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.

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.

Encyclopaedia Britannica and Binumi have teamed up to bring video storytelling into Britannica's global product lines. The first product to be released is LumieLabs. It gives K12 school users millions of royalty-free multimedia clips structured around the curriculum, cloud-based editing, and secure video hosting and sharing.

edWeb.net joined forces with Pearson on its professional learning community, Assessment for Learning. Hosted on edWeb, the site will provide an online forum where educators can learn from top experts to improve assessment practices, explore new tools and personalize teaching.

The competition gap is widening in high-school athletics, but the problem is bigger than high-school sports. Washington's interscholastic athletic association believes it has found a socioeconomic factor that can help level the playing field.

The US Department of Agriculture's child nutrition programs are fully funded through the end of March. Yet with the shutdown at 34 days and counting, some schools and families are worried about what could happen to school meal programs if it continues.