Winter break ended in many school districts around the metro on Tuesday, and many district leaders wondered if the new year would bring in a flood of new students hoping to transfer out of Kansas City, Missouri’s troubled district to the suburbs.
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1/3/2012
Teachers who are members of the Connecticut Education Association are putting forth their ideas on helping students achieve.
1/3/2012
Staying in school really can make you smarter. A new study from Norway finds that students who remain in school longer than their counterparts have higher IQ scores.
1/3/2012
Lost in the hoopla of the holidays was this bright note: North Carolina won a $69.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
1/3/2012
While school districts years ago used to be able to quietly negotiate an exit for some educators who abused children or committed other serious crimes, school leaders for the past decade have been required to report such allegations to the state Department of Education for potential disciplinary action.
1/3/2012
Looking ahead at some of the education technology trends we’ll likely see in 2012, many are already underway.
1/3/2012
Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) has partnered with Hatch, a leading provider of technology for early learning, to bring award-winning education technology solutions to the Title I Pre-K Program.
1/3/2012
Brookes Publishing Co.’s Optimistic Parenting: Hope and Help for You and Your Challenging Child and Individualized Autism Intervention for Young Children: Blending Discrete Trial and Naturalistic Strategies have been recognized by USABooksNews.com’s “Best Books 2011” awards.
1/3/2012
Revolution Prep was given the Bar Association of San Francisco’s (BASF) Outstanding Community Partner Award for their work with the BASF School-To-College program.
1/3/2012
These newly elected and appointed executives from Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) member companies will provide the education technology industry with critical leadership, advocacy and market information in the crucial months and years ahead.
1/3/2012
Non-profit Children’s Institute, Inc., in cooperation with software developer SophiTEC, Inc., create new company called COMET Informatics, LLC serving children through schools and community-based organizations.
1/3/2012
PLATO Learning introduces new physics, precalculus, and integrated physics and chemistry courses that allow high schools to offer a full 4x4 (four years in four core subject areas) curriculum as part of the PLATO Secondary Academic Library.
1/2/2012
This year is different,” Mineola School Superintendent Dr. Michael Nagler said. “It’s different that what we’ve done in the past.”
1/2/2012
Local students are working to divert food waste and start composting projects at their schools.
1/2/2012
The Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) released the list of 2010-2011 Four Star Schools. Out of 1,780 public schools, 162 earned this distinction. Eleven of 238 non-public schools also received the honor this year.
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