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There are now 27 majority-minority school districts in Minnesota—double the number there was just five years ago. Today, nearly a quarter of students in public school districts in Minnesota are in majority-minority districts. Read more>>
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How can districts survive and respond to a wide variety of threats, ranging from small hiccups to catastrophic destruction? The threats to ongoing operations range from human error to malicious attacks to natural disasters. Districts should prepare for all scenarios with disaster recovery plans. Read more>>
County Executive Steve Bellone signed a safety bill for 450 schools in Suffolk County. It provides a smartphone app with a panic button to alert police of an active shooter and other emergencies. It also gives first responders vital information, including floor plans and points of entry. Read more>>
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
New laws will change testing, discipline, funding and what’s taught. For the first time, students starting in kindergarten will learn about sexual abuse and how to report it. Another bill lets school districts experiment with alternatives to the state’s standardized tests. Read more>>
As part of the bond, Wake County commissioners will ask voters this fall for permission to borrow $548 million to fund two years of a proposed seven-year new build and renovation program for the Wake County Public School System. Read more>>
The Jordan School District intends to be one of the first in Utah to have a full-time psychologist in each of its 36 elementary schools starting this fall. Its school board approved the mental health initiative as part of a $710 million budget. Read more>>
Leaders from at least 137 public high schools plan to meet to discuss the possibility of exiting the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. At the heart of the debate is the belief that private and charter schools have an edge because they can recruit athletes without the geographic boundaries that define public schools. Read more>>
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
With every school shooting, we hear the common cry, “Get them to mental health!” While there is good reason to worry about the mental illness of our nation as the country becomes more fragmented and polarized, the public mental health system has collapsed. What happened? How did it disappear? Read more>>
Is a school where only one fourth-grader is able to read at grade level violating students’ constitutional guarantee to a basic education? A new lawsuit could move forward with this claim, that the state’s Department of Education is depriving low-income students of equal access to learning to read and write. Read more>>
The state’s public schools have enjoyed a remarkable restoration of funding since the bone-deep cuts they endured during the recession, but many are now facing a grave financial threat as they struggle to protect pensions crucial for teachers’ retirement. Read more>>
The Mississippi Department of Education has approved Renaissance Star Assessments as universal reading screeners in kindergarten through third grade, beginning in the fall of 2018. Read more>>
EverWhite today is introducing a mobile ballistic, whiteboard panel system as a shelter-in-place solution for schools and other public spaces. The system of connectable panels offers high-level ballistic protection during incidents, with EverWhite’s non-staining whiteboards for daily use. Read more>>
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eSchoolView and Education Funding Partners will give eSchoolView website customers a free, turnkey funding solution through EFP adNet. The tool seamlessly embeds safe programmatic digital advertising on school district and school websites. Read more>>
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Scott Kizner was appointed the new superintendent of Stafford County Public Schools. He has served as the superintendent of Harrisonburg City Public Schools since 2010. Read more>>
The nine new “executive superintendents” that Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza is adding to the New York City education bureaucracy will cost at least $2.5 million a year. Department of Education officials say the posts will streamline operations. Read more>>
The Mission school district hired Carolina Perez, who is coming from Kingsville where she was superintendent of schools there for four years. Read more>>
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