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The North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear the State Board of Education's lawsuit against State Superintendent Mark Johnson. The decision marks the latest in a year-long battle between the board and superintendent over control of the state's public school system. Read more>>
What should happen and what will happen in various areas of education over the next few years elicits different answers from educators and from other experts. Read more>>
Statewide, 86 percent of high school seniors earned their diploma this year, an increase of five percentage points in as many years. And gains among all racial minorities outpaced their white peers, with the exception of Asian students, who saw no year-to-year change in these numbers. Read more>>
The multiple fires that have ravaged Southern California prompted LAUSD to close over 250 schools. With the knowledge that many students depend on the breakfasts and lunches their schools provide, the district opened several locations where children can go get get food, as well as a bit of normalcy. Read more>>
In 2001, researchers from Georgetown University began tracking kids who came out of a universal preschool program in Tulsa, documenting their academic progress over time. Tulsa's pre-K program had significant, positive effects on students' outcomes and well-being through middle school, the report showed. Read more>>
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Hamilton County Schools needs to hire about 300 teachers for the next school year. Though this number is on-trend in a district with almost 3,000 teachers, the number of applicants and possible candidates is the biggest concern. Statewide, the number of teachers graduating from teacher preparation programs at local universities is dropping. Read more>>
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s track record for picking leaders of his city’s school system, the nation’s third largest, took a new hit. Forrest Claypool, who just became the second consecutive Chicago schools chief to announce he is leaving, will vacate the CEO position he has held for over two years. Read more>>
Innovative professional development programs, supported by technology, have helped these schools achieve greater faculty engagement with PD and better classroom results. Read more>>
Grand Rapids Herald-Review
Business leaders, educators, and families are making a big difference by working together and bringing apprenticeships to more people, especially students. National leaders should be doing the same. Read more>>
There is nothing intrinsically wrong with standardized testing. We need tools to measure academic performance. But standardized testing has come to play too big a role in assessing school and teacher performance, which is unfair to the teachers of students with economic disadvantages and learning disabilities. Read more>>
Not to be alarmist, or give too much weight to any one test result, but last week’s release of 2016 reading test scores around the world is now the third major proof point that something is awry. The latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study showed that U.S. performance is sliding in both absolute and relative terms. Read more>>
Edmentum has partnered with the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Education after being awarded a contract to offer Exact Path as a student growth assessment. Exact Path provides individualized learning paths for K8 reading, language arts and math. Read more>>
Sandy Hook Promise debuted “Tomorrow’s News,” its latest PSA, and “The Dreaming Kind,” an original song by Sheryl Crow. Donations from the PSA and proceeds from the song will benefit Sandy Hook Promise as it launches a campaign to raise over $1 million to aggressively expand its Know The Signs gun violence prevention programs. Read more>>
The SMART Pathways for Student Success rubric provides districts with a diagnostic tool and best practices for establishing and maintaining a comprehensive financial strategy, including site level management, resource equity and transparency. Read more>>
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Jason Alexander will bring his superintendent experience to Beatrice Public Schools when he starts in the district next year. Alexander, the current superintendent of Ord Public Schools, will take over from retiring Superintendent Pat Nauroth. Read more>>
Joseph Waldron will be coming from Lefors ISD in Texas to serve as superintendent at Morris Community High School. He will be replacing Pat Halloran, who has been at the high school for 14 years and served as superintendent for 11 of those years. Read more>>
Superintendent William A. Gregory is retiring from the New York school district. He has served as Canton CSD's superintendent since January 2008. Read more>>
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