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The state legislators voted to spend $100 million to improve school safety but rejected Democratic efforts to also strengthen gun laws. The funding will include one-time grants to make security improvements to schools, train staff and put police officers in schools. Read more>>
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Applications to magnet and charter schools are on the rise in the Charleston County School District. The number of school choice applications doubled between 2015 and 2016, reaching a record high of 8,000. The number jumped to 9,306 in 2017, then soared by another 40 percent during this year's one-month application window. Read more>>
Indiana legislators will get a second chance at passing a school safety bill. The House ran out of time before it could vote on a bill adding $5 million to a school security grant fund. Superintendent Jennifer McCormick supports that—but she says private and charter schools should have the same security requirements as public schools. Read more>>
Horry County School District leaders are hoping that free food will be an incentive for police officers to spend more time in schools. The school board will vote on a plan to install "substations" at certain schools, where on-duty officers in any department could use the internet, hold meetings and eat in the cafeteria. Read more>>
As the fourth nor'easter of March approaches New England, some school districts across the region are struggling to make up days missed because of weather, and at least a few are considering giving up vacation days or Saturdays to close the gap. Read more>>
LAUSD's vast real estate holdings cost millions of dollars a year to maintain, but they also present an opportunity, according to a task force. Some properties could generate millions for the financially stretched district, concludes the report. Read more>>
Math instruction continues to move further into digital territory, but many lessons still depend on hands-on activities and nondigital materials, such as textbooks. Read more>>
Students involved in National Walkout Day demonstrations are voicing their opinions on social media. But at what point could those opinions cause problems at schools? The basic Supreme Court decisions that draw free-speech lines for students date back more than 30 years, when the commercial Internet didn't exist. Read more>>
Business leadership has proven essential in states like Massachusetts and Tennessee that are often highlighted for the progress they’ve made. That kind of intensive push from employers has been missing in Michigan, despite the clear need to improve schools. It’s up to the business community to jump start these efforts. Read more>>
Despite the perception that educator jobs are unionized, pay decently well, and are guaranteed-tenure, hundreds of thousands of American teachers have seen their wages and benefits erode in recent years, more so than for many other types of workers. Teachers’ fortunes are emblematic of public workers’ more generally since the Great Recession. Read more>>
All three education new NL-series Chromebook models by CTL feature a rugged design including an IP41 drop rating; water-resistant keyboards; and reinforced ports, hinges and power plug. The NL series also includes a tuck away handle for easy carrying. Read more>>
GameMine Inc. has entered into a global distribution partnership with Lipa Learning, a childhood learning app development company. Through the partnership, GameMine has been given global distribution rights for Lipa's entire library of mobile apps. Read more>>
Securly Inc's real-time monitoring services will include a new anonymous tipping service named Tipline. Tips can be provided via email, phone, online web-forms and texts. Information provided is kept anonymous from the schools, and passed along to the schools only as an aggregated report. Read more>>
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