Citing the importance of eliminating the “incumbency advantage” and the need to generate fresh ideas, members of the Florida House PreK-12 Quality subcommittee backed a resolution to ask voters to approve term limits for school board members.
Gov. Phil Murphy announced that 29 school districts are being awarded grants totaling $2 million that will cover 900 seats. He also announced that a nonprofit is launching a privately funded fellowship program for elementary school math teachers to improve their skills. In addition, the New Jersey Department of Education will be shifting $13.6 million in federal funding to low-income districts for a range of programs including STEM.
High school students currently in grades 10 or 11 are invited to apply for the STEM Summer Enrichment Program at Penn State Harrisburg's School of Science, Engineering, and Technology. The free two-week program will introduce high school students to STEM disciplines and careers through hands-on activities in areas including mathematics, computer science, chemistry, biology, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and physics.
A new Georgia bill will clarify when drivers can and cannot pass a school bus. Senate Bill 25 changes language senators called confusing when it comes to drivers safely passing stopped school buses.
Educational Services Unit 11 announces a new initiative to bring a mobile STEM lab to schools. Students will be able to explore potential careers available in south central Nebraska and learn about the skills businesses seek when filling STEM-related positions.
Introductory computer science classes at four high schools in San Francisco USD use humanoid robots to drive interest in coding and robotics. Teams from the California district, Boston Public Schools and SoftBank collaborated to design a curriculum that includes human-computer interaction.
Outfitting small groups with technology for today's classroom is often a challenge of both space and budget for many school districts. Now, smaller, more affordable storage options can solve this problem with compact, economical store and charge stations designed for smaller spaces.
Age of Learning's ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy, a digital learning resource for children, and ReadingIQ, a digital library with thousands of titles for kids 12 and under, now include Lexile measures from MetaMetrics for their digital books.
SchoolMint announced the acquisition of SureWatch in a move to enter the campus management and student safety arena. The news follows an earlier announcement about the creation of the company's EdTech Holdings platform, now named SchoolMint, Inc., the addition of Hero K12 and the subsequent addition of SchoolMint.
Utah schools would no longer get a letter grade each year for performance—a system that has been largely criticized for relying too much on test scores and accounting too little for diversity—under a bill that gained committee approval. The measure to do away with the controversial A through F grades.
Optoma added three new ProScene projectors that feature a 300,000:1 contrast ratio and display more than 1 billion colors to produce lifelike images. They also include multiple integrated installation features and 4K HDR compatibility,
Gov. Greg Abbott, in his biennial State of the State address, named as emergency items the consensus priorities of school finance reform, teacher pay raises and property tax relief. Also topping the governor's priority list: school safety, disaster response and mental health programs.
Emotional bullying in the preschool years hurts quite a lot, according to new research. When a child both bullies and gets bullied, depression symptoms begin to appear as early as age 3. Depression in early childhood increases the risk of depression in later childhood, which predicts depression in adolescence.
What started as an attempt by lawmakers to remove outdated language on the Lord's Prayer from state statutes is morphing into a wider effort to define options for prayer in public schools in the House Education Committee this week.
Restorative practices have not been found as effective as many hoped. But reducing suspensions and improving equity in school discipline is still a valid policy goal. The fact that initial reforms have not produced immediate positive results is hardly surprising. After all, changing practice and finding effective interventions in the field of education is hard work.
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