features story. Contact us>>
When students do yoga partner poses, they practice mindfulness—paying attention to their own bodies—and they learn how to cooperate and problem-solve with a peer. It’s a physical activity that asks students to practice balance and agility while also engaging them mentally and socially. Read more>>
Children integrate what they hear with other sources of evidence, and they take into account the reliability and expertise of the informant. But these are abilities that develop over time, and children must learn to coordinate them with other activities, like asking questions and making their own observations. Read more>>
While a widespread practice among school leaders is to allocate the most effective teachers to classes of older students—particularly those in exam years—a study suggests this is misguided. Instead, the influence of a highly-effective teacher at ages four and five is still visible more than a decade later. Read more>>
DA has announced the honorees in Round 2 of the TechXcellence national recognition program. These schools have incorporated technology in professional development and reading and writing instruction programs to boost student success. Read more>>
Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc.
Toshiba America Business Solutions has renewed its existing agreement with LAUSD to remain the school district's multifunction printer provider through at least 2019. Toshiba will continue to manage LAUSD’s fleet of over 4,000 Toshiba e-STUDIO MFPs and 6,000 printers. Read more>>
Utilizing Access Idaho’s online payment engine allows Idaho Digital Learning Academy to consolidate its billing reports. Parents and guardians can pay electronically for the state-sponsored, online school's courses, including math, science, English, foreign languages, social studies and more. Read more>>
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Fifteen states, including California and West Virginia, have adopted Discovery Education’s Techbooks for classroom use. Read more>>
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