TOP NEWS NJ Biz A proposed ballot measure would allow the state to issue $1 billion in bonds to fund school upgrades at New Jersey's community colleges and vocational-technical high schools. The money would be used toward buildings, equipment and facilities upgrades, security upgrades at K12 schools and school district water infrastructure improvement projects. Read more>> Sponsored Sponsored by Learning Sciences International The best gift you can give your students is to prepare them to think critically, respectfully challenge each other’s learning, and develop the social and emotional skills to thrive in our future economy. LSI’s new research-based professional development helps teachers transition to student-centered classrooms that "future-ready" your students. Read more>> Chalkbeat A disproportionate share of education research—and therefore, a disproportionate amount of what we know about how certain policies work—comes out of North Carolina. The state has kept track of things like student test scores, teacher demographics and school accountability data since the ‘90s, and also made that information more accessible to researchers. Read more>> Newsday Reserves grew more than 80 percent islandwide during the past 10 years, New York state data show. Education leaders say the funds are essential to financial stability, but taxpayer advocates decry the accumulation. Read more>> From DA Magazine Ray Bendici Districts are cultivating college and career readiness programs by allocating more resources to guide students, by building new partnerships and by focusing efforts beyond high school. Read more>> Pew Research Center Racial and ethnic minorities accounted for 20 percent of all public elementary and secondary school teachers in the United States during the 2015-16 school year. By comparison, 51 percent of all public elementary and secondary school students in the U.S. were nonwhite in 2015-16. Read more>> WBUR It's a common refrain among parents: "I wish I could send my kids to private school." The subtext is that expensive private schools give kids a better education, which leads to better career opportunities. But a new study shows that the advantages of private school disappear when controlling for socioeconomic factors. Read more>> OPINION The Inquirer Students shouldn't be made to feel inferior because they don't speak English or because they communicate with an accent. Many students already speak at least two languages, and are ready to learn English with the necessary support. Read more>> Newsday Education Secretary Nancy DeVos’ proposal to use federal funds to arm teachers is a purely political move. If we want to make schools safer, first use that money to study gun violence to determine what works to stop it. Read more>> The State Journal We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that learning is a lifelong process and the results are cumulative. In schools, we need to keep in mind that employers want individuals with skills and characteristics like critical thinking, problem solving, communication and collaboration. They want those who are ready to learn, fail and improve. Read more>> INDUSTRY NEWS Boxlight Corporation/Central Technologies McMinn County School System will be adding 115 ProColor interactive flat panels from Boxlight Corporation to classrooms before the end of October as part of a new classroom initiative. Last year, the district purchased and installed 267 ProColor units. Read more>> GoGuardian By combining real-time scans and a proprietary machine-learning engine, GoGuardian is able to provide context-aware analytics to intelligently assess the content students are creating and interacting with online via web searches, social media, chat, forums, email and online collaboration tools. Read more>> ✭ Visit the District Administration's PR Portal ✭ PEOPLE WATCH Daily Breeze Alex Cherniss, who has been the superintendent of the San Marino USD for the last five years, has been chosen to become the next head of California's Palos Verdes Peninsula USD. He will replace former Superintendent Don Austin, who left to lead the Palo Alto USD. Read more>> Grand Forks Herald Jeremy Olson was looking for a larger school district to lead when he began thinking about leaving his job as superintendent of the Underwood and Henning, Minn., school districts. He is now Crookston's school superintendent, replacing Superintendent Chris Bates, who retired after six years on the job. Read more>> Chalkbeat New York Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza unveiled a new slate of top education officials. He named Linda Chen, a former Baltimore schools deputy and New York City principal, as the system’s chief academic officer. Carranza also named nine executive superintendents. Read more>> | 