Illinois State Board of Education unveils new school data

The board released graduation rates, test scores and other metrics through its online school report cards. Results show that standardized test scores, graduation rates and participation in advanced placement courses are inching upwards. But the percentage of African-American teachers continues to decline. Read more>>

Dedrick Martin, the superintendent of St. Johns Public Schools, has been tapped by state Superintendent Brian Whiston to help lead efforts turnaround the state's lowest performing schools as the new state school reform officer and the director of the new Office of Partnership Districts at the Michigan Department of Education. Read more>>

A new analysis of the state’s new and bigger four-year budget suggests poor and rural school districts in Washington may receive less of an investment than their peers in the wealthiest parts of the state. Read more>>

A new vaping device that's "gone viral" on high school and college campuses doesn't look like a vaping device at all, and its popularity has adults wondering what can be done to address it. Read more>>

Kodak Park School 41 in New York must be placed under an independent receiver, reconstituted or closed. It is the second time a Rochester school has been put into outside receivership, and the terms are more restrictive. Read more>>

General Treasurer Seth Magaziner says Rhode Island should consider financing strategies used in Massachusetts—including pay-as-you-go financing—to pay for $2.2 billion in urgently needed repairs in the state’s public schools. Read more>>

Pending legislation in Massachusetts would require schools to provide at least 20 minutes of daily recess in K5. Read more>>

As powerful as it is to understand the impact of positive self-image on helping students succeed in difficult disciplines, it’s important to note that teacher perceptions become realities as well. A teacher’s confidence that a student will complete college actually increases the student’s success at doing so by 3 percent, a study found. Read more>>

The state’s public school teachers deserve to have their salaries raised to at least the national average, instead of having to make due with small increases to their classroom supply funds and ill-conceived bonuses. Read more>>

While technology is helping thousands of students reach new heights in their education, many others are falling behind. Low-income homes with children are four times more likely to lack broadband as middle or high-income families. Read more>>

To help staff and students get back to school following a natural disaster or other crisis, PublicSchoolWORKS added access to nine FEMA safety training courses within its Crisis Response Program and its online staff training course catalog. Read more>>

Carnegie Learning, Inc. has been selected by the United States Department of Defense Education Activity as the supplemental math software provider for 24,000 middle and high school students at military bases across the Americas, Europe and the Pacific regions. Read more>>

Following their initial announcement in June, Hero K12 and BV Investment Partners announced SchoolMint will be joining their education technology platform to focus on applications to improve school operational efficiencies. Read more>>

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