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The standards, approved unanimously, but reluctantly, by the state Board of Education, are a framework for computer science education in the state. Other states have advisory standards, but Virginia became the first to have mandatory standards. Read more>>
District Administration Survey
The roles of educators are shifting as instructional practices advance, schools more actively support the students’ social-emotional development and new technology is integrated. Whether you’re a superintendent, central office administrator, principal or teacher, please follow the link to tell us how your role is changing. Your input may be included in our January 2018 Look Ahead issue of DA. Contact us>>
In a move to boost the academic performance of more than 90,000 Massachusetts students who lack fluency in English, the state Legislature Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a measure that would allow local schools to teach students in their native tongue. Read more>>
A coalition concerned about unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases in Lexington, Kentucky, wants students in Fayette public schools to get “well-rounded, medically accurate, age-appropriate sex education” classes. Read more>>
Of the 28 high schools in the $582 million Renewal program for struggling schools, 19 schools missed either their targeted four-year or six-year graduation rate in the last school year, data showed. Read more>>
While the district has improved some things under the plan, State Superintendent Paolo DeMaria wrote, it still struggles to earn better than F grades on state report cards. Mayor Frank Jackson and district CEO Eric Gordon proposed the broad improvement plan in 2012 as the district faced a financial and academic crisis. Read more>>
Iowa school leaders have greater flexibility and authority to determine teacher pay under a new law that vastly reduced union negotiating power. That could upend the traditional approach used to set teacher salaries, which some say "overburdens" their districts' finances. Read more>>
Connecting math instruction to the real world is a challenge schools have faced for a long time. DA wants to hear from educators who have developed hands-on activities, field trips and other ways of making math instruction more engaging. Please follow the link to connect with us. Contact us>>
The extracurricular club in the Chicago suburbs had been on hold this year due to insurance concerns that were raised by administrators, officials said. Since the start of school, the school district and parents had been talking and researching options to see if the club would continue. Read more>>
At a time when bullying has become a significant concern, in a state that requires every public school to have some way for students to anonymously report the crime, administrators agree a downed or unanswered hotline is troubling. Read more>>
Quick action by teachers and staff at Rancho Tehama Elementary School this week protected students after a gunman who killed five people reached the campus and shot through schoolroom windows – but never got inside. Read more>>
Don't count on Say Yes to Education to reverse the decades-long decline of Cleveland and its economy. The evidence to back that hope just isn't there yet. Lesser improvements, though, are very likely, research of similar efforts in other cities shows Read more>>
While rural schools do well at graduating students, sending them to college has proved more difficult. Cooperation among sparsely populated districts in Ohio fuels a successful – and necessary – push for college in a place where manufacturing jobs have disappeared. Read more>>
The core idea behind public education is inherently non-zero sum: We believe that enabling individuals to learn and fulfill their potential will not only benefit the individuals themselves, but also advance broader economic prosperity and civic well-being. Read more>>
The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Discovery Education are launching Take A Stand for Healthy Relationships, an initiative funded with Verizon Foundation to teach students how to understand and build healthy relationships, reject abuse, and safely ally for themselves and others. Read more>>
Gaggle Safety Management has two new statewide contracts in Pennsylvania and South Dakota to help school districts keep students safe on school-provided G Suite for Education, Microsoft Office 365 and Canvas learning management system accounts. Read more>>
E&I Cooperative Services/Council of the Great City Schools
Sponsored by E&I Cooperative Services in collaboration with the Council of the Great City Schools, the 2017 Arthur Hanby Chief Procurement Officer Memorial Scholarship was awarded to two senior procurement leaders with the opportunity to participate in the Council’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Conference. Read more>>
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