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The Trump administration is delaying Obama-era requirements aimed at making school meals healthier for kids. The USDA released an interim final rule allowing schools to serve flavored one-percent milk and get a state exemption to serve grains that are not whole-grain rich through the 2018-19 school year. Read more>>
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The roles of educators are shifting as instructional practices advance, schools more actively support the students’ social-emotional development and new technology is integrated. Whether you’re a superintendent, central office administrator, principal or teacher, please follow the link to tell us how your role is changing. Your input may be included in our January 2018 Look Ahead issue of DA. Read more>>
Taken together, 93 suburban school districts' enrollment dropped by 1.5 percent from 2008 to the end of the 2016-17 school year, an analysis of Illinois State Board of Education report card data shows. At the same time, the number of teaching positions increased by 2.5 percent. Read more>>
The state’s public school funding remains 11.7 percent below education spending levels before the recession hit in 2008, a new national report says, adding that the decline has undercut the state’s ability to reform its education system and improve its economic outlook. Read more>>
A pilot program in one Boston neighborhood in four schools to improve school food could transform the way students eat. The organizers have been testing the feasibility of preparing and cooking the food at the individual schools so that students are being served scratch-cooked meals five days a week. Read more>>
New provisions will cause educators at all levels to be taxed at higher rates, and prevent many from capitalizing on tuition remission programs. The House bill also eliminates a deduction that allows teachers to subtract up to $250 spent on school supplies from their gross income. Read more>>
Although increases in state aid to K12 schools has been small, Iowa's total state funding per student, adjusted for inflation, increased 20.6 percent from 2008 to 2015. State aid to public schools has declined dramatically in a majority of states over the past decade. Read more>>
DA wants to tell the stories of the new wave of instructional technology directors who are finding purposeful ways to integrate new edtech into classrooms. If you want to share the problems you solve and the challenges you face each day, please follow the link to connect with us. Read more>>
Turning the tide on Americans' poor reading skills will require profound changes in how reading is taught, in standardized testing and in school curriculums. Underlying all these changes must be a better understanding of how the mind comprehends what it reads. Read more>>
Flexible seating in classrooms is becoming more popular as educators try to make school feel like a welcoming place with different kinds of spaces for learning. But educators who have followed this path insist there are some serious considerations to keep in mind, including consulting with custodians. Read more>>
That high school journalists are capable of work rivaling that of professionals, and that they have taken the lead in battling a lack of government transparency, should come as no surprise to anyone. Some of the best journalism in America today is coming out of student-run outlets. Read more>>
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Sheldon ISD in Houston has relied on community support and its own resilience to get classes going again. Read more>>
Amino Labs’ first official product release, DNA Playground, is an easy-to-use lab tool for exploring the world of biology and genetic engineering for non-scientists, makers, tinkerers and students. Read more>>
To ensure that high schools, community and technical colleges offer students training in the latest advancements in welding, zSpace announced a partnership with Mimbus, a vocational training solutions provider, to offer a new welding application and handheld simulator to give welders and boilermakers a competitive edge. Read more>>
The Virginia Department of Education has added Renaissance Star Assessments to its list of student growth assessments. The assessments provide screening, goal setting and progress monitoring data to help students master Virginia’s Standards of Learning in reading and math. Read more>>
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People living in the Everett School District next year will be asked to approve a $330.6 million bond measure of which nearly two-thirds, $216.8 million, would be for the construction of a new comprehensive high school to open in 2022. Read more>>
Districts will be able to increase property taxes by at least 2.4 percent in the 2018-19 school year. They can only exceed their limits if they seek approval from voters at a referendum, or get referendum exceptions from the state. Exceptions are available for school construction debt and several other factors. Read more>>
The New York district’s school board was presented with a construction and renovation plan that would bring new buildings to the main campus and to other schools millions more in improvements, including new classrooms, libraries and dedicated art and music spaces. Read more>>
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