TOP NEWS News & Observer In a 6-0 decision, the state Supreme Court upheld a three-judge panel's ruling that declared as constitutional a 2016 state law transferring some of the State Board of Education's powers to the superintendent. Read more>> Sponsored Sponsored by Transfinder With Wayfinder, save your district time and money plus remove the stress of implementing routing software. Download the free Wayfinder App today. Start routing your bus fleet in record time and provide turn-by-turn navigation for your drivers. Read more>> StarTribune The criticism stems from incidents in 2015 during which a male teacher was accused of texting sexually explicit pictures to two female colleagues. He was disciplined but then allowed to return to the district in October 2015. Read more>> Louisville Courier Journal Bible literacy classes were criticized this year by the American Civil Liberties Union as an unconstitutional promotion of Christianity and Sunday school-style "religious life lessons," and the organization sent a letter to the state requesting that it develop clear guidance for teachers. Read more>> NorthJersey.com Starting with the 2019-20 school year, one special education student seeking post-high-school education, such as college or a trade school, will be eligible for a $25,000 scholarship thanks to Genevieve Via Cava’s million-dollar gift. Read more>> The Washington Post Although facial recognition remains unproven as a deterrent to school shootings, the specter of violence and companies’ intensifying marketing to local education officials could cement the more than 130,000 public and private schools nationwide as one of America’s premier testing grounds. Read more>> The Wichita Eagle Decades-old district policy in Wichita mandates that bus stops for elementary school students be no farther than two blocks from a student's home, while middle school and high school students walk a maximum of four blocks. That could change in coming months, as officials explore options to save money. Read more>> Santa Fe New Mexican The changes were largely in response to complaints that the code unfairly targeted female apparel—essentially discriminating against girls by banning any garment considered “distracting” to boys—and led to body shaming. Read more>> Honolulu Civil Beat While a magnitude 6.9 earthquake and the continuous lava flow hasn’t damaged any school facilities, the flow has so far cut off physical access to one charter—Kua O Ka La Public Charter School—which serves 232 students. Read more>> OPINION U.S. News & World Report A growing body of scholarship shows that the weeks students have off school in the summer months hamper student learning across the board, and exacerbates the divide between the haves and have nots in the nation's schools. Read more>> The New York Times In New York’s ragged history of race, class, privilege and equity, the city’s specialized high schools have long been proxies. For some, they are the ideal of meritocratic opportunity, incubators of working-class genius and talent; others see their admissions policies as the picture of “monumental injustice.” Read more>> Sun Sentinel The district reports only a portion of its actual crimes to the state, making it impossible to spot a school’s trouble spots and inform parents about safety, the South Florida Sun Sentinel has found. Read more>> Orlando Sentinel Central Florida lawmakers say they’d like to strengthen the rules, including new curriculum standards, for private schools that receive state vouchers after it was revealed that some schools use textbooks with distorted history and science lessons that are outside mainstream academics. Read more>> INDUSTRY NEWS Smoothwall Smoothwall is adding safeguarding and filtering solutions to its existing portfolio by acquiring Future Digital. The digital safeguarding company provides real-time, cloud-based, monitoring solutions. Read more>> Kayle Concepts Kayle Concepts unveiled its new Bluebee Pals Learning App and the latest technical release of the Bluebee Pals interactive Bluetooth-enabled plush companions. The app is a life skills and cognitive development tool for children ages 3 to 8. Read more>> ✭ Visit the District Administration's PR Portal ✭ |