TOP NEWS CBS News Interest in insurance coverage against school shooting incidents is on the rise from both public and private schools. That's especially so in the wake of the latest high-profile mass shootings in Florida and Texas, according to companies that sell this type of insurance. Read more>> Sponsored Sponsored by PowerGistics Classroom Sets by PowerGistics are now available. Deploying devices in your classroom can take a substantial amount of time over the course of a year. Save class time by having multiple access points in your classroom for your devices. Find out which set is right for you with the Classroom Set Selection tool. Read more>> MLive Before, playing one snap of Division I football would have claimed a season of eligibility. A new policy adopted by the NCAA will allow student-athletes playing football at the Football Bowl Subdivision and Football Championship Subdivision levels to play in four games in a season without using a season of competition. Read more>> The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Three school districts serving Augusta, Savannah and Dawson have been added to the state's school turnaround portfolio. The school systems have agreed to enter the state program established by lawmakers last year at the request of Gov. Nathan Deal. Read more>> Detroit Free Press Detroit's public school district has 200 teaching vacancies and is campaigning to lure kids back to its schools. That may be a big challenge considering just half the teachers and support staff and fewer than 40 percent of central office staff would recommend the district, according to a survey. Read more>> WRAL Because of the rise of substance use in students, there is a new push to establish so-called "recovery high schools" programs that allow teens to overcome addiction issues while continuing their education. A new Triangle-area school will be launched where the entire student body is recovering from addiction. Read more>> The Texas Tribune Following Gov. Greg Abbott's recommendations on school gun safety, members of a Senate committee on school violence debated the efficacy of expanding programs that already arm faculty and school staff. Read more>> OPINION The Columbus Dispatch Colleges of education are preparing the next generation of teachers. But they should not have to face what this generation is facing. The Ohio “red flag” law would allow family members or law enforcement to seize guns from individuals who pose a threat to themselves or others. Read more>> The Kansas City Star The Kansas Supreme Court has yet to tell the state's citizens if they are spending enough on their schools. That's a potential problem because the same court has said the schools can't be funded past the end of the month and won't have money to open. Read more>> The 74 New research suggests that multilingual fourth and eighth graders have made huge strides over the past 15 years on the NAEP. While the scores of monolingual English speakers have also climbed somewhat since 2003 and remain higher overall, they have only improved by one-half or one-third the number of NAEP points as multilingual students. Read more>> INDUSTRY NEWS Curriculum Associates Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Instruction for Grades K–8 recently met all correlation criteria for the WIDA PRIME V2 Protocol for Review of Instructional Materials for ELLs Read more>> Tata Consultancy Services Ltd/Discovery Education Tata Consultancy Services and Discovery Education announced the South Georgia launch of their Ignite My Future in School initiative, in collaboration with Georgia Public Broadcasting. Teachers will receive professional development, educational resources and year-round support to integrate computational thinking into core subjects. Read more>> Encyclopaedia Britannica Group Powered by a large semantic general-reference dataset, Britannica Insights is a free Chrome browser extension that enables searchers to get verified information on their search results page. Read more>> ✭ Visit the District Administration's PR Portal ✭ CONSTRUCTION WATCH Burlington Free Press The Burlington School Board gave the superintendent the order to cease any action planned on district construction projects. Protest arose with a $19 million bond city voters approved in March 2017 that was originally earmarked for deferred maintenance projects. Instead, the district shifted some of that money into the pre-K construction projects without vetting the plans to the public. Read more>> The Washington Post A state senator unveiled a proposal to provide Maryland’s largest school districts with as much as $5 billion in construction funding. The plan would use revenue from the state lottery to supplement money already earmarked for school renovation and construction. Read more>> The Boston Globe Most of the 16 charter schools in Boston have either a major construction project underway, recently completed one, or are about to embark on one. This flurry of activity over the past five years starkly contrasts the anemic pace of a public school construction program. Read more>> | 