|
Top News The Kansas City Star The school finance debate in Kansas will pick up again this fall. The adequacy of school funding will come front and center before the Kansas Supreme Court with oral arguments set to start September 21. Read more>> |
|
KING 5 Some Washington state schools are going to let parents buy their own football helmets for their kids instead of using ones provided by the schools. Kennewick's School Board has approved this, but some parents wonder if its fair and safe. Read more>> The Oregonian Officials are preparing to ask the Portland City Council to enact mandatory earthquake retrofitting standards, under which Portland Public Schools could face a 10-year deadline to perform substantial seismic strengthening. As a result, the district is looking at how to pay for safety improvements at the 20 schools at greatest risk. Read more>> |
|
From DA Magazine Every Student Succeeds unleashes school funding flexibility Paula Love The Every Student Succeeds Act reverses the trend of federal authority over K12 education. The new law returns state and local authority to levels that have not been seen in decades—and one of biggest changes is that ESSA increases fund transferability for key federal programs. Read more>> |
WLUC Starting this upcoming school year, all Michigan schools that receive state aid will be required to have at least 180 days of school. This is a five day increase from the prior requirements of 175 days. Read more>> The New York Times For all its kaleidoscopic diversity, New York City has one of the most segregated school systems in the country, with divisions created and reinforced by decades of policy decisions. But over the past year, some areas of the system have begun experimenting with ways to desegregate, if not by the color of children’s skin, at least by their families’ wealth. Read more>> Detroit Free Press A Macomb County judge has blocked a new CEO set to take over academics at four schools from starting his job in the East Detroit Public Schools district. A temporary restraining order was granted after the district filed a lawsuit against incoming CEO Gary Jensen. Read more>> |
|
|
|
Opinion & Analysis Huffington Post In spite of the strong “I quit” narratives, stories of educators' persistence and professional satisfaction can illuminate how the sophisticated intellectual and social resources from which teachers draw sustain their foci on students’ and their own learning and well-being in a complex, ever-changing field. Read more>> NPR With shy kids, it's not just about paying attention to them. Teachers need to think about why they're quiet. By understanding how to reach introverts, teachers can get at those other issues. Because if they don't start to look past the students with their hands up, we will miss out on a lot of brilliant ideas. Read more>> |
|
Bloomberg View The first step is to collect detailed school-by-school statistics and see whether intervention makes sense in certain schools and neighborhoods. Having accurate nationwide data on the scope of the problem is a big step forward. The hard job of improving attendance, however, falls to states and localities. Read more>> |
Industry News Google Inc./zSpace, Inc. zSpace is partnering with Google to create a virtual reality classroom experience that combines zSpace’s Interactive Screen VR technology with the Google Expeditions Pioneer Program. Google and zSpace will begin the program for back-to-school 2016. Read more>> Imagine Learning In addition to new language support materials, Imagine Learning’s latest release features the new Annual Growth Test, which allows educators to measure and document literacy and language skills later in the year. Read more>> Landscape Structures Inc. Even when loaded with kids, Global Motion remains easy to turn and control using a progressive resistance mechanism to keep the freestanding, rotating climber at a controllable speed. Read more>> |
|
Construction Watch Democrat & Chronicle Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill allowing the next phase of Rochester's $1.3 billion school modernization program to go forward as planned. His signature ends several weeks of uncertainty surrounding the bill, which frees up state funds to cover costs for Phase II of the construction program. Read more>> Oregon Public Broadcasting Portland school board members are nearing a decision to send Oregon’s largest-ever school bond to the ballot this fall. The bond would be for $750 million. The proposal as it currently stands would be to dedicate about $450 million to rebuild three high schools. Read more>> |