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Deseret News
Lawmakers are considering policy changes to speed up the acquisition of land for new charter schools and further expansions of existing schools. The Administrative Rules Review Committee questioned what authority charter schools have to call on the state to seize property through eminent domain laws. Read more>>
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
With Medicaid under assault in Washington, Georgia’s top community health agency approved a nursing services reimbursement program that could more than double the number of school nurses in the state by drawing an estimated $48.6 million in additional federal dollars, assuming no major changes to Medicaid. Read more>>
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The Wichita Eagle
The Supreme Court justices appeared skeptical that a new school funding plan offers enough money for education. At the hearing, the justices at times appeared exasperated by arguments in favor of the formula, and by requests that the court wait potentially years to see whether the new law works. Read more>>
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Billings Gazette
A new plan for evaluating the quality of Montana schools calls for whopping test score improvements compared to past scores, especially for students who typically struggle on tests. The goals target a provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act that requires schools to administer standardized tests and work toward “ambitious” and “achievable" goals. Read more>>
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NBC Bay Area
The San Jose USD agreed with students who raised concerns the dress code was unfair to female students. The dress code includes a ban on halter tops and certain shorts. District officials are now revising the code to be clothing "suitable" for the classroom and leaving it up for families to decide. Read more>>
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The rural Grandview School District has only 825 students during the school year. But this summer, it raked in thousands of state dollars for educating about 1,500 students from across Missouri through its own online school. All the students are taking the classes tuition-free, thanks to state funding that has helped the district beef up its summer virtual class offerings. Read more>>
From DA Magazine
Ray Bendici
The latest K12 school designs in classrooms favor versatile and adaptive spaces to support blended and project-based learning, as well as other progressive education techniques. Read more>>
Opinion & Analysis
The Washington Post
As schools around the nation have been under pressure to reduce suspensions, seven of 18 high schools in Washington, D.C.'s traditional public school system have kicked students out of school for misbehaving without calling it a suspension, according to a Washington Post analysis. Read more>>
Opinion & Analysis
The Atlantic
There’s a constructive form of goofing off that is restorative to the brain and therefore important for strength-based parenting and educating, which focuses on kids’ strengths instead of their weaknesses. Good goofing off is active; the activity engages the mind in a way that simultaneously gives it free rein. Read more>>
Opinion & Analysis
AL.com
While evidence shows a diverse teacher workforce can benefit all students, researchers are finding just how important it is for black students to have black teachers. But that's not always easy to accomplish in Alabama. Ten school systems in North Alabama have no black classroom teachers. Read more>>
Industry News
MeTEOR Education The Thinking Guide, a companion to the Humanizing the Education Machine: How to Create Schools That Turn Disengaged Kids Into Inspired Learners book, provides insights into transforming teaching and learning environments with ideas to personalize them from the book for specific communities, schools, classrooms and individual learning goals. Read more>>
Industry News
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/King-Devick technologies, inc. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will market, sell and distribute the King-Devick Reading Acceleration Program to schools nationwide, while King-Devick technologies’ specialists will provide educators with product training and technical support. The in-school, web-based system strengthens the literacy skills of first through fourth graders by teaching the physical act of reading. Read more>>
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Optoma Technology Optoma's three new projectors are designed to bring dependability, adaptability and cutting-edge image technology into large classrooms. With 4,000 lumens and 22,000:1 contrast ratio, the new Optoma EH400+, W400+, and X400+ projectors deliver rich and colorful images that can be further enhanced with Wall Color Adjustment. Read more>> |
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