The resolution of the partial federal government shutdown has averted a crisis in the public education system: the 22 million students who rely on the federal National School Lunch and breakfast programs for meals. With federal employees returning to return to work and federal funds beginning to flow again, the programs are back on safe ground.
Can schools avoid the temptation to add more screen time to animate students' lives? Given proficiency learning's emphasis on adaptive learning, real-time monitoring, technology use and student engagement, it seems inevitable what that the answer will be.
State grant-making may be one of the most under-recognized levers for education improvement. When used strategically, grants to school districts and other K12 providers can spur innovation and direct dollars toward approaches with a strong track record of effectiveness.
Teachers are turning to the mindfulness practice as a simple way to restore calm to the classroom, help students find some quiet space, and build self-regulation skills. But it's also important to realize that some of the ways mindfulness is practiced—sitting still, eyes closed, in silence—can also be triggers for students who have experienced trauma.
Amplify has launched a new mCLASS early literacy suite that includes both teacher-led and adaptive student-driven instruction, as well as the mobile version of the DIBELS 8th Edition assessment developed by the Center on Teaching and Learning at the University of Oregon's College of Education.
Fairfax County Public Schools has selected Mackin Educational Resources as its provider for all print and digital books, audiobooks, videos, and other resources for its school libraries and professional library collections. Mackin will supply all the necessary infrastructure, expertise and customization required through 2025.
Navori is unleashing a globally certified LG webOS player that integrates Navori's QL Player software with LG's native webOS platform. The integration delivers a built-in digital signage player engine that minimizes cabling and equipment costs, lowers theft and vandalism risks, and more.
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Legislation that would move up when the state superintendent of public instruction becomes an appointed position, rather than elected, passed the Indiana House with the new deadline of 2021. The original law, passed in 2017, had changed the position to an appointment by the governor in 2025.
Dawn Santiago-Marullo, superintendent of the Victor CSD since 2009, announced she will retire at the end of the school year. She has worked in the district for 36 years, teaching Spanish for 18 years before moving up the administrative ranks.
Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction Elsie Arntzen joined lawmakers in support of a bill saying students cannot give consent for sexual relationships with school employees. It would prohibit any elementary or secondary school student from giving consent to a school employee, contractor or volunteer.
The two companion bills would make all Kentucky K12 schools 100 percent tobacco-free beginning July 1, 2020. The ban would include electronic cigarettes. Those concerned about such a policy worry about impeding the personal rights of adult school personal and visitors, and about statewide law overstepping local control.
The resolution, if approved by the LAUSD's school board, would direct the superintendent to pursue a moratorium on new charter schools in the district. It would also require the school board to call on state officials to study the financial impact of charters on the district to inform revisions to the state's charter law.
Johnson Controls will address aging infrastructure as part of a $3 million project to provide updates to schools within Trenton Special School District in Tennessee. The updates include intelligent LED lighting fixtures, an energy management control system, a Pathways HVAC Technology Learning Center and a STEM-focused curriculum to create energy and operational savings.
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