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RICHMOND—Lawmakers want to hand Virginia parents greater power over what their children read in classrooms, but the governor plans to halt any such effort. Read more>>
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In 2013, a school official at Whetstone High School in Columbus, Ohio, found 13 bullets in a book bag that Joshua Polk, then 18, left on a bus. Polk was tracked down in the school, and authorities charged him with a crime after a handgun was found in another bag he was carrying. Read more>>
A bill to allow smaller schools to carry over more funds to the next year’s budget has passed the North Dakota Senate and is now in the House. Read more>>
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Technology excellence recognition program DA's TechXcellence Awards
DA’s new Schools of TechXcellence national recognition program is accepting applications until March 15 for excellence in Math Instruction and Makerspaces. Read more>>
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At a Tulsa high school, 60 students signed up to take an Advanced Placement history class, but the school could not afford a second teacher to handle the demand. Read more>>
The Louisville teachers strike in Ohio offers a lesson for other area school districts. School union leaders and administrators try to assure teachers and communities that what happened in Louisville won't occur there. Read more>>
The Arkansas Department of Education has released estimated federal grant amounts for school districts in 2017-18 that reflect funding formula changes in a new federal law and the population shifts within the state. Read more>>
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Etching details into ESSA education plans
Changes in federal education policy that will come under the Trump administration are still unclear, but many states are nevertheless proceeding with plans to meet requirements of the Obama administration’s Every Student Succeeds Act. Read more>>
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Matt Ellinwood of the N.C. Justice Center used to get frequent calls from immigrants wanting to know how to register their children for school. As rhetoric over illegal immigration amplifies, those calls have all but stopped. Read more>>
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We spend a lot of time talking about how bad New Mexico’s educational system is — ranked 49th in the nation. Is the answer more money? Absolutely not! Read more>>
Earlier this month, Oregon legislators held a town hall in Portland so people could share their priorities for Oregon's 2017-19 budget. Read more>>
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Maryland's Board of Education members discussed ideas to reconfigure grades, particularly at the middle school level, during Wednesday's work session. Read more>>
The reality for a growing number of parents is that good suburban school districts are struggling with the same problems that hit urban schools in decades past: Declining enrollment, falling revenue and slipping test scores, and the host of educational disruptions that follow. Read more>>
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Kickboard has expanded its school culture system to include a full complement of collaborative, research-based professional development services to help plan for a successful school culture, establish schoolwide systems to capture and use real-time culture data, and improve support systems for teachers and students. Read more>>
itslearning is partnering with the Regional Educational Services Agency in Griffin, Ga., to deliver courses to those professionals in the Georgia Teacher Academy for Preparation and Pedagogy. The partnership puts all curriculum resources, assignments and assessments into a learning management platform that enhances collaboration and sharing of materials for the soon-to-be-teachers. Read more>>
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