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The city's first comprehensive plan to tackle its massively segregated school system includes increasing the number of students in racially integrated schools while decreasing the number of schools where students are overwhelmingly rich or poor. But the plan doesn't include concrete details on how the city plans to accomplish that ambitious task. Read more>>
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The number of Iowa school districts that share superintendents more than tripled over the past decade as small, rural districts in particular looked for ways to save money. The spike largely can be traced to historically lower increases in state funding, enrollment decreases that led to lower funding, and a state incentive program to share administrative personnel. Read more>>
Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session of the Texas Legislature starting July 18. Abbott said that after legislators address a bill to keep some state agencies from shuttering, he'll add another 19 items to the agenda, including school finance reform and school choice for special needs students. Read more>>
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What is state-of-the-art education technology for today’s students? DA Special Report: TechXcellence
DA Schools of TechXcellence honorees demonstrate the impact of innovative technology in the classroom. Read how our Math and Makerspace honorees use technology to improve student outcomes. Read more>>
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The controversial practice of having “ghost teachers” in public schools is haunting another Pennsylvania school district. A lawsuit was recently filed against the Reading School District, alleging that the teachers have been paid more than $500,000, essentially to skip teaching classes and instead work full time for the local teachers’ union. Read more>>
Austin American-Statesman
As the Texas district's school board fine-tunes a November bond proposal to build and revamp schools, a district advisory committee and facility consultants have presented $1.5 billion in “essential” projects. Trustees didn't signal whether they’ve given up on keeping their bond funding request under $1 billion. Read more>>
A bill that would ban the use of Native American mascots in public schools in Massachusetts is heading to a hearing before the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Education. Activists say dozens of schools in the state have such mascots. Read more>>
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Hundreds of Washington state seniors are still waiting to hear if they will be getting a diploma this month. Passing the state high-school biology test, which current law requires them to pass before graduating, should not hold them up.The biology test is no longer a relevant part of Washington’s graduation requirements as the state has adopted new science standards. Read more>>
When online education emerged about two decades ago, many experts believed it would be used to fill gaps in curricula. But online credit recovery has morphed into a booming, baffling business in which dozens of companies of varying quality compete to sell school districts the latest virtual versions of courses. There are no comprehensive national statistics on how many districts are using it. Read more>>
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Cengage/Big Ideas Learning, LLC
National Geographic Learning and Big Ideas Learning LLC, announced an exclusive partnership to deliver Big Ideas Math, written by Dr. Ron Larson and Dr. Laurie Boswell, to middle and high schools across the U.S. Read more>>
Ten new school districts in six states have signed on with Source4Teachers for the 2017-2018 school year. For each of their partners, Source4Teachers introduces SAMS, a proprietary online management system which records absences and secures substitutes. Read more>>
Florida Virtual School/Mawi
Florida Virtual School, in collaboration with Mawi Learning, will launch the M/J Peer Counseling 1 course geared specifically towards middle school students. Students will learn how to manage time, set goals and get organized in addition understanding peer pressure, building strong friendships and other strategies. Read more>>
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