Ohio task force recommends educating all grade levels on substance abuse

Teaching students of all ages social and emotional learning is a crucial step toward combating Ohio's drug addiction crisis, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine suggests. The Ohio Joint Study Committee on Drug Use Prevention Education issued 15 recommendations, which include requiring schools to report how they are teaching students to resist drug abuse. Read more>>

A state report has found Hartford public schools failed to adequately respond to child abuse and neglect allegations over nearly a decade. The nine-month review outlined the fact that employees repeatedly accused of misconduct were often allowed to remain on the job for months or even years. Read more>>

The Senate-approved bill seeks to establish a school calendar district committee. It also states that districts adopting a calendar where the first student attendance day is no earlier that the Monday closest to August 26 gain increased flexibility regarding the 170-day minimum required of Kentucky schools. Read more>>

DA Special Report: Makerspaces

The user-friendly MOD-t 3D printer facilitates experiential learning at Los Angeles academy. Read more>>

It's a policy that could be set by local school boards, but Mississippi lawmakers are taking matters into their own hands. A bill that passed the state House says students must be allowed to drink water on school buses. Read more>>

School administrators across Florida say it’s increasingly difficult to find teachers, in part because fewer students are graduating from state universities with education degrees. The number of Florida university students graduating with education degrees has fallen since 2006 by nearly 5,000, while public-school enrollment has grown, topping 2.8 million this year. Read more>>

State officials led an audit to see whether graduates were fulfilling the state's graduation requirements. One in three were not.That revelation came from a report that was meant to explore why so many Tennessee students are having trouble in college. Officials are looking into making it harder for students to get a waiver that allows them to bypass foreign language requirements. Read more>>

Angela Pascopella

School districts in Los Angeles and other sanctuary cities are bracing for an impact from President Trump’s executive order to withhold federal support from sanctuary cities. Read more>>

By giving high school students the opportunity to participate in newspapers and yearbooks, they have a place to produce content for their peers. Working with different demographics of students promotes cooperation and constructive thought. It is a shame budget cuts and school board members are hindering the growth of high school journalism. Read more>>

A single letter grade is not an adequate reflection nor does it provide enough information to evaluate a school because the criteria for calculating a grade focuses on only a few core subjects. A school may have excellent music, art, athletic, AP or IB offerings along with other outstanding programs that are not considered in the formulation of the letter grade. Read more>>

Middle school is a particularly tough time for kids. Imagine having to face those challenges alone, without a friend to confide in. And lunchtime is the roughest time for a child to be alone, when it seems everyone else is socializing. More than 2,000 schools took part in No One Eats Alone Day, which aims to thwart an insidious form of bullying—social isolation. Read more>>

SafeBAE (Safe Before Anyone Else) is partnering with Impero Software to enhance Impero’s library of sexting-related keywords and to help Impero create a new keyword library of terms related to the bullying of sexual assault victims. Impero’s software creates an alert if students use any of the keywords or phrases while using devices on the school network. Read more>>

Ecollect is an integration for student information systems supporting paperless data processes and school operation. Through the new customization process, districts are able to transform the curated content into personalized solutions. Read more>>

​The new iPhone version of Teacher App, released for iPad last summer, allows educators to quickly document performance assessment with photos and notes, use GradeCam to instantly score assessments, record rubric-based grades, track progress of standards, and then automatically connect it all with the MasteryConnect interface from their phones. Read more>>