TOP NEWS WRIC Gov. Ralph Northam signed legislation aimed at reforming school discipline. One bill limits most suspensions that occur in preschool through third grade to three days. The second reduces the maximum length of long-term suspensions from 364 calendar days to 45 school days. Read more>> Sponsored Sponsored by InFocus Of the K12 professionals surveyed, 81 percent responded that technology increases collaboration among students. These devices encourage cooperation, allowing students to focus on lessons instead of note-taking. Read more>> Dayton Daily News A bill calling for Ohio schools to begin the academic year after Labor Day had its second hearing before the Ohio House Education Committee. Schools that want to open before Labor Day would have to hold a public hearing on the topic and then wait at least 30 days before voting on a resolution. Read more>> The Texas Tribune For school districts with chronically failing campuses, a recently passed law that allows them a reprieve from state sanctions was supposed to be a lifeline. A year on, less than a tenth of those districts are on track to take advantage of it. Read more>> WNBC No homework is a mantra all kids want to hear. Now a New York school district is considering getting rid of it altogether. The idea started as a petition from two elementary school students in Stony Point. Read more>> Chicago Tribune Over a decade, police investigated more than 520 cases of juvenile sexual assault and abuse in Chicago’s public schools, an investigation found. The district acknowledged that its law department had investigated 430 reports that school employees had sexually abused, assaulted or harassed students since 2011. Read more>> The Washington Post The Gloucester County School Board that was sued by a transgender student over its bathroom rules said it is appealing a federal judge’s decision saying that the board’s policy violated Title IX. Read more>> From DA Magazine Alison DeNisco Shortening school weeks may cut costs for districts, but the practice also increases student crime rates, according to a June study published in the Economics of Education Review. Read more>> OPINION The Hechinger Report When deciding how education dollars ought to be spent, politicians rarely consider counseling a high priority. But investing in school counseling as a tool can help students climb out of poverty. Colorado is betting on counseling to vault low-income kids into good jobs and post-secondary education. Read more>> Education Dive Disability labels point to the behavioral deficits exhibited by the students who carry them, but they do not dictate a particular teaching methodology or instructional intervention. Through a functional contextual lens, neurodiversity promotes an individualized education in which the environment, not the child, is corrected. Read more>> Parsons Sun The issues driving the battle for increased public school funding in other states are similar to Kansas’ concerns. However, there were no statewide walkouts and no strike in Kansas. This is because the Kansas Constitution provided an orderly path to resolution of the school funding issue through the legal system. Read more>> INDUSTRY NEWS Lincoln Learning Solutions Evan-Moor, a company specializing in pre-K through eighth-grade supplemental curriculum, has been acquired by Lincoln Learning Solution. The classroom product provider's digital assets will be incorporated into Lincoln Learning Solution's standards-aligned curriculum, Lincoln Empowered and Empowered Digital Content Library. Read more>> BitLearn Network BitLearn Network announced the limited beta release of its learning and publishing platforms, now available in the U.S. In the new learning ecosystem, powered by the BitLearn Token, students unlock token rewards toward microsavings through self-directed learning. Read more>> betterU Education Corp. betterU Education Corp. is expanding its global education partnerships, having recently added over 700 more global programs to their platform. These additional partnerships include WIISE Learning Network, Pointsbuild, Internshala, Simple and Real Analytics, TCYonline, CareerCo, Henry Harvin, and GlobalExam. Read more>> ✭ Visit the District Administration's PR Portal ✭ |