For the past few elections, Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly supported referendums, approving 80% of them last year across the state but this spring, voters approved a little over half of the 83 referendums on ballots.
The New York Board of Regents is expected to approve a policy barring school nicknames like “the Warriors.” A provision allows their use if a tribal nation endorses them.
The popular former superintendent and the Colorado district have reached a settlement in a discrimination and retaliation complaint against the district and four members of the school board more than a year after he was fired by the board’s new majority.
The movement, under the banner of “the science of reading,” is targeting the education establishment: school districts, literacy gurus, publishers and colleges of education, which critics say have failed to embrace the cognitive science of how children learn to read.
Dadeville is a small community of about 3,000 people. A local high school, up the street, has about 485 students. “I know all of them very well,” Dadeville High Principal Chris Hand said.
In remarks at an Alabama State Board of Education work session that followed comments from two Senate leaders, State Schools Superintendent Eric Mackey said that schools in high-poverty schools are showing “remarkable growth” and receiving “Cs” on the report card but remain on the failing list.
Following public comments both for and against a possible shutdown, the Llano County Commissioners Court decided to remove consideration of a possible closure from the agenda, assuring its three libraries remain open.
The woman was charged with felony child neglect and recklessly leaving a loaded firearm so as to endanger a child, a misdemeanor, and turned herself in to police Thursday, the Newport News Police Department said. Authorities announced the charges Monday.
Eaglecrest High School closed Wednesday to allow public health officials to “identify students or staff who may have been in close contact with the infected staff person,” the Cherry Creek School District said in a letter sent to parents Tuesday.
The policy calls for “applying an equity lens,” which means asking teachers and other school employees to reflect on whether any of their practices and biases negatively impact students.
That law, the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act, ensures that children with disabilities are given an appropriate public education equal to that of their peers without disabilities, including equal class time and access to qualified teachers.
Amid an alarming rise in hate crimes in the United States in recent years has come a rise in antisemitism – hostility or discrimination directed against Jewish people – and antisemitic attacks. Educators can play an important role in teaching students about antisemitism, helping them make sense of events globally and in their own community.
Civil rights advocates argue that his bill represents a return to the kind of zero-tolerance discipline that disproportionately impacts children of color. They worry the standard for removing a student from class under the bill is too low and would be based on subjective reasons.
The president of the education association formed a tipline following the shooting at Richneck Elementary School, where a 6-year-old shot his first-grade teacher.
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