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The Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the state constitutional requirement that "all forfeitures" be paid to the Common School Fund really means "all." The fund is used to finance educational technology programs, school construction and charter school operations as well as to help pay down local school deficits. Read more>>
Digital book platforms now provide more than just reading materials. Read more>>
A federal appeals court in St. Louis has ruled that the way the Ferguson-Florissant School District elects its board members violates the rights of black voters in the district. The ruling means that school board elections in April 2019 would use what’s known as cumulative voting. Read more>>
Tension between State Superintendent Mark Johnson and the State Board of Education has not improved since the Supreme Court handed down its ruling in a case between the two. If anything, the tension is rising after the court declared a law that gave Johnson's position more direct control at the Department of Public Instruction constitutional. Read more>>
The U.S. Department of Education is in the midst of a review of a troubled federal grant program for public school teachers. New documents reveal that a previously unreported plan to fix the program was problematic from the start and did nothing for the majority of teachers who had their grants unfairly converted to loans. Read more>>
U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin surveying land belonging to the Rio Grande City school district, possibly for the purposes of a proposed border wall. The school board approved a request to enter onto the district’s property for survey and site assessment. Read more>>
Now it is clear that the impact of the 2011-enacted Act 10 on teachers unions—and of Gov. Scott Walker’s budgets cuts on schools—has been severe. But there seems to be a new story developing in Wisconsin with fresh pushback against Walker by people who want to invest more in public education. Read more>>
A potentially more revolutionary reform movement is bubbling up with personalized learning. It seems obvious that the quirks, habits, passions and temperaments of individual students will affect not just what they learn, but the energy they put into the effort. Human variation is not an inconvenience, in this view, but a tool for engagement. Read more>>
High school educators across the country have been clamping down on students who publish articles on reactions to school shootings, adolescent sexuality and other hot-button issues. One administration deactivated a school’s news website while another forbade the publication of an opinion piece on a protest. Read more>>
Under the Illuminate Education umbrella, the merger combines the Illuminate Education, IO Education, SchoolCity and Alpine Achievement formative assessment and data platforms with Key Data Systems, a formative item bank provider. Read more>>
As part of a complete refresh of InFocus Corporation's JTouch family of touch-enabled displays, the 65-inch JTouch INF6533e with Android is now available for the education market. Fifty-five-inch, 75-inch and 86-inch models with Android and updated capabilities will be available later this year. Read more>>
The kid-focused NuMoola platform is partnering with Lightbulb Press, an educational financial content provider, to better educate a younger generation about the value of money and related financial matters through adaptive content, including managing budgets, chores and allowances. Read more>>
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A school construction boom underway in and near Ohio's Franklin County could expand significantly after the Nov. 6 election. Five districts plan to approach voters this fall for the go-ahead to build. Aging buildings that need to be reconfigured, population growth in central Ohio and the need for better security are driving this flurry of construction. Read more>>
Gov. Tom Wolf said he was directing state funds to begin a $15.7 million emergency cleanup at nearly 60 of Philadelphia’s most rundown schools. Of that, $7.6 million will go toward repairing deteriorating lead paint. The rest will be used to clean up asbestos fibers and replace aging HVAC systems to reduce mold problems. Read more>>
The South-Western City School District is preparing to place a bond issue on the November ballot to help fund the second phase of its Ohio Facilities Construction Commission project. The total projected cost of the project, including the school construction, asphalt and roofing work, is about $163 million. Read more>>
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