TOP NEWS Waco Tribune-Herald Texas state policies have amounted to an effort to dismantle inner-city urban schools, and Waco Independent School District is in the midst of a push to avoid that fate, Superintendent A. Marcus Nelson said Saturday. Read more>> From DA Magazine Abby Spegman When done right, international travel exposes students to a diversity of people and perspectives, teaching them to communicate and relate with others. Read more>> MetroWest Daily News A former Framingham, Massachusetts, bus driver is taking the city to court, alleging the school district blackballed union reps after it privatized bus service several years ago, forcing them out of their jobs in retaliation for a costly labor complaint. Read more>> The Salt Lake Tribune As the 2018 Legislature convenes Monday, leaders acknowledge they want to undercut two ballot initiatives: one that seeks to raise taxes for education by $715 million annually, and one to expand Medicaid fully for the poor. Read more>> Daily Journal TUPELO, MISS. – As a new public school funding formula makes its way through the Mississippi legislature in Jackson, school chiefs are beginning to consider the impact the Mississippi Uniform Per Student Funding Formula Act could have at home. Read more>> magnoliareporter.com Act 862 of 2017 allows an Arkansas public school district and open-enrollment public charter school to develop a plan for alternative methods of instruction to be used on days when the superintendent closes school due to exceptional or emergency circumstances. Read more>> The Republic Shifting of general fund education dollars at the state level from public schools to charter schools and voucher programs has impacted public schools in Indiana, a West Lafayette school superintendent told a Columbus audience. Read more>> Online Athens Poverty, equity and fairness, the early learning workforce, student health and the special challenges of Georgia’s rural schools are among the top 10 issues in education this year, according to the Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education. Read more>> OPINION The 74 The global OER community is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Cape Town Declaration by offering several ways that education can become more open over the next decade. Here are five of the top ideas. Read more>> The Mercury News For 43 years, schoolkids and their parents have clipped the labels from cookie bags and cracker boxes as part of a popular rewards program called Labels for Education. But these programs may have major downsides for students. Read more>> The Santa Fe New Mexican By almost every annual measure, public education is on the rise in New Mexico. The lion’s share of credit goes to the educational leaders and excellent teachers in our districts and schools. Read more>> Crain's Detroit Business Eliminating tax breaks has created financial pressures at the same time business leaders worry that the state's education system is leaving its workforce unprepared. Read more>> INDUSTRY NEWS Morse Watchmans Supporting over 10,000 users on a single system, AssetWatcher’s RFID technology allows tracking to see who is removing or replacing an asset along with when and where in the system the asset has been taken from or placed into. Read more>> Istation The Virginia Department of Education has awarded Istation a contract to offer local school districts its Istation’s Indicators of Progress assessments through November 2019. The assessments are available in reading and math for students in pre-K through eighth grade. Read more>> Schneider Electric Scurry-Rosser ISD is partnering with Schneider Electric on a comprehensive energy efficiency project that will reduce utility consumption by 21 percent, with an average savings of $149,000 per year guaranteed by Schneider Electric for the life of the project. Read more>> ✭ Visit the District Administration's PR Portal ✭ | 