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The governor reiterated his call to place a trained officer in every Louisiana school, but added he’s still waiting for all schools to report back to him how many they might need. A commission is in the midst of surveying and evaluating the safety measures currently in place at every public school in Louisiana. Read more>>
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The NCAA made its first steps in reaction to an FBI probe that identified corruption in basketball. Basketball high school student athletes can now take up to five official visits as a junior, five as a senior and five more beyond October 15 after their high school graduation. The NCAA also created new rules on when college coaches can see athletes. Read more>>
A nearly 60-year-old elementary school in Adams County School District 14 is falling apart. Money the state banked on the excise tax of marijuana and from other sources—about $20 million—will fund a new elementary school to replace it. Read more>>
Twenty-six states have digital learning repositories where vetted, curated instructional content and material is available to all educators in the state. Read more>>
All 17 of St. Lawrence County’s school districts will receive extra payments from the state to correct errors in last year’s state allocations. The State Education Department over-allocated a total of $12 million to 278 recipients, resulting in an under-allocation of $12 million for 687 schools statewide. Read more>>
The Ohio Department of Education is authorized by state law to base the funding of internet- or computer-based community schools, such as the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow (ECOT), on the duration of student participation, and not only on the “learning opportunities offered” to students, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled. Read more>>
The Pickens County school district joins four others—Anderson School District 5, Kershaw County and two Spartanburg County districts—that will issue assignments on school-issued laptops this coming year whenever bad weather is in the forecast. Read more>>
Two moderate measures in the governor’s plan were left out of the committee's recommendations. One proposal would allow law enforcement, family members and others to a file a petition to have guns taken away from a potentially dangerous person after a legal process. A stronger firearm storage law would keep guns away from minor children. Read more>>
Many public school districts lack comprehensive plans for responding to natural disasters, infectious disease outbreaks and other emergencies despite a federal initiative for all schools to address these needs by 2020, researchers say. Read more>>
Reforms now under consideration, though an improvement, don’t do enough to address the issue of safely transporting special needs students, who are often bused from their home school system to other districts using a variety of third-party busing providers. Read more>>
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The Mississippi Department of Education, in collaboration with the Mississippi Reading Panel, has named i-Ready an approved universal reading screener for Mississippi students in grades K3. The schools will administer the state-vetted universal screening assessments to all students at least three times annually. Read more>>
Follett announced its one-year-old book fair business is expanding for the 2018-19 school year to offer fairs focused on early childhood and middle school. The business launched a year ago on a regional basis with fairs designed especially for K6 and K8 schools. Read more>>
A new partnership with NWEA will provide students using Imagine Learning products with individually customized learning pathways as well as progress reports for teachers looking for ways to close achievement gaps. Read more>>
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Voters in the Mississippi district said “yes” to a $65 million bond issue to pay for repairs and new classrooms. Many of the proposed projects for the bond issue include needed repairs flagged by the state Department of Education during a 2017 investigative audit. Read more>>
The optics of Portland Public Schools being overbudget by $100 million on its 2017 bond projects are not good. But those close to the bond program are learning that budgets can be blown when contractors can name their price. Read more>>
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