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Dayton Daily News

Ohio students will see a slight reduction in state testing in the upcoming school year, as the state budget bill eliminated the fourth- and sixth-grade state social studies tests, effective immediately. State Superintendent Paolo DeMaria had recommended a broader change by eliminating four tests. Read more>>

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CBS Chicago

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is escalating efforts to pass legislation to change the way Illinois distributes school funding, despite Governor Bruce Rauner’s steadfast opposition. The mayor said his top priority to help Chicago Public Schools stabilize finances requires more action from Springfield. Read more>>

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Charleston Gazette-Mail

The West Virginia Board of Education will consider this week whether to approve school closures that are part of the Fayette County school board’s plan to close buildings, reconfigure schools’ grade levels and transfer students to drop Fayette’s number of public schools from 18 to 11. Read more>>

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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Wisconsin high school students would learn how to handle a range of guns as an elective class under a proposed state Assembly bill. It would allow schools to offer on-site gun education classes, but would not change a current law that prohibits live ammunition and its use on school property. Read more>>

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Chicago Sun-Times

Two in 25 Hispanic students and one in four African American students in Chicago Public Schools attends a “failing” school, according to a new analysis. It also found that the school system has improved since 2011, when at least half of the schools in 62 of Chicago’s communities were problematic—versus in six of them now. Read more>>

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The Advocate

A lawsuit by 14 Louisiana residents seeking to remove Education Superintendent John White from office was thrown out by a state judge in Baton Rouge. Those residents are critical of White and the controversial Common Core academic standards he pushed. Read more>>

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Addison Davis, superintendent of the School District of Clay County in Florida, appointed 12 new principals for eight elementary schools, two junior high schools and two high schools to improve teaching and learning. Read more>>

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Opinion & Analysis
The Gazette

With documented violations of rules governing seclusion rooms in two of Iowa’s largest school districts, it’s clear such inappropriate isolations aren’t isolated incidents. When rules intended to assure the safety of children are egregiously violated by school staff, all families deserve timely notification. If seclusion must be part of our schools, clear rules must be established. Read more>>

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Illinois Policy

Many of the reasons for Illinois' high taxes are known—too many local governments, executive pay for local administrators and rising pension costs. What taxpayers don’t know is that school districts across the state owe nearly $21 billion in long-term debt with 72 local school districts having exceeded their allowed debt limit. Read more>>

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U.S. News & World Report

The bargain at the heart of school choice—greater autonomy in exchange for greater accountability—is increasingly at risk. We need agreement on the mechanics of accountability, including the standards, the tests, the performance targets and the interventions. Test-based accountability is far from ideal, but accountability still beats no accountability. Read more>>

Industry News
Independence Science

The Sci-Voice Talking LabQuest 2 helps blind and low-vision students independently complete data-collection investigations during STEM labs. By integrating text-to-speech assistive technology with Vernier Software & Technology’s LabQuest 2 hardware device, the Sci-Voice Talking LabQuest 2 speaks real-time data results to students. Read more>>

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Schneider Electric

Santa Paula USD and Schneider Electric have embarked on a $4 million modernization project. The districtwide project leverages funding secured through the Proposition 39 Clean Energy Jobs Act and will encompass a variety of energy conservation measures that will generate nearly $4 million in energy savings over the life of the project. Read more>>

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Crayola Education

Crayola introduced its first professional learning program for teachers, creatED. Offering cross-curricular art integration for subjects including STEAM and literacy, creatED’s onsite training and ongoing remote coaching provide teachers with job-embedded professional learning and actionable best practices. Read more>>

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Newark Advocate

Scott Schmidt has been named by Northridge Local Schools to replace its previous superintendent, Chris Briggs, who left the district to take the superintendent position at Pickerington Local Schools. Schmidt is the assistant superintendent for Gahanna-Jefferson Public Schools. Read more>>

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The Record

James Santana, the principal of Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest, is slated to serve as the new superintendent in the coming school year. He succeeds Interim Superintendent Geoffrey Gordon, who left the New Jersey district as of July 1 after two years. Read more>>

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The San Diego Union-Tribune

Longtime educator and administrator Melissa Hunt has been promoted to superintendent of San Marcos USD. She has been serving the California district as interim superintendent since January, when former Superintendent Kevin Holt stepped down on medical leave before retiring in June. Hunt was the district’s director of secondary education. Read more>>