| |
"David's Law" was filed in the Texas Legislature in Austin. The bill aims to prevent and combat cyberbullying by requiring school districts across the state to include cyberbullying policies in their district policies. If passed, the law would also require notifying parents if their child is a victim of bullying or is the alleged aggressor. Read more>>
|
 |
Thousands of high school students across America, many of whom were not old enough to participate in this November's presidential election, are nevertheless making their opposition to the results known by staging organized, symbolic walkouts at their schools in Maryland, Los Angeles and other towns and cities. Read more>>
In an effort to boost student performance, school system administrators proposed to have 10 academically struggling, high-poverty Wake County schools use the same flexibility that charter schools now get to set their school calendars and to spend state money. Read more>>
|
|
Teachers lead charge against LGBTQ bullying
Educators need specialized professional development to prevent the bullying of LGBTQ students, according to a recent report released by the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network. Some 85 percent of teachers received PD to deal with bullying, but just 33 percent received training in LGBTQ issues. Read more>>
|
In Fayette County, seventh- and eighth-graders can compete on high school athletic teams. The Kentucky school district will revisit the current policy that says middle school students enrolled in special academic programs won’t be allowed to participate in high school extracurricular activities outside their high schools of residence. Read more>>
The California district is in the process of undergoing a major expansion of a program that helps high school students get college credit. Fresno USD signed a new partnership agreement with State Center Community College District to expand dual enrollment opportunities to 44 different sections for students at every high school. Last year, the district offered only five dual enrollment classes. Read more>>
State Impact/Indiana Public Broadcasting
Gary Community Schools have struggled financially the last few years as enrollment dropped. They are now working with a state-hired financial consultant and legislators to help the Indiana district financially succeed. This comes after a school referendum failed last week. Read more>>
|
|
| |
| |
Bullying simply has no place in our society. Kentucky's numbers are alarming, to say the least. They are proof that more needs to be done. Hopefully, schools will continue to help address the issue and parents will play a more instrumental role in educating their children by conveying to them to treat others as they would like to be treated. Read more>>
The focus at Robert W. Coleman Elementary is not on punishment but on mindfulness—a mantra of daily life at an unusual urban Baltimore school that has moved away from detention and suspension to something educators hope is more effective. Read more>>
|
|
The goal of making is not to get every kid to be hands-on, but it enables us to be good learners. It's the practice of learning new things and understanding how things work. It is the process that you are developing so that you are able, over time, to tackle more interesting and challenging problems. Read more>>
|
Office Depot partnered with Florida's Hillsborough County Public Schools and Georgia's Clayton County Public Schools to reduce educators’ out-of-pocket expenses for classroom tools and supplies. The solution, Office Depot’s classroom enablement program, is designed to help individual classroom teachers access available funding that is often underused or forgotten Read more>>
NWEA has launched a pilot program to certify that Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) growth assessment results are incorporated and represented with fidelity on platforms that aggregate student and school data. Otus has signed on as the first partner in the program; MAP data is now included within the Otus Student Performance Platform. Read more>>
Among the districts to begin new STEMscopes California implementations from Accelerate Learning are the Tustin and Laguna Beach USDs in Orange County. In addition, Ocean View School District and Pasadena, Torrance, and Manhattan Beach USDs are expanding their use of the curriculum to additional grade levels. Read more>>
|
| |
The Texas district's board of managers named Emilio Castro, deputy superintendent of administration and leadership at San Antonio ISD, as the sole finalist for superintendent. He will replace Sylvester Perez, the state-appointed interim superintendent who took over after the previous superintendent, Jose Cervantes, was given a buyout last year. Read more>>
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Marietta's board of education named Grant Rivera, current chief of staff to the superintendent of the Cobb County School District, to be the new superintendent after a national search. Current superintendent Emily Lembeck announced her retirement after 12 years in the role. Read more>>
The superintendent of Fluvanna County schools will be leaving her position by the start of next year. Gena Keller has been named the Virginia Department of Education's new coordinator for professional development. Read more>>
|
![[image] DA Daily Newsletter, a District Administration publication](https://newslettercollector.nl/link/na/?out=http%3A%2F%2Fmail2.educatorsportal.com%2Fresponse%2Fredirect.aspx%3Fmuid%3D10833%26cuid%3Dbb1596ac-f24c-4b8d-8da3-a17fdd7319dd%26linktext%3DIMAGE%26au%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.districtadministration.com%252Fsites%252Fdistrictadministration%252Ffiles%252FDAdaily-logo_2014.gif%26al%3D%255Bimage%255D%2520DA%2520Daily%2520Newsletter%252C%2520a%2520District%2520Administration%2520publication%26targeturl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fdistrictadministration.com&publisher=Districtadministration.com&publisher_id=503b950fffa67e2c7900094b&text=){kind=logo}