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Thousands of school bus drivers are still needed for the upcoming school year, according to the Minnesota School Bus Operators Association. Almost every school district in Minnesota is facing a school bus driver shortage, with some districts needing more than 100 school bus drivers. Read more>>
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Illinois' decision to get rid of high school PARCC exams and give a college entrance exam to 11th-graders came after the U.S. Department of Education determined that Illinois had run afoul of federal law and threatened to withhold federal education dollars because of the controversial way the state tested high school students in 2015 and 2016. Read more>>
The proposed state standards are grouped by elementary grade-level standards, then middle school and high school. Current standards address only what students should know by the end of fourth and eighth grades, and by high school graduation. Read more>>
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Results paint complex picture of Common Core
More than five years after many states implemented Common Core, the impact on student achievement remains unclear—though some states show small academic gains, with persistent achievement gaps. Read more>>
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Pennsylvania charter school advocates will wait out the summer before renewing efforts to add new layers of transparency and accountability. The charter school bill was intended as a part of an approved state budget before both sides agreed to postpone talks on charter school reform until after the summer recess. Read more>>
The general state aid projections are less than the entitlement claims for most Illinois area districts during the last school year. Because lawmakers have not allocated enough money for general state aid in recent years, the state has prorated funding to districts across the state, meaning districts have not received what they were entitled to get. Read more>>
Oklahoma education officials are taking their first action ever to shut down a virtual charter school, but the school is fighting the effort. The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board has moved to terminate its contract with ABLE Charter School for noncompliance with the law. Read more>>
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As enrollment in publicly funded preschool grows, many policymakers are asking, “Does publicly funded preschool work?” An answer to this question could aid decisions regarding investments in these programs. Unfortunately, determining whether publicly funded preschool “works” is harder than it sounds. Read more>>
Many people point to segregated neighborhoods as the cause of separate schools. In fact, many of the city’s school zones and districts encompass a mix of families. And by opening up schools with school choice, there is an opportunity to make schools integrated. Instead, district parents, schools and officials have made choices that reinforce segregation. Read more>>
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Every year, measurable injuries are inflicted on already at-risk children by this state’s teacher tenure system. Liberal and conservative legal luminaries have urged California’s Supreme Court to apply heightened scrutiny to the tenure laws that prioritize teachers’ job security over pupils’ constitutional right regarding education. Read more>>
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Scenario Learning and the Associated School Boards of South Dakota (ASBSD) announced a new partnership to bring the SafeSchools Online Staff Training System to ASBSD’s 150 public K12 school districts throughout the state. Read more>>
Harris School Solutions, a provider of technology software in the K12 and continuing education markets, recently purchased a share of Media-X: a provider of web-based, mobile-connected observation, evaluation and assessment solutions supporting K12 and post-secondary educators in the United States, Canada, Latin America and Europe. Read more>>
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