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A proposal to amend Tennessee's Constitution and leave the General Assembly with sole discretion over what it spends on public schools moved through a House panel following heated debate. Read more>>
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Two St. Paul public high schools have agreed to create new higher-level classes to challenge up to 50 charter school students each year who’ve spent the past nine years immersed in either Chinese or German for most of their schooling. Read more>>
A new school in Baltimore City is giving more public school students the opportunity to experience a single-sex education. There were 78 Baltimore City fifth- and sixth-graders who were selected by lottery to be part of the Lillie May Carroll Jackson School's inaugural all-girls class. Read more>>
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Calling all ‘Districts of Distinction’
If your school system is leading the way with an innovative project that is improving student outcomes, streamlining operations or meeting community needs, it could be a District of Distinction. Dozens of school systems have been honored by Districts of Distinction, a national recognition program that highlights new ideas that work. Read more>>
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The bill would prohibit public schools from raising property taxes to recover more than their losses when students use vouchers to leave for private schools. Current state statutes actually allow districts to generate more than their losses as taxes can be raised to their per-student limit. Read more>>
Elementary school students struggling to read will receive an extra month of instruction this summer under a new Beaufort County School District requirement. About 2,000 elementary school students are expected to need the free specialized classes, which will be required for students who score in the bottom 25 percent on standardized reading tests. Read more>>
The seven New York City elementary schools participating in a pilot program to socioeconomically and racially diversify their student bodies met their goals for next year’s kindergarten admissions in all but one case, meaning their youngest students will be substantially more diverse than the year before. Read more>>
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Growing fundraising gap raises equity questions
The amount of money raised annually by nonprofit parent-run organizations soared from $197 million in 1995 to $880 million in 2010. Aggressive fundraising to support athletic teams, buy school equipment and funds field trips further widens disparities between affluent and economically challenged districts. Read more>>
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School district officials have rejected a "parent trigger" petition with enough signatures from a group seeking to turn over control of 20th Street Elementary School to a charter school operator. The response states that the school isn't eligible for the process since it met its "adequate yearly progress" target under federal school accountability laws. Read more>>
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In order to retain special educators in their schools over the course of their careers, we must provide them with adequate time to do their jobs, administrative and collegial support for learning to teach, high-quality professional development opportunities and the material resources necessary to teach. Read more>>
We can have peaceful debates about who and what is most important to include in a third-grade history book. But research shows that parents and grandparents are the most effective teachers of children at that age; kids might not listen as carefully as we would like, but they will remember we had a disagreement with what they were reading. Read more>>
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A bill that would require schools to notify parents about classroom content of a sexually explicit nature has alarmed a group that claims to oppose censorship. The public schools are public. All citizens have the right to chime in about what they’re teaching. But that right does not pop in and out of existence depending on whether their objections are deemed valid or foolish. Read more>>
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Hubbell Control Solutions
The wiSCAPE Fixture Module UNV lighting control is a bidirectional wireless device that allows any outdoor light fixture to be managed, monitored and metered. The new Hubbell Control Solution device is flexible, functioning as an autonomous system or wirelessly managed from a central system. Read more>>
The relationship-based TalentED Project tool, a partnership between UBS, the Tennessee College Access & Success Network and Discovery Education, connects admissions recruiters with college access professionals to help match lower-income, first-generation college-goers with institutions that are a good fit for them. Read more>>
Skyward's new Family Access Toolkit will assist districts in the implementation of its online portal. Family Access connects educators and parents by providing information on assignments, test scores, attendance, fees and more. Read more>>
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