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The San Diego County superintendent of schools is asking the state to investigate the San Ysidro School District, citing concerns about payments made to the district’s two former top administrators. Read more>>
About 1 in 10 Sioux Falls public school students is not a native English speaker. Though South Dakota’s largest school district is seeing fewer refugee students, the number of ELLs continues to increase as more kids come to the city from another U.S. city within the first couple years of being in the country. Read more>>
The state's public schools lost about 2,460 students from last school year to this one, dropping the total number to 270,708 and making 2017-18 the fifth straight year of enrollment decreases. Read more>>
Michigan would be in the minority—joining six other states—if legislation eliminating a ban on concealed guns in schools was signed into law, according to a national gun violence prevention group. Whether the legislation—if it clears the House—would be signed into law by Gov. Rick Snyder is unclear. Read more>>
A school bus strike affecting four Long Island school districts continued for a second week. The two sides disagree about wage increases and payment for transporting students on field trips, among other issues. Read more>>
Ohio could join the growing number of states and cities to ban suspensions of young students as damaging and counterproductive, under a new bill to be released this week. Schools kicked kids in kindergarten through third grade out of school more than 30,000 times a year. Read more>>
The following districts recognize the benefits of a diverse workforce and have made it a priority. Take a look at some of their practices. Read more>>
A new study investigated how the school environment influenced boys' and girls' educational performance in secondary schools. Boys are more likely to perform well in schools with a higher proportion of girls, shedding new light on why girls continue to outperform boys in many educational subjects, it found. Read more>>
We need to help school counselors be prepared to guide students on entering this crucial field. Efforts should be made to educate students, school counselors, teachers and parents on the importance of early preparation, including training programs and informational sessions. Read more>>
Precautions to protect our children from self harm do not stop at the schools. Parents are on the front lines here and need to be aware of what is going on with their children online, with friends, in school and in their minds. Read more>>
Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, plans to manufacture an all-electric school bus with a range of 100 miles for distribution in the U.S. by 2019. Iy will seat 81 children and is powered by a 60kWh battery. Read more>>
Edgenuity now offers more than 60 Virginia Department of Education-approved courses for Virginia Standards of Learning and Career Technical Education. New approved courses cover a variety of subjects, including photography, fashion design, restaurant management, astronomy, forensic science and manufacturing. Read more>>
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Carnegie Learning has partnered with NWEA to integrate MAP Growth Assessments into MATHia, its adaptive learning solution for grades 6-12. This partnership makes MAP Growth data instantly actionable for teachers without the additional work of analyzing the data and adjusting curriculum for each student. Read more>>
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The New York school district's board of education announced it had selected Christopher M. Clapper as its next superintendent. He is currently the elementary school principal at Southern Cayuga CSD. Read more>>
The Haywood County Schools' superintendent will retire from her post March 1, 2018. Anne Garrett has been at the helm of the North Carolina county school system for the past 13 years and worked her way through the ranks, first as a teacher, then a principal, and eventually superintendent. Read more>>
Bedford Public Schools had selected Carl Shultz to lead the district. He has served as the deputy superintendent of Fitzgerald Public Schools. Shultz is expected to be in place by mid-January, at the start of the school district's second semester. Read more>>
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