TOP NEWS staugustine.com TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott heaped praise on lawmakers for approving what he called “historic” school safety changes only three weeks after the slaughter of 17 people at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Read more>> Sponsored Sponsored by McGraw-Hill Education Elementary teachers in Stamford Public Schools once struggled to maintain consistency in math education across schools and classrooms. To solve this problem, the Stamford Board of Education worked side-by-side with the curriculum team to find a unifying math program. They chose Everyday Mathematics. Read more>> Detroit Free Press The “Yes Means Yes” bill would require Michigan schools to teach that before sexual activity begins, partners must get affirmative consent from each other and that simply not protesting or resisting the encounter does not constitute consent. Read more>> WFAE Some school districts in North Carolina have implemented a bottom-up solution called Restart, which allows recurring low-performing schools to adopt charter school-like flexibilities. Read more>> MagicValley.com South-central Idaho faces a multitude of challenges with educating students who have special needs. The region has seen Idaho’s largest increase in the number of students who require special education services. Read more>> The Nevada Independent Sixty-one Clark County schools in Nevada — including 31 elementary, 17 middle and 13 high schools — don’t have a certified teacher-librarian on staff. A few don’t even contain a library. Read more>> Dailycomet.com BATON ROUGE -- Fortified schools, armed school workers and bulletproof backpacks are some of the answers Louisiana legislators have in mind for protecting children from the threat of campus shootings. Read more>> From DA Magazine In his book, Teaching Isn’t Rocket Science, It’s Way More Complex, Doug Green examines everything from flipped classrooms, standardized testing to special education. Read more>> DecaturDaily.com MONTGOMERY — Alabama lawmakers have pledged that conversations about how to make schools safer won’t end with their legislative session this week. Read more>> OPINION Wired Any demonstration I go to, I have a similar feeling of empowerment, and excitement at being a part of history. The March For Our Lives felt different, though—like I was finally being heard this time. Read more>> New Jersey Herald Now that Gov. Phil Murphy's initial New Jersey state aid projection numbers have been released, most school boards across the state are breathing a little easier. Read more>> IndyStar Here are all the new mandates and considerations for Indiana schools, passed in the 2018 legislative session. Read more>> HeraldNet.com EVERETT, WASH. — A new statewide index of schools uses factors such as graduation rates, test scores and attendance to determine which schools need to come up with plans to improve student performance. Read more>> INDUSTRY NEWS Open Up Resources Open Up Resources’ curricula will be integrated into Microsoft’s OneNote and Forms apps, offering districts a free digital platform for accessing core curricula. Middle school math curriculum is currently available with EL Education K–5 Language Arts offered in in summer 2018 and additional curricula in 2019. Read more>> ACT ACT launched ACT Academy to help students improve their academic skills by giving them access to online learning resources. The free platform helps students pinpoint areas of academic weakness, improve their ACT scores and master core skills. Read more>> Discovery Education/Georgia Public Broadcasting Discovery Education renewed its 18-year partnership with Georgia Public Broadcasting, providing the state’s educators continued access to Discovery Education Streaming Plus. Read more>> ✭ Visit the District Administration's PR Portal ✭ | 