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The Chicago Board of Education is expected to approve borrowing as much as $840 million for construction projects. The school board also is set to vote on issuing an additional $160 million in bonds to re-finance some of its old debt. Read more>>
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Unlike the Senate's proposal, which would require recommendations to go directly to the full Senate and Assembly for an up or down vote, the proposed Assembly plan calls for recommendations to be written into a bill that would go through the legislative committee process for debate and amendments. Read more>>
House lawmakers want to give school districts affected by Hurricane Matthew relief from the requirement they operate for 180 days per year. Districts that had to close due to flooding would be able to apply to the Department of Public Instruction for a waiver as part of a proposed one-time amendment to the state's school calendar law. Read more>>
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Helping teachers find their voice
Math teacher José Vilson wants to reclaim the teaching profession from the education theorists and reformers who dictate standards and curriculum, and put it back in the hands of the people who actually work with kids and get results. Read more>>
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The school district is expanding its elementary school sports program districtwide. The program includes seasonal sports for students in grades five through eight. Coaches, who are current teachers, will not cut players from their teams and will ensure minimum playing time for all players. Read more>>
With the presidential election in full swing, the state of Alabama is looking to get young minds involved by holding a Student Mock Election. Fourth through 12th grade students will be given the opportunity to voice their opinion in this year’s presidential election. Nearly 400 schools have expressed interest in the Mock Election. Read more>>
Empty shelves and a scarce book selection at some of the schools in Houston’s poorest neighborhoods have parents calling for change. Read more>>
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Drastic changes were hastily made to the ISTEP in each of the last two years; overall across Indiana, the test scores show a significant drop in all tested subjects. Not only do the tests not accurately measure the students' mastery, teachers were not given ample time to adjust curriculum and instruction to prepare students. Read more>>
For the first time in Texas, four of the state's largest six school districts—Houston, Dallas, Austin and Fort Worth—have Latinos at the helm. The quartet in power is not only an indicator of the demographic transformation Texas has undergone over the past two decades, but the strides Latino educators have made, too. Read more>>
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A lawsuit filed in federal court in Utah is challenging the prohibition against teaching the "advocacy of homosexuality" in Utah public schools. Homosexuality technically still violates Utah law. Given the legal pitfalls, schools simply ignore same-sex attraction. In the absence of official information, LGBT youth are too often defined by the misinformed judgments of peers. Read more>>
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NWEA's computer adaptive academic growth assessment, Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) for Science, has been aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Developed for grades 3-8, MAP for Science measures each student’s growth toward understanding of the multidimensional NGSS performance standards. Read more>>
NextFlex, together with Lincoln High School, Jabil, Inc., the City of San Jose, Evergreen Valley College and Work2Future have launched a mentoring project to introduce high school students to flexible hybrid electronics. The participants will develop a business model idea associated with an advanced manufactured human health or performance-monitoring device. Read more>>
Utah Valley University and Utah Education Network are creating companion curriculum and field trips to accompany a permanent public art installation at the university. The Roots of Knowledge curriculum will include lesson plans and discussion activities on the art project and the history it depicts in addition to incorporating social studies, math, science and language arts subjects. Read more>>
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Randy Toepke, superintendent of Metamora Township High School for the past six years, will retire at the end of the school year. He has served in various roles at the district for 40 years since 1977. Read more>>
Marking her 25th year as an educator in Alabama, Florence Superintendent of Education Janet Womack announced that she will retire from her position in June. She has been in the Florence School System since 2010. Read more>>
Alan S. Futrick, currently assistant superintendent in the Muhlenberg School District for the past three years, will begin as superintendent for Pennsylvania's Schuylkill Valley school district at the start of 2017. He is replacing Warren F. Mata, who is retiring. Read more>>
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