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Interactive teaching technologies to outfit N.Y. classrooms

The Charter School for Applied Technologies in New York will install Boxlight Corporation's ProColor 752 interactive flat panel displays in every classroom across three buildings for its 2,365 students.

Roanoke school board hires new leader

Roanoke-Benson's school board has hired Tom Welsh as its new superintendent and principal at Sowers Elementary. He will replace Superintendent Rohn Peterson, who is retiring from the Illinois school district.

How to turn schools into happier places

Fostering strong student-teacher relationships and improving a school's climate can help put a dent in school suspensions, according to a new Rand Corporation study. As much as restorative practices aim to change how students are disciplined, they also seek to change the behavior that might require discipline, improving the overall climate of the school.

Report into deadliest U.S. high school shooting released

Arm teachers, spend more on school security and mental health, and train police to be more aggressive when responding to school shootings—those are some of the recommendations in a report into the deadliest U.S. high school shooting released.

Calif. district reveals nearly $2 million budget deficit

Declining enrollment and increased special education costs led to a newly discovered $1.9 million deficit in the Cotati-Rohnert Park USD's budget this school year. A school district budget committee will meet over the next couple of months to determine the course of action to deal with the budget gap.

Tool for picking North Carolina schools delayed

Because of school districts and charter schools that have been impacted by Hurricane Florence, the state's Department of Public Instruction has delayed the release of the 2017-18 North Carolina school report cards until later this winter.

Cultivating change in K12

While workforce management solutions can deliver measurable benefits to school districts, integrating this technology in the daily lives of employees can be a significant culture change. Get best-practice recommendations for managing change, driving a smooth implementation and maximizing adoption of your solution.

San Francisco lines up paid internships for high school students

Mayor London Breed is launching an initiative to provide paid internships and job-training programs for all San Francisco high school students by summer. So far, businesses and city agencies have already pledged to make more than 100 new internships available.

N.H. legislators revive legislation to allow schools to ban guns

Following success at the ballot box in November, Democratic legislators are again proposing legislation to allow New Hampshire school districts to bar people from carrying firearms onto school grounds, after a similar effort last year failed to clear a Republican-controlled Senate.

Georgia should change school year calendar, committee says

A state Senate committee approved recommendations that include starting no earlier than seven to 10 days before Labor Day, and ending around June 1. Most of Georgia's 181 school districts begin in the first half of August and end in May.

School design-build pilot program created in Illinois

Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed legislation to establish a pilot program for school districts to use the design-build construction delivery method. It allows architects, engineers and construction contractors to pick their partners and be hired as a team, expediting project completion.

Aftershocks an annoyance for Alaska school construction crews

Although almost all Anchorage School District facilities are up and running after November's massive southcentral Alaska earthquake, some repair efforts are continuing nearly a month later, hampered by aftershocks.

Is home-based public school the next big thing for 3-year-olds?

New York City recently introduced a plan that would bring preschool for 3-year-olds into home-based childcare. It's a move that other districts are likely to watch closely. There is no playbook for how to effectively include home-based childcare in public preschool, and most programs have relied on schools and centers.

Why millions of kids can’t read

The research shows that people become skilled readers by learning that written text is a code for speech sounds. The primary task for a beginning reader is to crack the code. Since the starting point is sound, it's critical for teachers to have a deep understanding of this. But research shows they don't.

Fla. district adopts real-time emergency coordination solution

Brevard County joins six other Florida counties using Mutualink's instant emergency communications coordination platform between schools and law enforcement to enhance school safety readiness and response.