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State education spending was slashed by $5.3 billion from 2011 to 2016. Some of the most drastic cuts to instruction were felt at programs serving high school students, bilingual students, low-income students and special education students. Read more>>
Students from primarily rural and low-income areas will participate in performing arts and history curriculum centered around Alexander Hamilton and the Founding Fathers. But same state leaders expressed concerns about the use of adult language in the musical and the production’s presentation of historical events and figures. Read more>>
Under the proposal, students and parents would report bullying and other incidents to their schools. After a 15-day window, they could move to other public schools or receive scholarships to attend private schools. Read more>>
New York City’s public school system is preparing for an influx of Puerto Rican evacuees whose families move north, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, calling accepting the children “a moral obligation.” But, he urged that hurricane-ravaged Puerto Ricans not move to the city unless they have local roots. Read more>>
District is seeking to avoid state takeovers or closures triggered by low performance. Now, all core-subject teachers at one high school are bilingual certified. And a PreK-8 building's new leadership team hosts monthly teacher/parent meetings and has started parental empowerment initiatives. Read more>>
Wake County school board members want to give all 180 principals a 5 percent raise this year even though the principals backed another plan that would award different amounts based on how well schools performed on exams. Read more>>
In September, New York’s Board of Regents voted to revise the standardsand drop the Common Core name in favor of “Next Generation Learning Standards.” Read more>>
Many local education officials were not enforcing the exclusions because they didn't want students to be absent from school, not realizing that it was required by law, North Dakota's superintendent of public instruction said. Read more>>
Arizona schools could get a do-over on their A-through-F grades after the president of the State Board of Education, in conjunction with the Governor’s Office, decided that the school letter grades announced this week were flawed and need revision. Read more>>
Students should be ready for any post-high school path, and right now, the education system may be overemphasizing college readiness, respondents said. More emphasis should be placed on preparing teenagers who will join the workforce after high school. Read more>>
Stiff competition between charter and district schools presents an opportunity to collaborate. But parents may prove to be the deciding force, because they vote with their feet. Read more>>
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Participation in high-school football is down 3.5 percent over the past five years. The decline would be much steeper if not for a handful of states in the South and the West. Throughout the Northeast, the Midwest and the West Coast fewer kids are playing football. Read more>>
After shootings at the former SuccessTech Academy by a troubled student 10 years ago, the district has made teaching social and emotional skills a regular part of the school day. Researchers found after the shootings that students faced harsh discipline both at school and at home. Read more>>
Study Groups is a new social experience that will help students tackle their toughest assignments with their friends and classmates, whether it's figuring out logistics, sharing resources or providing pointers. Students can also create groups focused on academic topics. Read more>>
Capstone debuted Capstone Community, an online forum for educators to find resources, share ideas, ask questions, and get help from a community of PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next users. Read more>>
edWeb.net and littleBits Education are partnering to host STEM Learning: Full STEAM Ahead, a free, professional learning community on edWeb that will support educators working with students in grades 2-8. The online forum, free edWebinars, peer collaboration, access to a professional learning center and more will be offered. Read more>>
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