Less retesting of struggling Indiana students a possibility

After weeks of discussion, a state panel is outlining what new paths to graduation might look like for future high school students. One thing is clear: they'd like less retesting and better alternatives for students who struggle to pass the tests currently required for high school graduation. Read more>>

Salam Noor, the chief state schools officer, resigned less than three years after Gov. Kate Brown picked him to oversee K12 schools. Colt Gill, Brown's education innovation officer, has been installed as the interim head of the Oregon Department of Education. Read more>>

Transcripts of high school students enrolled in charter schools are getting a closer look after problems with diplomas and missing required credits at a Durham school brought renewed attention to oversight. Read more>>

School leaders in the area are pushing for more flexibility to reduce costly and cumbersome state mandates. They cover everything from testing to truancy. The drive to make changes is starting now with the help of a state lawmaker. Read more>>

Back-to-school season didn't last long this year in Puerto Rico with Hurricane Irma and then Maria forcing schools to close. Puerto Rico's Secretary of Education Julia Keleher says that of nation's 1,113 public schools, 22 reopened last week and another 145 this week. Read more>>

The Detroit Public Schools Community District School Board is taking steps to protect the district's drinking water after the board passed a resolution that ensures water will be tested regularly. Read more>>

Here’s a look at how administrators and their teams are redesigning libraries. Read more>>

With regards to public K12 schools, most California voters agree that they want more emphasis placed on creating safe and positive school environments, but they are divided on issues of immigration, according to a new poll. Read more>>

The best way to mitigate the adverse impact of poverty on children is to provide children with the supports they need. Highly trained and experienced teachers are the key to providing this support if those districts are, first, lucky enough to be able to recruit them and, second, keep them. The problem: Michigan has a teacher shortage. Read more>>

Though Colorado has one of the lowest rates for high school graduation in the country, there is evidence across the state that administrators are working to change that. A big part of their strategy is something simple: caring. Read more>>

Using the WebCTRL building automation system, building owners and operators can now securely push data from a single building or a portfolio of buildings to a cloud-based platform. From there, they can create graphs, charts, reports and dashboards to visualize the building data. Read more>>

MindRocket Media Group has bought American ED TV, a television company focused on American education. MindRocket will soon begin production on The Jack Ford Report, a 60-minute syndicated education news program. Read more>>

As part of a new collaboration, the open educational resource library of OpenEd, an ACT product, will be integrated with Blackboard Inc.’s Blackboard Open Content, a cross-platform, cloud-based, global learning object repository. Read more>>

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The Arlington School Board is being asked to approve plans to take a $107.5 million bond issue to voters in February. The big project in the bond package is $72.2 million to replace a middle school. Read more>>

Much of the Texas district's $1.05 billion bond package will go toward the construction of new schools or the rebuilds of existing campuses, as well as multiple improvement projects. But critics are questioning the equity of the projects. Read more>>

Prince William County officials have approved more than $126 million in new borrowing to fund a total 14 school construction projects, including another elementary school facility, an additional high school and a new alternative school. Read more>>

The Washington school district would gain three new elementary schools under a revised nearly $100 million facilities improvement plan. The plan also would upgrade the district’s athletic facilities, modernize two schools, and update safety and security. Read more>>