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The Alabama State Board of Education tabled a motion to adopt an A to F report card on state schools performance amid many concerns, the most significant being a lack of clarity on the definition of grades. Read more>>
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The state slapped ratings of "poor" on 21 charter school oversight organizations, starting the process of yanking away their oversight power. The oversight ratings are a key part of Ohio's plan to improve its $1 billion charter school industry. Read more>>
Following a steep drop in scores on the state's new standardized tests and a one-year hiatus, local school districts say they are largely pleased with the new “snapshot” of how individual schools performed last year in categories such as academic growth, college readiness and closing the achievement gap. Read more>>
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What’s on the horizon for edtech? Robots!
While robotics is two to three years away from mainstream adoption in K12 education, potential uses are gaining traction for hands-on learning. Many classes and clubs incorporate robotics and programs to help develop critical-thinking and problem-solving skills in students. Read more>>
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The Burlington teachers union members have voted to strike, following bitter contract negotiations. The strike vote was nearly unanimous with 96 percent present voting to strike. Since Vermont teachers had collective bargaining rights, there have been 26 strikes in the state and more than 5,000 successfully negotiated contracts. Read more>>
Three days after the Chicago Teachers Union called off its threat of a strike after reaching a tentative agreement with Chicago Public Schools, charter teachers remain in a contract fight with operators of one the city's biggest independently run charter school networks. Read more>>
A national educational researcher will bring his own educational approach to a new elementary magnet school slated to open in Las Vegas next year. The new K5 school will feature a competency-based curriculum in which students move at their own pace, drawing on technology-based learning and emphasizing meta-cognitive skills. Read more>>
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Austin American-Statesman
It’s understandable that charter schools would want to acquire school district properties. But there are reasons why those properties should first be looked at for their value in the community:These public assets were purchased with taxpayers’ dollars and, as such, can be used for the public good. Generating affordable housing is one of those public goods. Read more>>
Louisiana’s top school board took a positive step, approving a revamp of the regulations on new teacher training. At the heart of the revamp is a requirement that new teachers serve one-year apprenticeships, working with mentor teachers and picking up more of the skills they will need in the classroom. Read more>>
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
As a result of high-poverty high school being on the Opportunity School District takeover list, teachers face an unrelenting pressure to improve and to document every step taken, so much so little time remains to innovate or inspire. Read more>>
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PebbleGo, Capstone’s K2 online learning platform, introduced PebbleGo Vote in conjunction with this year’s presidential election. It is a free resource where children can research the presidential candidates, learn about the history of democracy, and cast their ballot for the candidate of their choice. Read more>>
Benchmark Education Company
Two new comprehensive literacy programs for K6 teachers help both English and Spanish-speaking students learn through hybrid digital and print programs based on new instructional shifts in literacy, including English language arts, English learner and Spanish-language arts components. Read more>>
myON and the Indiana Department of Education are continuing their 1-to-1 technology initiative for migrant students. Each student in the Indiana Migrant Education Program is provided a personal learning device and unlimited access to more than 8,600 digital books. Read more>>
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Ronald P. Burke, currently serving as assistant superintendent for instruction at St. Lawrence-Lewis BOCES, has been appointed as superintendent of schools by Edwards-Knox CSD's board of education. The current superintendent, George F. Merritt, is leaving for the same position at Alexandria Bay CSD. Read more>>
Renton School District board appointed Damien Pattenaude, who currently serves as the assistant superintendent of learning and teaching for the district, as the next superintendent. He will take over interim Superintendent Art Jarvis's position at the end of the school year. Read more>>
The Texas school district's board of trustees selected Andrew Peters of Marfa ISD to lead. Peters has about 25 years of experience as an educator. Read more>>
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