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Texas public schools will have a little more wiggle room on the new A-F accountability system under an overhaul plan lawmakers passed. But education officials are still combing through the fine print of the last-minute deal, unsure the changes made anything significantly better for schools. Read more>>
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State law allows Montana school boards to let anyone carry a gun in schools. But fewer than one percent of schools do in 300 communities in a state that loves guns. Read more>>
A state budget crisis here has forced schools across the state to make painful decisions. Class sizes have ballooned, art and foreign-language programs have shrunk or disappeared, and with no money for new textbooks, children go without. And students in scores of districts are now going to school just four days a week. Read more>>
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Models of CIO leadership
How do effective CIOs model the leadership skills necessitated by rapidly advancing technologies? DA would like to interview CIOs about modeling day-to-day work habits, use of technology and collaborative tactics that they hope to see adopted by IT staff and district educators. Please follow the link to connect with us. Read more>>
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The Madison County Commission voted to file a lawsuit against the City of Jackson following the city council's vote to reallocate $12 million to the city’s general fund instead of continuing to donate it to the Jackson-Madison County School System. In addition to filing the lawsuit, the county commission will ask for an injunction on the funding. Read more>>
Grade Results claims the Athens school system has refused to pay nearly $2.1 million in fees for over 400 students registered in a virtual education program for incarcerated youths for which the district received funding. Read more>>
The Winner School District reached a milestone in South Dakota civil rights history when it completed a court-ordered process instituted more than a decade ago to overhaul and revamp its treatment of Native American students. Read more>>
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Virtual reality offers real rewards in education
In four Utica Community elementary schools in metro Detroit, students as young as 10 manipulate and pull apart the organs of the body, build roller coasters, and design and test 3D prototypes. Read more>>
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A draft plan for holding Arkansas’ public school districts and schools responsible for student achievement calls for 90 percent of all students to achieve at their grade levels in math and English/language arts by the 2030-31 school year. Read more>>
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When students report on the study strategies they use most often many say they reread and memorize from their textbook or their notes, underline and highlight. Often students have never been taught effective study strategies and experience deep frustration when they put hours of work into studying and see no results in their performance. Read more>>
This goes well beyond the usual platitudes and advice or leaving teachers to their own devices to cope with challenging situations. Disruptive students can certainly be a challenge. Rather than putting all the responsibility on teachers, we need to put structures in place that support the behavior change and culture shift that we’re advocating for. Read more>>
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Too often principals and their deputies have to deal with hundreds of things that have little to do directly with teaching and learning: student discipline, school maintenance, the cafeteria, safety, transportation, paperwork and lots more. Read more>>
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The Ergotron YES Basic Charging Cart is a simple power management system that charges, stores and transports up to 36 mini-laptops and tablets. It is equipped with flexible shelves and bays. Read more>>
120WaterAudit, a water quality technology and testing company, was selected as the technology and laboratory coordination provider to help with drinking-water testing in more than 700 public schools throughout Indiana. Read more>>
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The West Virginia school district's board of education chose Todd Alexander, who is currently the assistant superintendent of leadership for Cabell County Schools. Alexander will replace interim superintendent David L. Roach, who took over for Steven Paine after he was chosen as the next West Virginia superintendent of schools. Read more>>
Wicked Local North of Boston
The 2016 New Hampshire Superintendent of the Year will lead Ipswich's schools. Brain Blake, Sanborn Regional School District's superintendent for the past eight years, will become the Massachusetts district's top leader when current Ipswich school Superintendent William Hart retires at the end of the school year. Read more>>
William “Bill” Hall has been hired as the new Willow Springs R-IV school district superintendent after six years leading the Salina school district in Kansas. He takes over from Derrick Hutsell, who will be heading to Willard Public Schools District as the new assistant superintendent of operations. Read more>>
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