Amid a nationwide teacher shortage and teacher walkouts and strikes happening more often, more than 500 districts across 25 states have found a new way to retain teachers and boost morale: a four-day school week.
A bill introduced would require public schools to filter drinking water at the source on campuses built before 1986. The filters would have to remove lead. The bill extends beyond water fountains to sinks used in the kitchen for food preparation or cooking.
One state legislator is proposing that every public school in Virginia give parents at least 24 hours' notice before deploying the lockdown drill training. The time would give parents the ability to have a discussion with their children about lockdowns if they want to.
What if the state of Utah—instead of Utah families—picked up the cost of curricular fees charged to parents of public school students in grades 7-12? One state legislator is working on a bill that would cover the costs of textbooks, lockers, registration and general fees through the weighted pupil unit, or WPU, a basic funding unit for public education in Utah.
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Chad Williams, the superintendent of the Ririe School District, has been picked by Shelley school board trustees as their new superintendent. He replaces Superintendent Bryan Jolley, who is retiring after leading the Idaho district since 2004.
Crestwood School Board ended ties with Superintendent Joseph Gorham and designated Joseph Rasmus as the next superintendent. Rasmus came to the Pennsylvania district as assistant superintendent in charge of special education and curriculum in 2016.
As part of a major State House effort to overhaul the South Carolina's K12 education system, legislators once again are debating whether to force school districts with shrinking student enrollment to either consolidate or merge more of their services with other districts.
Currently superintendent of Fairfield Public Schools, Toni Jones will become superintendent of the Greenwich district in July. She replaces Ralph Mayo, interim superintendent and the longtime principal of Eastern Middle School.
EarthEcho International announced its newest, complementary suite of classroom tools with materials to help identify and tackle the plastics pollution plaguing our oceans. Sponsored by the Northrup Grumman Foundation, the tools are now available and kicking off with a virtual field trip.
Urban Alliance, a national youth workforce development organization, was awarded a three-year grant by News Corp to fund workforce readiness training and paid professional internships for economically-disadvantaged high school youth in southeast Washington, D.C.
The Easton-Redding-Region 9 School Districts have selected First Student to operate, maintain and manage all student transportation services for the next five years. The company will replace the district's entire fleet. All 46 buses will be equipped with the latest technology, including GPS tracking systems, digital cameras and three-point seat belts.
although credit recovery may allow kids to “recover” credits needed to graduate, it often delivers little in terms of actual learning. If a high school diploma is to be more than a “certificate of attendance,” state and local officials must take responsibility for how schools award credit. Until then, Nevada's record-setting graduation rate deserves the scrutiny it has thus far received.
In July, Toni Jones will start heading up Connecticut's Greenwich district, replacing Interim Superintendent Ralph Mayo. In other news, districts in Pennsylvania and Idaho have selected new superintendents.
Follett has unveiled Follett Genre Solutions to help simplify genrefication for librarians and media specialists seeking to make the transition from the Dewey Decimal System to a more bookstore-like layout based on genres.
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