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Top News PJ Media School districts in several states have notified parents of increased security due to "clown threats" as the creepy clown phenomenon sweeping the country continues to cause alarm. The clown sightings spread to several more states in recent days and a clown is in critical condition in Indiana after getting shot. Read more>> |
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The Wall Street Journal The Chicago school system needed money—fast. Two Wall Street players saw an opportunity to invest. They have made realized and paper profits exceeding $110 million on purchases this year of $763 million in Chicago Public Schools bonds. Read more>> The Inquirer Lingering teacher vacancies were a real problem in the district last year, with thousands of students lacking a classroom teacher for a significant part of the term. In response, the state Department of Education recently ordered the Philadelphia district to provide compensatory education to remedy the educational loss. Read more>> |
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From DA Magazine Product Focus: Student Information Systems Ray Bendici SIS vendors are working to develop technologies that work across all platforms and are cloud-based. Particular effort is being devoted to the design of user interfaces to create easy and intuitive functionality so that accessing an SIS is as simple as navigating a social media program on a phone. Read more>> |
WTOP Many District of Columbia public schools are skipping emergency drills, such as fire drills and lockdowns, according to a recent watchdog report. And a handful of schools may not have held any drills at all in some recent years. Read more>> The Denver Post Colorado school boards who claim Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill of Rights has decimated student funding have joined a five-year legal fight to have the law dismantled. Five Colorado school boards have been added as new plaintiffs in the original 2011 federal lawsuit filed against the anti-tax measure. Read more>> The Journal News A federal court decision led some New York schools to block child-abuse investigators from interviewing students at school without their parents' consent. The state Office of Children and Family Services is hoping clarified rules have eased the fears of school officials across the state, some of whom raised concern that they might be held liable if a wrongly accused parent sues. Read more>> |
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Opinion & Analysis KQED Neurological research shows that tragic experiences can affect brain development and impact a child's ability to concentrate and relax. Schools are discovering that practicing mindfulness can helps students who have experienced trauma develop self-calming skills. Read more>> The New Yorker When Charlotte-Mecklenburg eliminated race as a factor in student assignment, it not only meant less diverse schools; it also created a feedback loop that made the problem worse. As a result of the relationship between race and wealth, the social, political and economic capital became ever more concentrated in a small number of very white neighborhoods. Read more>> |
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Bloomberg If America wants to remain competitive, we have to keep our young people engaged. U.S. business and political leaders should learn from the German approach and invest in creating and supporting a German-style vocational education system. Businesses will get the skilled workers they need and young people will see new career opportunities open up to them. Read more>> |
Industry News DecisionEd Alhambra Elementary School District has selected DecisionEd to provide data management, analytics and reports in addition to delivering performance management solutions. Read more>> Boxlight Corp. The ongoing presidential campaign is a golden opportunity for social studies teachers to bring real-world events to lessons about the election process. To support those efforts, Boxlight has updated the popular Mimio lesson series “Get Out the Vote!,” hosted on the MimioConnect website, with new subject matter about the nominees, voting, polling, political parties, state representatives, and more. Read more>> Swivl One of the latest improvements made to the Recap app is the new two-way commenting feature that allows students to respond to teacher comments under video responses, enabling a deeper conversation within the app. Read more>> |
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People Watch The Journal News Carolyn McGuffog will lead the New York district, which serves students with special needs, when superintendent Edward Placke steps down in the spring after leading for 12 years. McGuffog has worked in the Pleasantville school district for 26 years as a school psychologist and, since 2004, as the assistant superintendent for special education. Read more>> WRAL Fifty-three people from across the country have applied to be superintendent of North Carolina's newest school system, known as the Achievement School District, which will serve students in some of the state's lowest-performing schools. Read more>> Omaha World-Herald Superintendent Mark Evans announced he will retire at the end of the school year, nearly four years after being hired to lead the largest school district in Nebraska. He previously served as superintendent of Andover Public Schools for eight years. Read more>> |