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Across Oklahoma, teachers, labor organizers, parents and school boards are taking steps to follow West Virginia in launching their first major strike since 1990 to demand higher pay from the state Legislature. The Oklahoma Education Association plans to unveil a shutdown strategy and a proposed funding measure to pressure lawmakers. Read more>>
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Three tech movements have emerged that stand out among the rest. If we can effectively harness the power of these technologies in the classroom, we can use it to propel students to the next level, enabling them to compete successfully on a world stage. Read more>>
The deal will give a 5 percent pay raise to all West Virginia state employees, including striking teachers and school staff. The deal is intended to end a teachers' strike that has canceled nine consecutive school days across the state. Read more>>
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Changes for Florida’s schools include the use of sales-tax credits to help students attend private schools. The bill to expand school choice, including the promotion of charter schools and the use of publicly funded vouchers to send students to private schools, is being sent to Gov. Rick Scott for signing. Read more>>
The Maryland school system's school board approved a $906.8 million budget that increases class sizes and eliminates an elementary school language program. The approval of a budget that is 10 percent larger than this year’s brings to an end the first phase of cutting the budget and addressing a prolonged deficit. Read more>>
Maryland House of Delegates' Ways and Means Committee rejected a bill that would have prohibited tackling in football and heading in soccer by kids in elementary and middle school. Read more>>
The West Virginia Senate is set to vote on a bill that would reduce state-mandated standardized testing requirements for most private schools in the near term but also, in the future, more closely align testing requirements in those schools to what’s required in public schools. Read more>>
District Administration Survey
How can principals devote more time to instructional leadership? DA is looking to interview district administrators, principals and other experts who have achieved this goal. Contact us>>
A new survey of children ages 9 to 11 found that a large majority, 77 percent, reported witnessing bullying at some point. One in five kids also admitted to being a bully. And only 14 percent strongly agreed that our nation's leaders model how to treat people with kindness. Read more>>
Play-based activities like this one at Curtis Guild School are part of a new curriculum that Boston has been rolling out over the last five years. It's a deliberate shift away from the "kindergarten as the new first grade," way of thinking that's become common in early childhood circles. Read more>>
For the past several decades, America has ramped up its focus and reliance on standardized testing. What should be questioned, however, is how much emphasis we put on tests as well as what kind of testing we should have and for what purpose. What if our overreliance on standardized testing has inhibited our ability to help students? Read more>>
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When it comes to professional development, Regina Teat believes building the instructional capacity of every instructor and classroom teacher is the most effective use of time and money of any program, especially using grant funding. Read more>>
Created by the mathematician and Common Core author Bill McCallum and his team, the LearnZillion Illustrative Mathematics 6-8 Math curriculum includes middle school math lesson plans, student materials and built-in teacher guidance. Read more>>
LifeLaunchr, a virtual, personalized college admissions coaching service, has launched a new free college matching tool that enables students and their parents and counselors to find the right fit based on their individual needs. Read more>>
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