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The bill would allow some parents to take their children out of public schools and then spend the state tax dollars that would have gone to that public school on other forms of education, including homeschooling and private school tuition. Read more>>
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ESSA changed how Title I and Title III work together to support English learners. This guide provides resources for successful implementation of new EL strategies. Read more>>
Education and research about concussions in youth have focused on team sports, but a study from New Mexico suggests that adolescents may suffer more knock-out head blows in PE classes than in organized athletics. Read more>>
The Utah Board of Education will remain nonpartisan, at least for the next two years. Following a recent court ruling, the Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Office confirmed that November’s state school board elections will follow a nonpartisan format. Read more>>
A bill has been filed that would close a hole in the state's education budget, keeping the state from cutting millions from public schools. It will allow the state Budget Agency to transfer money from the State Tuition Reserve Fund to offset a reduction in schools' state funding. Read more>>
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The Illinois Community College Board is planning to roll out several alternative ways for people to earn their high school equivalency certificate, other than passing a test. The board plans to offer other methods by the fall of 2018. Read more>>
Like a lot of states, Maine has a shortage of teachers. Proposed rules from the Maine Department of Education could make it easier to certify some teachers and bring them into the system. But some educators worry that the new rules could lower the bar, and bring unqualified teachers into the classroom. Read more>>
In a survey, readers described how their roles in education are changing and how their responsibilities will evolve in the coming years. Read more>>
In the absence of net neutrality, digital equity for students becomes a greater challenge. Even in an ideal scenario when digital equity exists within the classroom, access to technology and reliable high-speed Internet outside of school is far from guaranteed. Read more>>
Teachers need to push students to think for themselves and insist they find evidence to back up their heart, but also to scrutinize the sources of that evidence. History teachers must move away from being the gatekeepers of the information. Read more>>
High schools are on the front lines of educating youths about the drawbacks of vaping. Federal, state, school and family policies are still trying to catch up with the growing trend. Our schools need to have consistent policies, but they can’t be expected to tackle this alone. Read more>>
Miko+ is a companion robot for children incorporating advanced artificial intelligence technology with emotional and social intelligence capabilities. It is also an empathy-centric social robot in which parents can monitor and manage their child’s interactions via an accompanying parental analytics dashboard. Read more>>
Gadsden City Schools is partnering with Schneider Electric on a comprehensive energy efficiency project that will help the district modernize its 14 campuses and reduce its annual operating costs by 27 percent. Read more>>
Little Rock School District selected itslearning as its personalized learning management system. The partnership will make itslearning available to more than 24,000 students across the 48 schools within the district. Read more>>
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Amendments again delayed an Anne Arundel County Council vote on legislation that would slow down residential development near full and almost full county schools. The bill would have reduced the school capacity threshold from 100 percent to 95 percent. Read more>>
It eliminates qualified school construction bonds and Qualified Zone Academy Bonds, tax-advantaged tools that allowed schools to reduce total capital cost for school construction. School officials say eliminating these robs them of a useful tool to control costs. Read more>>
Gov. David Ige’s supplemental budget request to the Hawaii Legislature for next fiscal year includes an additional $24 million in state Department of Education operating funds and an extra $150 million for public school improvement projects, including the construction of a new elementary school. Read more>>
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