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Last week, more than 500 K-12 campuses were shut down as several wildfires continue to devastate Southern California. The largest closure was in the Los Angeles Unified School District. A total of 384 schools were closed on Thursday and Friday due to poor air quality and traffic as freeways began to shut down, according to the LA School Report. Read more>>
New Product Showcase brings together the latest innovative products and service solutions in K12 education in one easy-to-use reference section. Read more>>
Mick Zais is on his way to becoming deputy education secretary. And despite having a very similar record as the department’s first-in-command, Betsy DeVos, his nomination so far is prompting little to none of the same public outrage . Read more>>
The United States tumbled in international rankings of reading skills among fourth-graders, raising warning flags about students’ ability to compete with international peers. The decline was especially precipitous for the lowest-performing students, a finding that suggests widening disparities in the U.S. education system. Valley schools, however, are taking the problem head-on in their elementary schools. Read more>>
West Virginia University has become a regional partner of a network that works to provide computer science education opportunities to students in kindergarten through high school. Read more>>
Most parents polled by Edmond Public Schools give the 24,000-student district high marks for safety and quality of instruction, but listed bullying as their greatest concern. Read more>>
Innovative professional development programs, supported by technology, have helped these schools achieve greater faculty engagement with PD and better classroom results. Read more>>
The massacre on Dec. 14, 2012, led to calls for gun control, as families mourned the loss of their innocent children. The Newtown shooting forever altered the way American schools approach safety and assess risk, ushering in an era in which schools feel particularly vulnerable to the threat of shootings and students must know what to do in case one happens. Read more>>
This moment in our politics is fraught with loaded, and sometimes coded, words that trigger emotional responses. That’s why the Nebraska Department of Education was wise to pull back from unnecessary provocation in its proposed civics guidance for teachers. Read more>>
There is a viral meme making the rounds on social media that claims that the tax bill effectively defunds public schools to fund private schools. That might sound hard to believe except I’ve already seen examples of things that have had similar results. There does seem to be a very aggressive attempt by the government—federal and state—to find ways to funnel more money into private schools. Read more>>
SHAPE America/AIR Assessment
SHAPE America (Society of Health and Physical Educators) is partnering with American Institutes for Research's AIR Assessment on a pilot project to develop an assessment of student learning in health and physical education. The field tests for the new assessments will begin in March 2018. Read more>>
The Vault digital textbook reader, powered by VitalSource, is eCampus.com’s exclusive eTextbook platform. eCampus.com is also leveraging VitalSource's delivery technology to provide access to publisher-hosted courseware and adaptive learning solutions. Read more>>
The Willamette Educational Service District in has partnered with Aperture Education to provide data-driven social and emotional learning (SEL) assessments to Oregon school districts, including the 21 school districts and 84,000 students Willamette directly serves. Read more>>
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