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Top News District Administration District Administration and Eduvision by JDL Horizons will stream live video coverage of key sessions from the 2016 SIIA Education Industry Symposium starting today. The symposium features visionary speakers who will share their views on the next gen educational ecosystem. Read more>> |
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Kokomo Tribune One school corporation is introducing $1 kindergarten fees. The principal says 46 percent of the students in the district receive free and reduced price books and lunch, and the fees are a way to help alleviate financial stress and draw people into the district. Read more>> News9.cpm Oklahomans will decide this November whether to add a one-cent sales tax dedicated to education. A big chunk of the money would be set aside for teacher raises. But would that be enough to improve Oklahoma schools? If you ask folks in Iowa, the answer is a resounding "no." Read more>> |
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From DA Magazine Schools ride new wave in writing Jennifer Fink Schools nationwide are under pressure from new state standards to increase students’ writing proficiency. Here's a look at some of the strategies and tools innovative districts have deployed. Read more>> |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Increases in pension fund payments, charter school expenses and salaries are driving up school budgets across the region. In response, some school districts say they have been forced to cut classroom supplies, increase property taxes or leave positions unfilled. Read more>> Arkansas Online The new standards, a revision of the Common Core State Standards in English/language arts, are the product of work by more than 100 teachers, school administrators, higher-education faculty members and Arkansas Department of Education staff members. Read more>> East Bay Times A California state board overseeing school construction declared in May that state funds for new school construction are not available, triggering the highest-level fees on homebuilders that the law allows. But those builders are fighting back, in a battle that could have implications for school funding around the state. Read more>> |
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Lafayette Journal & Courier As students increasingly rely on phones and tablets for classwork, many Indiana instructors are using the technology to better connect with students outside school hours. In some cases, though, the connections cross a line from mentorship to predatory behavior. Read more>> Watertown Daily Times Lawmakers and education stakeholders oppose a proposal requiring states to penalize school districts with low compliance rates for standardized tests. Common Core standards and related tests have had a shaky start in New York with several changes made and an opt-out movement. Read more>> |
Opinion & Analysis The Hechinger Report While the Clinton campaign has focused on issues that unite the party—such as expanding access to pre-kindergarten programs, raising teacher pay and increasing school funding—a recent fight over the party’s platform underscores how difficult ending the party’s internal education wars could be. Read more>> Los Angeles Times It’s not easy to measure the performance of a school, because there are so many things that go into providing a good education. But neither should it be as hard as the California State Board of Education is making it. Read more>> |
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NPR The maker movement faces some big hurdles as it pushes into classrooms. One expert says schools make a big mistake if these programs are merely a popular elective with the hip teacher, or the place to go after school to play with wood, cloth or a 3-D printer. Read more>> BillMoyers.com Research affirms the critical importance of children’s access to enriching, stimulating early experiences for healthy brain development. Yet young African-American children lag behind their white counterparts in access to high-quality programs Read more>> |
Industry News TeachPoint David Douglas School District officials have selected the TeachPoint platform for the district's online Educator Effectiveness tool for the evaluation processes of their licensed pre-K through 12 educators. Read more>> Instructure, Inc. Canvas by Instructure, a software-as-a-service technology company, announced an integration with Microsoft Office 365 to allow seamless use of Microsoft tools on Canvas’ platform for millions of educators and learners. Read more>> Hobsons Beginning in the 2016-17 school year, all Dysart USD high school students will be able to collaborate with school counselors to identify their strengths, plan academic coursework, determine career aspirations, find colleges and more using Naviance by Hobsons, a digital college and career planning platform. Read more>> |
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