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A constitutional amendment has been proposed that would place term limits on school board members across the state. The proposal comes as the state Constitution Revision Commission also considers placing a school-board term limit proposal on the November 2018 ballot. Read more>>
District Administration Survey
With the homework pendulum swinging back and forth in the era of edtech, has your district revised its homework policies in the last few years? If so, why? And how have you handled reactions from parents? Please follow the link to connect with us and share your insights for an upcoming DA features story. Contact us>>
A 180-day school year is the law in New York, but may not be for much longer. State education policymakers are currently weighing a more flexible school year—one that can start earlier than September and be counted in hours, not days. Read more>>
White students in Wisconsin had the third highest graduation rate in the nation during the 2015-16 school year, at 92.7 percent. Meanwhile, their black peers graduated from high school at the second lowest rate in the country, 64.2 percent. Read more>>
A state commission says the Santa Fe-based New Mexico Connections Academy, the state’s largest online charter school, should not have its charter renewed. The state Department of Education noted that students’ proficiency rates in math this year dropped to 11 percent. Read more>>
The Texas school district is one of 20 districts and charter systems chosen to participate in a pilot district grading program. In addition to receiving letter grades from the state, school districts will have the ability to grade their campuses under a locally-developed accountability system. Read more>>
The New York City Department of Education is closing 14 city public schools, including nine that are part of Mayor Bill de Blasio's Renewal School Program and were given targeted resources to improve. Read more>>
DA’s TechXcellence national recognition program is shining the spotlight on creative professional development and reading and writing instruction programs that incorporate technology to boost results. Read more>>
Principals lack the experience and expertise in early childhood education that is needed as pre-K programs expand in public elementary schools and that could inhibit their ability to manage and support preschool teachers, according to a new report. Read more>>
How much a teacher spends depends a lot on what and whom they teach. No matter the class and the classroom supplies needed, though, teachers in high-poverty schools often find themselves digging even deeper into their own pockets to buy extra food for their students and clothing. Read more>>
In a new study, a Stanford University professor of poverty and inequality in education looked at countrywide math and reading test data from children in grades three through eight. He found some fascinating and surprising results that call into question how we think about “good” and “bad” schools. Read more>>
Florida’s charter schools are not required to comply with Florida Building Code requirements for educational facilities. Read more>>
With the integration into Schoology, Partners4Results now enables educators to seamlessly administer common assessments, capture student performance results, and post data to the Schoology Learning Management System. Read more>>
Urban School Food Alliance
Boston Public Schools becomes the latest member of the Urban School Food Alliance, a coalition of the largest school districts in the U.S. The alliance's member districts share best practices as well as leverage their collective purchasing power to drive school food quality up and costs down. Read more>>
Johnson Controls has introduced Metasys Enterprise Management, a comprehensive, analytical, cloud-based optimization platform that proactively analyzes building energy and equipment data across an enterprise to identify issues, faults and opportunities for improved performance and operational savings. Read more>>
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The Dothan City School Board is offering the superintendent position to former Decatur City Schools Superintendent Phyllis Edwards. The Alabama school system has been searching since June, when former superintendent Chuck Ledbetter resigned to take a job in Pike Road. Read more>>
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Kathy Kinnison Rollo grew up attending Lubbock ISD schools and then serving her entire 28-year career as a teacher and administrator in its schools. She left within the past year to work at Texas Tech, but is now set to return to Lubbock ISD as its new superintendent. Read more>>
After a nearly two-year process and a couple of false starts, the school board has selected the superintendent of Regional School Unit 38 to become Cape Elizabeth’s school chief. Donna H. Wolfrom is currently in her sixth year as superintendent of the Maranacook Area Schools. Read more>>
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