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5/14/2012

The Benetech DIAGRAM Center has released an open source web application for creating and editing crowdsourced image descriptions in books used by students with print disabilities.

5/14/2012

Since launching in July 2011, the Ed‐Fi Tool Suite, including the data standard and dashboards, has gained significant momentum in K12 education among state education agencies, school districts and vendors.

5/14/2012

Automated Logic Corporation recently honored its top distribution offices at its Annual Meeting in Chicago. 

5/14/2012

This release will give quicker access to meeting agendas and a cleaner, more modern interface that will allow users to simply swipe a finger to move from one agenda item to the next.

5/13/2012

The financial impact of Clayton Valley High's charter conversion on the Mt. Diablo Unified School District has become a test case for the California State Board of Education.

5/13/2012

Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam has signed into law the controversial bill that would ban teachers from discussing any so-called gateway sexual activity in sex education courses.

5/13/2012

The Alabama House has passed an education budget $141 million short of what is being spent this fiscal year, though lawmakers found another $10 million to add to the Senate-passed version.

5/13/2012

But the state responds that it had all the information requested from and offered by Fulton Science Academy Middle School.

5/13/2012

Oklahoma's Department of Education has the same problem as other state agencies, according to an analyst: The state budget is smaller than it used to be.

5/13/2012

The typical school day won’t be much different next year from the way it was this year for most of Iowa’s K-12 students and their families, despite the education reform package passed by the Legislature last week.

5/13/2012

A Central Texas Republican primary contest for the State Board of Education is shaping up to become one of the races that could define the board for years to come.

5/13/2012

New Jersey education officials say they will no longer use a standardized test question that asked third-graders to reveal a secret and write about why it was difficult to keep.

5/10/2012

Lunch prices at Columbia Public Schools likely will rise again next school year.

5/10/2012

A legislative panel decided on Thursday to drop efforts to move forward with charter school and school flexibility legislation, which was one of the top agenda items for Republican lawmakers and Gov. Robert Bentley going into this session.

5/10/2012

The Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved a plan to hold back some third-graders not reading at grade level. But Gov. John Kasich, who originally proposed the concept, said the Senate’s version undermines his vision to improve education.

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