TOP NEWS KSDK As the law currently stands, homes in areas within a mile and a half of a school don't receive school bus service. A proposed bill in the Illinois legislature would expand school bus service in dangerous neighborhoods to make it safer for students to get to school. Read more>> Sponsored Sponsored by Typing Agent Three tech movements have emerged that stand out among the rest. If we can effectively harness the power of these technologies in the classroom, we can use it to propel students to the next level, enabling them to compete successfully on a world stage. Read more>> Chalkbeat New York After four years and $24 million, the Expanded Success Initiative has not lived up to its promise, according to a report. Schools in the program turned out to be no better at preparing young men of color for college or helping them enroll than a group of similar schools that didn’t receive extra support. Read more>> The Advocate After a drop last year, Louisiana's public high school graduation rate shot up to 78.1 percent, the state's highest ever, officials announced. Even with the increase, the state rate is expected to remain well below the national average, which was 84 percent for the Class of 2016. Read more>> Las Vegas Review-Journal State officials will once again take up a controversial regulation intended to govern how schools handle students with gender-diverse identities. The state superintendent of instruction may sign off on an updated version of the regulation, which will provide guidelines for all public school districts in the state. Read more>> VTDigger About a third of Vermont's districts recorded no incidents of bullying, harassment or hazing despite signs that occurrences are a continuing problem, according to Vermont Agency of Education data. Of those schools that did report, most did so in very low numbers. Yet, in 2015, 24 percent of middle schoolers and 18 percent of high schoolers reported being bullied. Read more>> WDTN Ohio Auditor of State Dave Yost claims that ECOT lied again by artificially inflating its enrollment numbers for the 2016-17 school year. Unlike previous audits, the online charter school's officials refused to sign a standard document that stated they did not knowingly engage in fraudulent activities. Read more>> From DA Magazine Matt Zalaznick “Growth mindset” is the increasingly popular learning approach in which K12 leaders affirm their students’—and their staff members’—lifelong capacity to boost intelligence. Read more>> OPINION The Gainsville Sun With today’s students experiencing anxiety about everything from high stakes testing to school shootings, it is no wonder that schools are seeing an increasing need for mental health care. One positive reason for increasing demand for children’s mental health services might be that there is less of a stigma today for getting such care. Read more>> Getting Smart We educators instinctively tend to think that schools with big problems require major turnarounds, and that schools that operate smoothly and successfully—the typical “good school”—only need minor course corrections each year. The first part may be true. The second part isn’t. Read more>> Business Insider In the 2010s, almost half of teens were enrolled in school during the summer. Only 10 percent were in 1985. One of the key reasons for the surge in teen unemployment is the push towards more schooling. Read more>> INDUSTRY NEWS The VAPA Foundation UC San Diego will creatively collaborate with the San Diego USD through the university’s $100,000 partnership with the district’s Visual and Performing Arts Foundation to help increase arts education opportunities for students, including co-created neighborhood arts showcases. Read more>> Blue Bird Corporation/ROUSH CleanTech Blue Bird and ROUSH CleanTech have extended their alternative-fueled school bus partnership through 2025. Since 2012, the relationship between the school bus manufacturer and alternative-fuel system manufacturer has resulted in 1,300 districts operating more than 16,000 propane, compressed natural gas and gasoline-powered school buses. Read more>> Impero Software/Mental Health America Through a partnership, Mental Health America will help Impero Software build its new keyword library, which contains terms specific to mental health issues, suicide, self-harm and eating disorders. The two are also collaborating on a back-to-school campaign to help drive awareness of mental health in young people. Read more>> ✭ Visit the District Administration's PR Portal ✭ PEOPLE WATCH The Post Star Kristine Orr, who has served South Glens Falls as the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction since 2012, has been named as the district’s new school superintendent. She is replacing Michael Patton, who left to become superintendent of the Saratoga Springs City School District. Read more>> Times Virginian The Virginia county's school board of supervisors appointed Annette A. Bennett as the new superintendent of schools. Currently Appomattox County schools' director of curriculum and instruction, Bennett will replace current Superintendent Dorinda G. Grasty, who will be retiring. Read more>> The SIgnal The Saugus USD's governing board selected Colleen Hawkins as the district's next superintendent. She is currently the assistant superintendent of educational services for Compton USD. Hawkins replaces Joan Lucid. Read more>> | 