Hands-on arts projects are increasingly being integrated into STEAM classrooms and curricula through collaborative learning spaces, makerspaces, robotics, multidisciplinary projects and virtual learning opportunities.
Brain-friendly schools support different learning styles, promote active involvement, incorporate multimedia, recognize the impact of environmental factors such as noise and lighting, build connections to the world outside the classroom, and encourage community accessibility and involvement.
The massive LAUSD effort's centerpiece is $100 million in new spending to provide a district computer to every child in need, and technology training for teachers and students–expenses that could threaten the district’s solvency.
A bill that would have given Montgomery County school board members a raise for the first time in six years failed in this year’s abbreviated state legislative session. The proposed $10,000 raise would have increased board members’ salaries to $35,000 per year.
Faced with a lack of school lab space and a need for more in-depth medical imaging, district leaders and science educators have been seeking alternatives to real animal dissections in class.
Funding for earthquake-related repairs at Gruening Middle School (pictured), among other infrastructure projects, is included in the Alaska district's 2020 proposal.
Priorities include upgrading the Virginia district's learning spaces and preparing for potential school rezoning. Pictured: Portable classrooms at Hickory Middle School.
An investment of $1 billion will go toward upgrades at every school, buses and technology. Pictured: Ann Arbor Superintendent Jeanice Swift celebrated the win.
Since originally being honored in 2017 as a District of Distinction, Anne Arundel County Public Schools has expanded its telepresence robot initiative, increasing the number of units available for homebound students to stay connected to classmates and in-school activities.
