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Georgia voters are being asked to approve what’s called an “Opportunity School District.” If voters approve the OSD amendment, that means Georgia could temporarily take over schools run by elected city or county boards, if those schools have failed a measure called the College and Career Ready Performance Index for three years. Read more>>
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Arizona is gearing up to adapt to a new federal education law by listening to those who matter most: educators, parents, students and the public. Read more>>
Chattanooga Times Free Press
Districts in Tennessee will be required to develop plans to address disparities in teacher effectiveness. The state will review the plans, then monitor and assist some districts to ensure they are acting on strong plans. Read more>>
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Social-emotional learning sets the stage for success
Educators across the country have boosted student performance by weaving social-emotional lessons—such as regulating emotion, accepting mistakes and coping with stress—into everyday instruction. Read more>>
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Several Virginia districts and outside organizations have been working the past several weeks to get high school students registered to vote in time for next month’s presidential election. Read more>>
A big relief for Huntsville City Schools parents, as the district is unveiling a new app to make it safer for bus riders. School leaders say the app will make it easier for parents to track their child's school bus. Read more>>
Youngstown Ohio City Schools CEO Krish Mohip is considering hiring a company that emphasizes building relationships between students and school personnel. Read more>>
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Men and women in orange jump suits with their hands and feet shackled walk into a school gymnasium and stand in a line for the students to see.
To a kindergarten student, the sight alone should be enough to make a point that doing drugs will end you up in places you don’t want to be, Columbiana County Municipal Court Judge Chris Amato said. Read more>>
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
About 60% of school districts will get a boost in state aid in 2016-'17, but the money will flow through to property tax relief instead of funding for classrooms, according to new state figures. Read more>>
Last year, the 18 school districts in Berks County spent a combined $24 million to send roughly 1,500 students to cybercharter schools. And, leaders of the districts say, that sum doesn't represent what it actually costs to educate those students. Read more>>
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It is unlikely that students will ever be evaluated on primary vs. secondary colors, the duration of a quarter note or their ability to memorize and deliver a soliloquy. But this doesn't mean that fine arts classes don't have a significant positive effect on students' performance in all subject areas. Indeed, they do. Read more>>
The problem schools face is that they can’t prevent sex discrimination unless they can say with certainty what sex is. And in an age of gender fluidity, the word is hard to define. Read more>>
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Seeking a transformative yet efficient way to realize its curriculum and instructional goals, Sun Prairie Area School District is implementing the itslearning learning management system. Read more>>
DecisionEd announced it has been chosen by Irvine USD to provide data management, analytics and reports in addition to delivering performance management solutions. The California district has a student population of more than 30,000 K12 students. Read more>>
Edmission Insight is a new service that enables students to have their college admission profiles evaluated against the criteria of their preferred colleges. Edmission, founded in January 2016, is a web application that offers personalized college admission advice to high school students. Read more>>
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