TOP NEWS The State A South Carolina House bill would levy a 7 percent fee on firearm sales. Money generated from those sales—estimated at $19.5 million a year—would be funneled into a school safety fund at the Education Department to be spent solely on school resource officers. Read more>> Sponsored Sponsored by Transfinder Take control of your day! The new Routefinder GO from Transfinder empowers your mobile device, allowing you the freedom of not being tethered to your office. Read more>> The News & Observer The National Guard has been called on over the years to restore the peace after natural disasters and other emergencies, but few North Carolina school board members think it's time to deploy soldiers at schools as a security measure. Read more>> WEKU Legislation assuring that Kentucky public school students will be taught about the Holocaust has won final passage in the general assembly. The bill requires every public middle and high school to provide instruction on the Holocaust and other acts of genocide. Read more>> Chalkbeat In the latest sign of the convergence between Indianapolis Public Schools and the city’s charter schools, the district is joining with the Office of Mayor Joe Hogsett for a campaign to recruit educators to Indianapolis. Read more>> The Plain Dealer A survey found that a majority of Ohio voters, including both parents and teachers, support starting the school year later in the summer—in contrast to a statewide trend that has more districts opening earlier, as early as the first week of August. Read more>> AL.com The House of Representatives approved a compromise version of the 2019 education budget, a plan that would boost spending from the Education Trust Fund by $216 million over this year, about a 3 percent increase. The budget calls for spending $6.6 billion the Education Trust Fund, the second largest amount ever. Read more>> From DA Magazine Nancy Mann Jackson While teacher absenteeism is sometimes unavoidable, schools across the country are following varied strategies toward higher attendance. Read more>> OPINION Brookings Offering relocation assistance appears to be the strongest predictor of a more diverse teacher workforce, followed closely by loan forgiveness, bonuses for excellence in teaching and teaching in less desirable locations. These four types are associated with increases of 2 to 4 percentage points in a school’s minority representation among teachers. Read more>> The Register-Guard Teaching is also about forming relationships with students. It has become impossible to do that effectively when you have as many as 40 students in an elementary classroom. We used to be able to deal with disruptive students much better when we had reasonable class sizes. Read more>> Bangor Daily News Our shift to an information society with an aging workforce requires that children are educated to be highly literate, technologically savvy, able to analyze multiple sources of data and work well with others. Proficiency-based learning will help all students meet expectations set forth in standards and achieve proficiency. Read more>> INDUSTRY NEWS Acer Acer unveiled the first education tablet running Chrome OS, the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 (D651N). It will be used in K12 classrooms to bring the speed, simplicity and security of Chrome OS into the tablet form factor. Read more>> Apple The iPad and Apple Pencil give users the ability to be even more creative and productive with features such as a large Retina display, a powerful chip. enhanced cameras and advanced sensors that help deliver immersive augmented reality, portability, ease of use and all-day battery life. Read more>> ScholarChip A version of ScholarChip's visitor management program is now available to eligible schools, free of charge. The Forever Free version includes two critical components: the ability to register and check in visitors, and the capacity to check visitors against a comprehensive database of sex offenders. Read more>> ✭ Visit the District Administration's PR Portal ✭ | 