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Arizona's student to school counselor ratio is the highest in the nation, averaging 903 students to every one counselor in public schools in the 2015-16 school year, according to data from the American School Counselor Association. Read more>>
n2y is changing the way special education is delivered with an integrated, age-appropriate and differentiated total solution. With n2y, everyone can learn. Read more>>
Bismarck Public Schools and the Bismarck Police Department have agreed to provide $25,740 to purchase AR-15s, gun safes, additional bulletproof vests and medical kits to treat shooting victims. The rifles would be kept in a locked safe in Bismarck middle schools and high schools. Read more>>
School District 27J says the four-day week will help create a schedule that acts as enticement for recruiting and retaining quality teachers as well as allows for the allocation of resources to items more critical to the district's "primary purpose." Read more>>
Rural superintendents are tapping new funding sources, forming partnerships and exploiting technology to overcome the geographic, fiscal and cultural obstacles to educating their students in STEM. Read more>>
The State Journal-Register
Just 24 percent of Illinois kindergarten students measured were rated as ready in all three development areas: social and emotional development; language and literacy development; and math. Forty-two percent were not ready in any development area, 17 percent were ready in one and 18 percent were ready in two, a study revealed. Read more>>
Achille Public Schools in southern Oklahoma was forced to shut down for two days after parents used a Facebook group to threaten violence against a transgender seventh-grade student. The decision to close both the elementary schools, and the high school was made on the advice of local law enforcement. Read more>>
A federal complaint filed against Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools and the school board over building conditions at an elementary school claims that students were discriminated against on the basis of race. Read more>>
In the age of fake news, civics learning involves a lot more than reading the Constitution. One teacher says she encourages her students to "question everything." Students are inundated with information from social media, and they need to learn how to wade through it all to find the facts. Read more>>
Pay is obviously a huge issue. A lack of professional autonomy is another significant factor. Finally, teachers need time to plan, collaborate, help each other and reflect. And they need resources to help students who are struggling academically and with behavior and mental health problems. Read more>>
Too many programs are crushing the rights of kids with disabilities as a toxic side effect of trying to crack down on student misbehavior. This has to stop. There are better, more equitable, more enlightened and more effective approaches to student discipline. Use them. Read more>>
RobotLAB announced that its online learning platform, Engage! K12, offers new lesson plans which use drones to teach coding, programming and math. Lessons are compatible with many robots, including humanoid robots, quadcopters, 3D-printers and even autonomous cars. Read more>>
Edmentum is partnering with Boulevard Arts to build a suite of augmented reality activities for humanities courses, including English 9-12, World History, U.S. History, and Art Appreciation and History. Read more>>
In this new collaboration, Discovery Education will support East Baton Rouge Parish Schools’ educators with digital content and sustained professional learning to help them develop a culture of STEM teaching and learning that fosters project-based learning opportunities for students. Read more>>
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