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The Trump administration’s recent decision to roll back affirmative action guidelines will also likely have a far-reaching impact on K12 schools. Public school districts across the country have long wrestled with how to desegregate their schools in ways supported by the law. Read more>>
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Follett School Solutions, Inc. introduces Lightbox, an interactive, digital e-book that incorporates video, audio, Google Maps, worksheets, quizzes and more. Read more>>
A school safety task force created by Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval adopted 14 recommendations for consideration in drafting the next state budget, including adding funding for campus police officers and increasing the number of social workers in schools over 15 years. Read more>>
The school district was one of three to participate in the Pennsylvania Department of Education’s school improvement pilot program, a new plan to more closely share state resources with districts that have the lowest-performing schools. The strategy is a major piece of the state blueprint under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act. Read more>>
The Stepping Stones kindergarten program at Community Consolidated School District 180 assures first-grade readiness for all students with an additional kindergarten teacher who serves in multiple classes. Read more>>
According to an Ohio State Auditor survey of school districts, less than half of respondent districts had policies regarding crowdfunding. Around one fifth of the state’s districts responded. State Auditor Dave Yost warned that lack of policy creates risks like compromising student confidentiality or using donations for personal use. Read more>>
Officials with the state Department of Education have fielded numerous questions from district leaders related to medical marijuana and the department plans to issue guidance to schools next month. The department's general counsel is in the process of researching school policies in other states and developing emergency rules. Read more>>
For the second year in a row, school districts in South Jersey will have to scramble to make budget adjustments due to last-minute state aid changes. Many districts in the region lost funding from the governor’s initial proposed state aid figures released in March, but received flat aid compared with the 2017-18 school year. Read more>>
The New Orleans turnaround shows the power of giving more freedom to teachers and principals—and then holding them accountable for their performance. It is also a great case study partly because it avoids many of the ambiguities of other education reform efforts. Read more>>
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Dollar for dollar, the beleaguered movement to bring charter schools to Washington state has had no bigger champion than billionaire Bill Gates. It's an extreme example of how billionaires are influencing state education policy by giving money to state-level charter support organizations to sustain, defend and expand the charter schools movement. Read more>>
Children who can’t read well by third grade are more likely to become drop-outs. Research-based coaching could make a critical difference. One teacher-training program focuses on showing public school teachers who work in New York City’s high-poverty schools how to skillfully get students in the early grades to read at grade level. Read more>>
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IBM Watson and Edmodo are collaborating to develop a personalized content recommendation engine that can be integrated within Edmodo's existing social education platform by combining Watson Classroom's Cognitive Library service and millions of resources shared on Edmodo. Read more>>
SuperMatch, a college search tool available to Naviance students, has historically included the ability to search for schools that were LGBT-friendly. Partnering with Campus Pride will now provide more comprehensive and current information for this search tool. Read more>>
In the latest in a line of major enhancements to its website content management system for schools, Campus Suite has launched new calendar features that now give schools the ability to have an ADA-compliant, fully accessible school calendar that plugs right into parent's personal online calendars. Read more>>
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Michael Behrmann is the new superintendent of the Michigan school district. He most recently worked in the Rochester Community Schools district as the executive director of elementary education. Behrmann succeeds former Superintendent Mark Tompkins, who retired in January. Read more>>
Brad Kelvington, former superintendent of Aitkin Public Schools, will lead Rocori Public Schools. He will replace Scott Staska. Kelvington has 28 years of educational experience, most recently at Aitkin schools, but also as a middle-school principal. Read more>>
Joshua Smith has been named as superintendent of the Connecticut school district, effective on or about September 30, 2018. He will replace Regina Lemerich Botsford, who retired after serving as superintendent for nearly five years in the Region. Read more>>
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