TOP NEWS NJ Advance Media New Jersey's attorney general ordered police departments to immediately report school shooting threats to state homeland security officials. The new rule comes as state lawmakers are fast-tracking new legislation. Read more>> Sponsored Sponsored by Transfinder Take control of your day! The new Routefinder GO from Transfinder empowers your mobile device, allowing you the freedom of not being tethered to your office. Read more>> KOKH A survey shows that 170 school districts are prepared to close for at least one day if Oklahoma legislators do not fund education and teacher pay raises. Those districts planning for closures educate nearly 500,000 students. Read more>> Miami Herald Amid a wide gap between modest teacher salaries and Miami’s high housing prices, the county has a new plan to build apartments on school property and let faculty live there. A preliminary proposal includes constructing a new mid-rise middle school with a floor devoted to residential units. Read more>> Texas Tribune Texas schools issued more than 64,000 in-school suspensions to students in second grade or younger during the 2015-16 school year, and a disproportionate number of those students were black, male, in foster care or in special education, according to a report. Read more>> CNN Linda Brown was a 'normal' schoolchild who transformed the country as the little girl at the center of the Brown v. Board of Education case that ended segregation in American schools. Read more>> The Salt Lake Tribune Two oil and gas companies operating on Utah trust lands have failed to report their production for more than a year, effectively stiffing the state’s school trust fund hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties that would otherwise support Utah public education. Read more>> From DA Magazine Ray Bendici After February’s deadly school shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, there was no shortage of suggestions for improving school security, ranging from adding more guards to arming teachers. Read more>> OPINION NPR Nearly three-fourths of U.S. teachers do not want to carry guns in school, and they overwhelmingly favor gun control measures over security steps meant to "harden" schools, according to a new Gallup poll. Just one in five teachers agreed that arming teachers and staff members would make schools safer. Read more>> Los Angeles Times National data show that careful investments—in initiatives such as high-quality preschools and small class size in elementary school—can pay off. And recent research concludes that targeting children from low-income families can change the trajectory of their lives. Read more>> APM Reports Most students with disabilities can graduate from high school, go on to college and earn degrees according to one report. Many, however, will be encouraged to go straight into the workforce, where they often take low-paying jobs. Most students are being underserved when it comes to schools carrying out transition plans. Read more>> INDUSTRY NEWS Cengage and Gale Video and curriculum-aligned classroom tools have been integrated into selected e-books on the Gale Virtual Reference Library platform. Now teachers can incorporate the e-books' text, video, classroom activities and other content into their lesson plans. Read more>> Elephango.com A team of educational experts has launched the Elephango.com curriculum companion for educators. The personalized website has thousands of curated lessons and activities organized by grade, subject and learning style. Read more>> Varitronics The Perfecta 2400STP poster design system printer is a more compact size with a fully integrated scanner, mobile printing abilities and direct USB printing. The new full-color Motiva 400 specialty printing system in the VariQuest line also has over 700 pre-made, customizable templates. Read more>> ✭ Visit the District Administration's PR Portal ✭ PEOPLE WATCH Daily Camera The Colorado district's school board voted to bring in Rob Anderson as its new superintendent. He is currently the deputy superintendent for academics in Atlanta's 96,870-student Fulton County Schools and has 21 years of experience in education. Read more>> WDAY Rupak Gandhi, named as the next superintendent of schools for Fargo Public Schools, currently serves as assistant superintendent of research data and accountability in Colorado Springs. Gandhi will succeed Jeffrey Schatz, who became Fargo's superintendent in 2012 and is retiring. Read more>> WXII Bruce Benson, current superintendent of Stafford County Public Schools in Virginia, has been selected as the new superintendent for the Alamance-Burlington School System. He will succeed retiring superintendent Bill Harrison. Read more>> | 