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Top News Bloomberg Starting with the class of 2020, high schoolers must present a post-grad plan before receiving their diplomas. In addition to a college acceptance letter, high schools will also accept a military enlistment letter, job offer, job program placement, trade apprenticeship, or a gap-year program placement. Read more>> |
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mySanAntonio.com The Texas House took a strong stand against school vouchers, approving a budget amendment that would prohibit using state funds for school choice programs. The vote highlighted another sharp division between the House and the Senate—from the budget to proposed bathroom restrictions affecting transgender people. Read more>> The New York Times Law’s passage is a victory for anti-hunger activists, who have long been critical of lunch-shaming practices that single out children with insufficient funds on their electronic swipe cards or who lack the necessary cash. Read more>> |
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From DA Magazine New high school takes flight Ray Bendici A new facility designed around an airplane hangar prepares students for new heights at Sterling Aviation High School, a magnet school. Read more>> |
Spartanburg Herald Journal Nearly 17.1 million young people have or have had a psychiatric disorder, according to the New York-based Child Mind Institute. Half of all mental health disorders manifest themselves before age 14, meaning teens who don’t or can’t receive treatment may suffer harsh consequences later in life. Read more>> Lexington Herald-Leader Surveys showed there are fewer Kentucky public schools in which students can purchase snack foods and beverages outside the school lunch program that are not nutritious. And more than one-third of schools prohibited less nutritious foods and beverages from being sold for fund raising purposes. Read more>> Valley News Live Two groups of North Dakota math and English teachers wrote the standards. They replace the North Dakota math and English standards that were based on the Common Core. Read more>> |
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The News & Observer Over opposition from the tourism industry, the House gave overwhelming approval to bills that would give some or all North Carolina school systems the ability to start classes earlier in August. Read more>> Deseret News Teaching positions are open due to retirements and worsening rates of retention, while fewer students who attend colleges and universities in Utah are graduating with teaching degrees. Read more>> |
Opinion & Analysis Miami Herald The Florida Legislature seems to have forgotten that the U.S. Supreme Court ruled long ago that public school officials cannot impose prayer or religion on students. But that’s not keeping the legislative body from pursuing a measure to bring religion full throttle to public school life. Read more>> Las Vegas Review Journal If lawmakers had their way, every Nevada school would teach financial literacy and diversity studies. High school would start at 9:30 a.m., and every student would have free access to dual credit courses. Elementary schools would have daily recess and staff would be trained on gender expression. Read more>> |
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The Coloradoan Students in one middle school's science classes don't always dissect cow eyeballs, frogs or fetal pigs to learn about anatomy. Some days it's chicken wings. Those wings don't offer any secret scientific advantage, but they are cheaper and their bones and muscles get the job done when money is tight. Read more>> The Columbus Dispatch When you ask most people, “What should a high school diploma represent?” they’ll tell you, “It means a student has a 12th-grade education.” If only that was the truth. Unfortunately in Ohio, it’s not—the state's graduation exam, for instance, is a test of eighth-grade knowledge. Read more>> |
Industry News HITN Learning HITN Learning has released its new suite of 15 Pocoyo Playset apps for preschool that prepare children for kindergarten success in math, literacy and English language development. The English-Spanish bilingual apps feature familiar characters from the animated Pocoyo series. Read more>> Centervention Centervention, the company behind online social and emotional skills games Zoo U and Hall of Heroes, released a new online program called Stories in Motion that is specifically designed for elementary students with autism spectrum disorder. Read more>> VME Media The STEM Mio platform and the Generation STEM television series have been released. STEM Mio was designed as a multichannel platform with educational resources, games, mentorships, events and programming content to assist future students, parents and teachers navigate educational and career opportunities available in different STEM areas of interest. Read more>> |
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